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The New Lomography.com: Features and Programming Update
written by fookshit on July 03, 2009 , 0 submissions , 19 comments (15 votes)

After the recent relaunch, a lot has changed. New features were introduced and much fun were added that will surely make your online stay at Lomography worthwhile. But what’s this, you ask? Lately things were a bit off the pace and were loading slower than ever before. This is something that would test anyone’s patience and even us, we must admit, are rather knackered about it too and we apologize for any mishaps it caused.

Reason being folks is that what you’re seeing now is not quite the final lomography.com yet. Yes, there’s still a lot going on behind the analogue curtains of Lomography and we are really doubling the efforts to give you only the best! You must understand, great things are not meant to be rushed though.

Let’s see some stuff that had been completed by our talented programmers so far:

  • All user homes that were active have received their photos from the old site. Now they need to tag them all!
  • The I Like this function on the Photos section – you could now ‘like’ a photo then go to the next Photo in a series of galleries/photos!
  • LC-A photos show on our Photos section – just the thing for you Minitar-lens addicts!
  • Magazine teasers in the cover, there’s more to tease you with and ogle with new products, events and site content!
  • Performance – The site had major performance issues and is considerably faster than before!
Just before you click that logout button and thinking of abandoning us (and that we hope not!), here are some of the new efforts that we are currently doing that you should look forward to:
  • Localization efforts – making a version of the site in different languages. They will soon be able to choose their language and we will be adding new languages over time, until we have the site in as many languages as possible. This is hard so its taking some time
  • Lab & Homes – An improved version of everyone’s beloved Lab and LomoHomes are being worked on, they will come out soon!
  • FAQ section – Most asked questions from users and newbies alike will surface soon with answers on popular queries! Things about the site, about Lomography, products, piggies, and analogue photography will soon be housed in a new section!
  • New photo glossary of Lomographic & analogue terms that will sure to satisfy your shutter-clicking self to keep on reading
  • The much-anticipated new Lomography Shop, which would be more user friendly and easier to access than our somewhat outdated store :)
Also the customization possibilities will come as soon as we are done with them! The new site will be much better than the old one! Honest! We really want to thank everyone here who patiently stayed along with us through this project that seems impossible to be done, we appreciate all the support! We promise you a better analogue future, so hang in there!

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19 comments

  • adi_totp
    by adi_totp
    8 months ago

    wowowowowoowwwww

  • dogma
    by dogma
    8 months ago

    Great! :)

  • he_is_me
    by he_is_me
    8 months ago

    Much needed changes have been made, and on the way, that's cool (and soooo much better than the old site, which was a webmaster's nightmare! :-P)

  • mephisto19
    by mephisto19
    8 months ago

    finally faq

  • panelomo
    by panelomo
    8 months ago

    a little bit more tweak on making the site FASTER would perfect the efforts.. yeah!

  • cinzinc
    by cinzinc
    8 months ago

    i agree with panelomo. also being able to easily upload our photos like "multiply.com". just reference =)

  • jaalvarez
    by jaalvarez
    8 months ago

    Congratulations !!!
    All of you are working very hard to all of us !!!
    And you are doing it FREEE for us!!!
    Congratulations again !!!
    ¡Felicidades!

  • stouf
    by stouf
    8 months ago

    Yeah thanks LSI ! Keep on the amazing work !!! I love this site !!!

  • mandashitley
    by mandashitley
    8 months ago

    @cinzinc I hope you are referring to Multiply's auto uploader. Multiply absolutely sucked for uploading before it got that. And I still found it really awkward to use. I see no problem with the uploading here!!

  • rater
    by rater
    8 months ago

    Kee with the good work! Lomo on!

  • azurblue
    by azurblue
    8 months ago

    Well, it is now much better than a few weeks ago.

    Faster is better, but it is not enough !
    And the lab isn't very practicle : tagging is very boring, and too long.

    And I still don't understand how to add a pic in an old album...(I know I'm not a geek, but I'm not the only one).

    Congrats for the work done ! And thanks because I love the site.

  • ilovemydiana
    by ilovemydiana
    8 months ago

    will our walls come back? and i also wondered if the same qualification rules apply to lomohome of the day right now, or if anyone who has an account is eligible until all the features are added?

  • kylewis
    by kylewis
    8 months ago

    Please bring back the OKTOKINO!
    THanks for getting on the speed issue!

  • migueld
    by migueld
    8 months ago

    this is why i love you lsi

  • kazarareta
    by kazarareta
    8 months ago

    @ilovemydiana: the lomowalls are definitely coming, it's a matter of fixing what's with our programmers. as for the lomohome of the day, technically anyone who has an account is eligible until the new features are laid out.

    @kylewis: oktokino will probably be launched along with the new shop so until then, please enjoy the other fresh site features!

  • philiipp
    by philiipp
    8 months ago

    great job friends

  • cinzinc
    by cinzinc
    8 months ago

    woo!! theres hope for OKTOKINO! =)

  • jblaze823
    by jblaze823
    8 months ago

    Look forward to seeing how it all turns out, but everything has been great so far

  • sibu_sen
    by sibu_sen
    7 months ago

    Yay! It is really a great site. Nice to know it's going to get even better!

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