Digg Adds Image Functionality
Day before yesterday, Digg launched its new image functionality feature. Although its primary effect on Digg will probably be to silence the countless users that keep complaining about no image section, it also makes some interesting changes to the submission process that are worth mentioning.
Go to submit a story and you will now be greeted by a choice to submit it as news, video, or image:
Once you click "Continue," Digg will scan your article for all media:
If it's a news article, you are now given the option to choose a thumbnail with an image from the article, which will be displayed next to the digg submission. This is optional.
The choice of topic is now performed with a neat click menu:
And Digg also scans for duplicates automatically:
Overall, this makes the process of submitting a story lengthier, but it also allows for more customization - the choice of thumbnails and the ability to label the story as an image represent significant changes to how all digg users can view and organize their news on the site. In general, I would say that the process is more user friendly now and appears to be part of an effort by Digg to attract less hardcore users. Time will tell whether or not they are successful but their constantly-growing numbers and their skyrocketing valuation seems to indicate that they're doing something right.
Enjoy the post? Here are some more that may interest you.
Trackbacks (0)
There are no trackbacks for this post yet.
Reader Comments (62)
- Advice Network, December 5, 2007
-
Digg has done the images section really well. There was a while there when the video section was in it's own ghetto, and now it is well integrated into the home page. (this could have been a setting problem on my part, in which case feel free to disregard me) I like having the mix of video, photo, and "news" on the home page.
- Marko Novak, December 11, 2007
-
I think Digg looks better now. It was about time too.
- Richard Butler, December 12, 2007
-
Yes, it is about time. They should really think of new ways to better service their targeted clients, especially that there are a lot of new entrants offering the same service.
- Apoorv Khatreja, December 20, 2007
-
Finaly Digg did update their site. I wonder when they'll fix their Firefox compatibility.
- Collin - Your World Gallery, December 30, 2007
-
Myself I don't seem to get along with Digg which bugs me a lot. When ever I got to submit something I get a error and I can't submit. I think it is called a Captcha Error. I have no idea what it means but I get it every time. Anyone here know how to fix this? Please let me know.
- free iphone, January 3, 2008
-
I love the new look. FINALLY a picture section!
- Crowdstormer, January 29, 2008
-
I think that Digg have done this really well - the process of adding something still looks clean and simple, which is one of the most appealing features of Digg's functionality.
- NikolRU, February 20, 2008
-
???Ǩ????ꬪ?????????? ?????Ǩ??Ǩ? ???Ǩ???????? ?????ꬪ????? - ?ꬱ?Ǩ??????Ǩ??????????ꬵ ????????????Ć ?? ???ꬵ?ꬪ?ꬵ??. ?????? ???????ꬪ??????Ć???Ǩ????????????ꬵ ?ꬺ?ꬵ???ꬵ?ꬥ???ꬵ?Ǩ?? ???ꬥ?ꬱ?ꬵ?Ǩ??? ?????ꬺ ???????ꬱ??ꬪ?ꬵ?ꬵ ???ꬥ?Ķ??ꬥ??????? ?????Ǩ???????. http://www.krasnaya-polyana-hotels.ru
- Dersert, February 21, 2008
-
?ꬰ????? http://shop-dvd-films.info/, ???? ???Ǩ???????Ć???Ķ ??????Ǩ???? ???ꬱ?Ǩ?????? ??????ꬵ?Ǩ?ꬵ?????? ?? ???ꬪ?ꬵ??????? ???????Ǩ?ꬺ???Ć??? ???? ????ꬺ???ꬵ ??????ꬪ??Ǩ?????ꬵ ??ꬵ?ꬺ??.
- housebagyaho, February 21, 2008
-
exploring by helping they had caught it I thought berries.
- lostyand, February 26, 2008
- lostyand, February 26, 2008
- lostyand, February 26, 2008
- lostyand, February 26, 2008
- listik-28081, February 26, 2008
- listik-28081, February 26, 2008
- lostyand, February 27, 2008
- lostyand, February 27, 2008
- lostyand, February 27, 2008
- lostyand, February 27, 2008
- lostyand, February 27, 2008
- lostyand, February 27, 2008
- lostyand, February 27, 2008
- lostyand, February 27, 2008
- lostyand, February 27, 2008
- lostyand, February 27, 2008
- lostyand, February 27, 2008
- lostyand, February 27, 2008
- lostyand, February 27, 2008
- listik-28081, February 27, 2008
- lon_ko, March 15, 2008
-
http://index1.suymonde.com >uno online class schedule
- lon_ko, March 15, 2008
-
http://index1.suymonde.com >uno online class schedule
- Funky_dima, March 21, 2008
-
http://index1.gfgal.com >anal stimulant recipe
- Funky_dima, March 21, 2008
-
http://index1.gfgal.com >anal stimulant recipe
- Funky_dima, March 21, 2008
-
http://index1.gfgal.com >black thunder photo gallery
- Funky_dima, March 21, 2008
-
http://index1.gfgal.com >black thunder photo gallery
- Seo Blog, March 23, 2008
-
It's seems too much spam in your blog (
- kistov, June 11, 2008
- kistov, June 11, 2008
- kistov, June 11, 2008
- kistov, June 11, 2008
- kistov, June 11, 2008
- kistov, June 11, 2008
- kistov, June 11, 2008
- kistov, June 11, 2008
- kistov, June 11, 2008
- kistov, June 11, 2008
- kistov, June 11, 2008
- kistov, June 11, 2008
- kistov, June 12, 2008
- kistov, June 12, 2008
- kistov, June 12, 2008
- kistov, June 12, 2008
- kistov, June 12, 2008
- kistov, June 12, 2008
- kistov, June 12, 2008
- kistov, June 12, 2008
- Cavalera, July 14, 2008
-
If you seller or buyer, you can visit to : http://www.sellerandbuyerforum.com/home.html
Thank you, Cavalera Seputura Corps.
- Cavalera, July 14, 2008
-
If you seller or buyer, you can visit to : http://www.sellerandbuyerforum.com/home.html
Thank you, Cavalera Seputura Corps.
- casinomy, July 15, 2008
-
Всё о казино в сети: свежие новости в мире казино, правила игр, стратегии игр, бесплатные Flash-игры, форум, платёжные системы, производители программного обеспечения для казино, помощь новичкам, словарь терминов, статьи
- happyconverter, October 21, 2008
-
I like it
- happyconverter, October 21, 2008
-
I like it
