EDIT: October 18 – This has been edited to reflect the Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1 official RTM/GA release. I've just installed the 8.1 Preview on a desktop. EDIT: 10/17/2013-this is also true for RTM . The Photos App has changed: No longer includes the ability to show images from Facebook, Flickr, SkyDrive <10/18/2013deleted missing networked computers issue - for information on how to include content from supported Windows computers on a home network, see http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki/windows8_1-pictures/add-network-folders-and-display-pictures-in-the/bf3252f8-9162-4129-8387-5367e24b5609 - note that many older versions of Windows are not supported and that there is no support for Linux based NAS devices> Does have some new editing features 3. Live Tile functionality has disappeared. Edit:6/30 http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1_pr-pictures/possible-fix-for-photos-app-live-time-not-showing/e0eb3bb4-3e9c-4016-aa27-4a011ccc94a3 is what a possible solution is to missing Live Tile issues. Edit: 7/04 Tiles are working, but images change only 1x per day. This needs to be a shorter period. -- Barb Windows Entertainment and Connected Home MVP My Blog - http://digitalmediaphile.com/ Barb's Connected World Blog Reader Windows 8 App - http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/barbs-connected-world-blog/02f35769-52bf-461c-b1d5-06e54a58d298 Please mark as answered if this answers your question

MS... One of few reason why I loved using Windows 8 was the power of photo integration with Facebook, Flickr, SkyDrive, and local stored photos at one location. Why would you remove this one of few power feature from Windows 8.1. This feature separated Windows 8 from all the other OS out there. If you are really listening to us then please bring this feature back soon..... Please

So many questions, LEAST of all, is Carmen and msft_katiekatie the same person?. Do these people have a set script ? and prepared answers to cut and paste? are we talking to robots!!!? According the this blog post "Katie Frigon" is the "group program manager of the You-Centered Experience team".

I emailed Steve Balmer. Now, as he is set to leave, and a new CEO coming in I don't know what will change, but when a new CEO comes in I would suggest emailing them and referencing this thread, and any others you happen to know about. Apparently this forum is not the greatest at getting our voices heard and neither is the reddit( even my comment was on reddit was about cut/paste for the 'official' comment from MS. I think if we can bring the issue up at the top level, and enough of us do that, something might happen.

Thanks for the feedback, everybody. In Windows 8, we wanted to provide a way for folks to view their photos on other services knowing there would be few (if any) apps in the store at launch that would do so. Now there are many apps in the store that offer ways to view photos on other services and soon there will even be a Facebook app from Facebook. We’re confident Facebook will offer great ways to view and engage socially with photos on Facebook. We welcome Flickr to do the same. In addition, the People app still offers the ability to socially engage with your friends and even your own photos. I kid you not, but Microsoft Engineers for Windows 8.1 just did an AMA on Reddit and someone asked about the Facebook and Flickr integration. Here's their response : "msft_katieKatie, Microsoft 6 points 48 minutes ago In Windows 8, we needed to provide a way for folks to view their photos on other services knowing there would be few (if any) apps in the store at launch that would do so. Now there are many apps in the store that offer ways to view photos on other services and just released today is the Facebook app from Facebook. The Facebook app offers great ways to view and engage socially with photos on Facebook. We welcome Flickr to do the same. In addition, the People app still offers the ability to socially engage with your friends and even your own photos." . NOTICE THE SIMILARITY??? Seriously, I mean Seriously..... !!! So many questions, LEAST of all, is Carmen and msft_katiekatie the same person?. Do these people have a set script ? and prepared answers to cut and paste? are we talking to robots!!!? So disappointed. Clearly Microsoft aren't listening. (I also notice that they scrapped Facebook chat integration: Skype replaces the old Messages app, but Facebook chat has not been added to Skype - I guess the integration in Windows Phone will be next.... I wonder can we bring this problem to greater attention? Any ideas?). .. Annoyed..

Photos App in 8.1 loses most of its best features e.g. Facebook/Flickr support...

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EDIT: October 18 – This has been edited to reflect the Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1 official RTM/GA release.

