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Flickr has [re-designed][3] its web uploading tools, jettisoning the old, somewhat clunky interface for a slick new upload form that makes it much easier to do bulk uploads.
There are of course literally hundreds of uploading tool out there from third parties, but sometimes -- like at an internet cafe while on vacation -- uploading through the web interface is the only viable option. And thanks to the [new uploader][1] the process is no longer the clumsy pain-in-the-arse it used to be.
The old uploader limited you to six photos at a time and you needed to select the one at a time in six form boxes. The new uploader dispenses with that nonsense and allows you to shift-select a batch of photos all from one dialogue box. That said, there do appear to be limits. To test it I threw 383 images at it and it choked.
Even within more reasonable limits there may be a serious lag time between selecting images in the dialogue box and when they show up in the web form. After playing with it for a while I found that, if you want to upload a lot of files, it's better to select them in batches and then use the "Add More" link. And of course the actual upload time could get rather lengthy if you try to do too much at once.
Once your images are uploaded, you'll get the option to add descriptions, titles, tags and more including batch apply tags, as well as adding them to an existing set or a new set.
Naturally you can always hop over to Flickr's batch operations tool, which remains unchanged. If for some reason you aren't a fan of the slick new uploader, the old one is [still available][2].
All in all a very nice update and it should make uploading those summer vacation photos even easier.
[1]: http://flickr.com/photos/upload
[2]: http://flickr.com/photos/upload/basic/
[3]: http://blog.flickr.com/en/2007/08/08/improved-web-uploading/
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