Here on the orkut team, we often find ourselves crowded around a computer checking out photos of the cool things our friends are doing. It's a fun way to stay connected with people who we can't always see in person. In fact, we spend so much of our free time on orkut using the photos feature that we decided to change a few things to help make the experience even better. We're pretty excited about the changes that we've made, and wanted to be sure that we shared them with you.

Here's a quick rundown of some of the new things you'll see when you click the "photos" button:

1. Photo albums reorganized into an easy-to-use list with the most recently updated albums displayed on top
   
2. Privacy settings that you (and only you), can see for each album right on your "photos" page
   
3. Links to view, edit, and add photos to an album on your "photos" page
   

Take a look at the new "photos" page below:

We think one of the coolest updates to the photos feature on orkut is the new "photos of me" tab. When you click it, you can see all of the photos that your friends have tagged of you on one page, allowing you to be sure that orkut only catches you at your very best. :-)



Hope you enjoy the updates!

Posted by Abhishek Surana, Software Engineer.