Insert flickr photos in posts

[#1]

On the back of the sheffield flood photos thread we thought it would be cool to be able to insert photos into threads without leaving the site. So today I knocked up a simple script that uses jQuery to load photos from flickr using the API and display thumbnails below the post text area in the forum. Clicking on a thumbnail adds the relevant bbcode.
You can see a demo here http://community.plus.net/flickr-test/ ; (click on 'Additional Options' to expand it)
It currently just loads the first 100 pics tagged 'barcampsheffield' but once we add a field for your flickr username in smf, it will load your most recent photos by default. You'll also be able to search by tag for other people's photos.
It's just a proof of concept so far but what do you think? Ideas/suggestions welcomed.

[#2]

AWESOME! 

[#3]

That's amazing, it would make my (forum) life SO much easier!

[#4]

Wicked - When can I use it...
I just got an N95, so that's ability to upload pictures directly to Flickr and this to push them straight into a post opens a lot of doors 🙂
Ian

[#5]

Quote from: Ianwild

... opens a lot of doors

Hope that isn't an unfortunate turn of phrase
David

[#6]

Looks good - with over 1500 photos on Flickr, I can see it coming in useful for me some time.

[#7]

Demo updated: http://community.plus.net/flickr-test/
TODO:
* pagination
* remove from "Additional Options..." and put in "Insert Flickr Photo..."
* save your flickr username to save typing it in
* allow browsing by sets/collections
* better styling
* fix the code so it's a bit less ugly
other suggestions?

[#8]

I'd suggest this: if a username is given, make the tag search only search that username's photos. Also don't just limit it to tags, but allow it to search title/description text too. (Although I admit it could be doing that already; I haven't checked to be certain - I'm just going by the fact it's called 'tag search'.) Otherwise it looks good though! A unique but very handy forum mod.

[#9]

Now live, check it out... treat it as a functional demo as it still clearly needs work. I think a tabbed interface with 'My Photostream', 'Search my photos' and 'Search all photos' might be the best way to do it.

[#10]

Awesome!  Now you just need to add pagination!

[#11]

Quote from: Kelly

Awesome!  Now you just need to add pagination!

pagination added. it's built into the flickr api so it was pretty straightfoward. Looks a bit funny now when flipping between pages cos the height of the div keeps changing. Need to make the loading animation go *over* the images rather than replacing them.

[#12]

Woo!

[#13]

Looking good Kelly...
... and for random onlookers - Yes - that is Kelly!

[#14]

Quote from: Liam

Yes - that is Kelly!

I can think of sooooo many comments! 
Actually, I already knew that Plusnet's Head of Quality Assurance was a rocker, but I remember when Kelly's name first appeared, I had this mental image of a demure little lady.
BarCamp was the giveaway.

[#15]

Were you at barcamp then?  Or just looking at the photos?

I reckon this flurry of posts with images in of mine will have stopped by tomorrow