A couple of interesting UI techniques at Flickr

1) Interesting use of unicode characters for the UI on Flickr:

That triangle up top is actually two triangle characters side-by-side. Sucks that we still have to resort to such hacks for such a common UI shape — but this is a smart solution.

2) Also interesting is this inline tour of the new photo pages. Rollover a number and bubbles pop up to show you what's fresh for that section.

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