Web 2.0 is the thing to be these days, and we’ve just made a major pre-Christmas upgrade to bring us closer to the 2.0 mark. Basically, 23 doesn’t do anything now that it didn’t do before, but a lot of ajaxing makes a lot of actions a lot smoother:

• Fotonotes: This is the addition that comes closest to actually being a new feature: Now you can annotate photos directly on the photos rather than by commenting on the photo. Apart from that the system works just like commenting does now; if you can comment on a user’s photo, you can “fotonote it”. (First examples from mariavibe and oschlag)
• Edit-as-you-go: Uploading multiple photos takes time, so why not use that extra time to organize your newly uploaded photos? Once the first file from a batch of files has been added to 23, you’ll be able to edit words, tags and privacy status without interfering with the overall upload. Automagically optimizing your time spent at 23!
• Tag auto-completion: 23 now suggests tags while you’re typing. For the moment the suggestions are based plainly on a search of all tags at 23. But expect the suggestions to improve soon…
• Photo page UI: This page has been ajaxed so everything happens smoothly and quickly within the page rather than through page reloads: Add and delete tags; add to or delete from album; add to favorites; editing words; and adding and deleting comments.

That’s all folks — now it’s in your hands: Start editing-as-you-go, organizing smoothly and fotonoting now!

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