I've just installed the 8.1 Preview on a desktop. EDIT: 10/17/2013-this is also true for RTM. The Photos App has changed:

No longer includes the ability to show images from Facebook, Flickr, SkyDrive

<10/18/2013deleted missing networked computers issue - for information on how to include content from supported Windows computers on a home network, see http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki/windows8_1-pictures/add-network-folders-and-display-pictures-in-the/bf3252f8-9162-4129-8387-5367e24b5609 - note that many older versions of Windows are not supported and that there is no support for Linux based NAS devices>

Does have some new editing features

3. Live Tile functionality has disappeared.

Edit:6/30

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1_pr-pictures/possible-fix-for-photos-app-live-time-not-showing/e0eb3bb4-3e9c-4016-aa27-4a011ccc94a3 is what a possible solution is to missing Live Tile issues.

Edit: 7/04

Tiles are working, but images change only 1x per day. This needs to be a shorter period.

Barb

Windows Entertainment and Connected Home MVP

My Blog - http://digitalmediaphile.com/

Barb's Connected World Blog Reader Windows 8 App -

http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/barbs-connected-world-blog/02f35769-52bf-461c-b1d5-06e54a58d298

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2013-10-18T03:25:57+00:00

MS... One of few reason why I loved using Windows 8 was the power of photo integration with Facebook, Flickr, SkyDrive, and local stored photos at one location. Why would you remove this one of few power feature from Windows 8.1. This feature separated Windows 8 from all the other OS out there. If you are really listening to us then please bring this feature back soon..... Please
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2013-10-18T02:31:32+00:00

So many questions, LEAST of all, is Carmen and msft_katiekatie the same person?. Do these people have a set script ? and prepared answers to cut and paste? are we talking to robots!!!?

According the this blog post "Katie Frigon" is the "group program manager of the You-Centered Experience team".
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2013-10-17T19:55:57+00:00

Just a note to let everyone know I have MOVED this thread from the Preview topic to the released 8.1 topic.

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2013-10-17T19:09:47+00:00

I emailed Steve Balmer. Now, as he is set to leave, and a new CEO coming in I don't know what will change, but when a new CEO comes in I would suggest emailing them and referencing this thread, and any others you happen to know about.

Apparently this forum is not the greatest at getting our voices heard and neither is the reddit( even my comment was on reddit was about cut/paste for the 'official' comment from MS. I think if we can bring the issue up at the top level, and enough of us do that, something might happen.
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2013-10-17T18:59:07+00:00

Thanks for the feedback, everybody. In Windows 8, we wanted to provide a way for folks to view their photos on other services knowing there would be few (if any) apps in the store at launch that would do so. Now there are many apps in the store that offer ways to view photos on other services and soon there will even be a Facebook app from Facebook. We’re confident Facebook will offer great ways to view and engage socially with photos on Facebook. We welcome Flickr to do the same. In addition, the People app still offers the ability to socially engage with your friends and even your own photos.

I kid you not, but Microsoft Engineers for Windows 8.1 just did an AMA on Reddit and someone asked about the Facebook and Flickr integration. Here's their response :

"msft_katieKatie, Microsoft 6 points 48 minutes ago

In Windows 8, we needed to provide a way for folks to view their photos on other services knowing there would be few (if any) apps in the store at launch that would do so. Now there are many apps in the store that offer ways to view photos on other services and just released today is the Facebook app from Facebook. The Facebook app offers great ways to view and engage socially with photos on Facebook. We welcome Flickr to do the same. In addition, the People app still offers the ability to socially engage with your friends and even your own photos."

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NOTICE THE SIMILARITY???

Seriously, I mean Seriously..... !!!

So many questions, LEAST of all, is Carmen and msft_katiekatie the same person?. Do these people have a set script ? and prepared answers to cut and paste? are we talking to robots!!!?

So disappointed. Clearly Microsoft aren't listening.

(I also notice that they scrapped Facebook chat integration: Skype replaces the old Messages app, but Facebook chat has not been added to Skype - I guess the integration in Windows Phone will be next.... I wonder can we bring this problem to greater attention? Any ideas?).

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Annoyed..
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