Over the next week, the team at flickr.com will be rolling out some new features.  Being that time is always important around here, I am particularly interested in the new navigation features.

• New Navigation
  We’ve rationalized the site’s navigation, cleaned it up and (hopefully) made it much easier for both new users and experienced users. The new system breaks down into: You, Your Contacts, Your Groups & The World (aka Explore).  

Of course, the new search and expanded number of photos will also potentially speed up use.

• New Search
  Search has been greatly improved (with full booleans and multiple tags, you’ll be AND, OR, NOT and +ing and -ing  your heart out), We’ve also added a search box to the top of every page and redesigned the results pages, so you can search for anything from anywhere.
  
• More Photos
  In our continuing efforts to show you the millions of photos on Flickr, we’ve bumped up the number of photos you can see on most pages around the site. (And, when you’re searching, you can toggle between seeing thumbnails or a larger version of each photo with some extra information.)

While I’m already a very happy user of flickr, I’m glad to see that they realize improvements can always be made.  Three cheers for flickr!  Hip-hip, hooray!  Hip-hip…oh never mind.