# Has the Photobucket upload changed?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-photobucket-upload-changed/508388
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [August 31, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-photobucket-upload-changed/508388 "2009-08-31T19:06:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-photobucket-upload-changed/508388/1 "2009-08-31T19:06:49Z")
I just went to upload a couple of photos at Photobucket, and they’ve changed the page layout. Ever since I switched to Firefox, I’ve been using their “old uploader” option, which is no longer there. There’s a “click here to upload” box, I click on it, pick the pictures, it says they upload – but the pictures aren’t there.
Any ideas?
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### Author:  [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-photobucket-upload-changed/508388/2 "2009-08-31T19:43:22Z")
It works for me.
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### Author:  [@StarsApart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarsApart)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-photobucket-upload-changed/508388/3 "2009-08-31T20:11:57Z")
I’ve been having trouble with the flash based uploader too. It simply won’t load for me. In their help, [here](http://photobucket.com/faq/?catID=66&catSelected=f&topicID=687), they say their old uploader will now only appear if you don’t have flash installed - there’s no more link to the old uploader. I don’t want to uninstall flash just to use the old uploader. When I emailed them the only response I got was that my thoughts would be considered.
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### Author:  [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-photobucket-upload-changed/508388/4 "2009-08-31T20:18:31Z")
Does it matter that I’m on a Mac?
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-photobucket-upload-changed/508388/5 "2009-08-31T22:44:53Z")
> [@StarsApart](#):
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> … In their help, [here](http://photobucket.com/faq/?catID=66&catSelected=f&topicID=687), they say their old uploader will now only appear if you don’t have flash installed - there’s no more link to the old uploader. I don’t want to uninstall flash just to use the old uploader. When I emailed them the only response I got was that my thoughts would be considered.
Well that’s annoying as hell. Guess for now I’ll just upload the pix elsewhere – but long term, that’s my main online photo album, I don’t really want to have to maintain two.
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### Author:  [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-photobucket-upload-changed/508388/6 "2009-09-01T02:39:57Z")
Download a webbrowser that doesn’t support flash. Or use an extension in Firefox to turn off flash for that particular website. It’s not the best solution, but at least you won’t have to uninstall anything.
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### Author:  [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-photobucket-upload-changed/508388/7 "2009-09-01T03:30:34Z")
I am so glad I don’t use Photobucket.
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### Author:  [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-photobucket-upload-changed/508388/8 "2009-09-01T04:23:49Z")
I was very disappointed at their new “look”. I could barely find the pics for the cluster of ads everywhere.
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### Author:  [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-photobucket-upload-changed/508388/9 "2009-09-01T13:07:47Z")
I can’t find the place where you change the size as you upload the photo. :mad:
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### Author:  [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2009, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-photobucket-upload-changed/508388/10 "2009-09-01T13:14:56Z")
There’s a firefox addon called [IE Tab](https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/1419), which allows you to change the browser engine for one tab (say, the one you’ve opened Photobucket in) to Internet Explorer; I use it for all sites that have some problems with firefox for whatever reason, especially when there’s some flash issue. Works like a charm.
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-photobucket-upload-changed/508388/11 "2009-09-01T13:42:05Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#):
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> There’s a firefox addon called [IE Tab](https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/1419), which allows you to change the browser engine for one tab (say, the one you’ve opened Photobucket in) to Internet Explorer; I use it for all sites that have some problems with firefox for whatever reason, especially when there’s some flash issue. Works like a charm.
[Here](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419)’s that link in English.
IE makes me really nervous. It went kerplooey on me last fall and it took me a week to straighten out – couldn’t get online at home at all during that period. (Figuring out how to load Firefox if you can’t get online to load Firefox was only one problem – I spent several hours on the phone with people in India.) I haven’t launched IE on this machine since, and even doing it through Firefox … still nervous.
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### Author:  [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-photobucket-upload-changed/508388/12 "2009-09-01T16:13:50Z")
Actually went and checked. The ‘fire uploader’ in Firefox tools works just fine. No idea about resizing, I do all that myself with Irfanview.