According to an email received from the PR folks,
- The Yahoo! Photos beta is currently in a testing phase, available to a limited group of U.S. Yahoo! Photos users. Users worldwide will be admitted into the beta in the coming months.
- Drag-and-drop functionality for easy organization and photo sharing
- Photo tagging-or labeling-for easy viewing and searching
- Enhanced interaction with friends and family with ability to share comments and provide instantaneous access to photos
- Point-and-click tag and caption editing
- Smart Albums that detect newly tagged photos and automatically add tagged photos to albums
- Open APIs to encourage third-party use and collaboration
- Integration with leading Yahoo! services, including Yahoo! Mail, Messenger, Mobile and 360
- Downloadable high-resolution photos
Product highlights include:
"The re-launch marks the most dramatic upgrade to the product since Yahoo! initially launched the service in 2000."
With 125 Y! Photo albums of family photos at stake, I'm crossing my fingers!
1. I want in!! and it is really good to hear we can finally download the hi-res photos. anyway to get in early?
Posted at 12:30AM on Jun 8th 2006 by dcheong