Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen | solitude.dk

I've been using 23 for a couple of months now and I figure it's time for an update to my initial review. First things first, Anders and Raymond have both put up photos from our workshop on 23:

• Anders' photos
• Raymond's photos

I have to admit that I'm becoming a real fanboy. My personal favourites are the Subscription viewer and the Conversations page. On Flickr I can also view a page with my contacts' photos. It's all fine, but 23 gets the feature right. Here photos aren't mashed together in one big pile, they are seperated by each contact for an easy overview. Furthermore 23 remembers which photos I have already seen so I don't have to view something twice. Flickr also only shows the 5 latest photos from each contact. What's up with that? I've missed good photos more than once on Flickr because I thought I could stay up-to-date by viewing the contacts page. There is no such sillyness on 23.

The Conversations page is where 23 really shines. It serves as an great overview for… well, conversations. Here I can view:

• Latest comments to my photos
• Latest comments on photos I've commented on
• Latest comments from my contacts (on any photo)

The last item is pure genius. I have found so many great shots and new people by having my contacts work for me. Whoever came up with that feature needs a serious raise. I'm really addicted to the Conversations page. One thing I wish is that fotonotes would show up on the Conversations page along with regular comments. They are used as comments, so they should be treated like comments. Less than 24 hours later fotonotes now show up on the Conversations page. 23 kicks ass and Steffen is my new best friend..

One final thing I've come to enjoy is the way you upload photos. When I go to upload a handful of photos there's usually a lot of waiting involved (photos are big files), but on 23 it's not so bad. When I've uploaded the first photo in a batch I can immediately write a description and add tags to it while I wait for the next photo to finish uploading. That way I don't have to wait five minutes for all photos to upload and then spend additional time writing descriptions for each one afterwards. Clever thinking.

If you take photos I recommend checking out 23. My username is andreas and I'd like to subscribe to your photos.