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

Sigh. Whatever your reasons were for including the Facebook and Flickr functionality in the first iteration of the Photos app, why take it out? The code is written, the work is done, and people clearly LIKE it. Why not just let people have stuff they like? One of the things I like about Windows 8 is what seems like a shared design ethos with Windows Phone -- my life and my content take front and center, without being siloed into a bunch of different apps. If you're going to remove the "hub" aspect of the Photos application, why not do the same to the People app? After all, "soon there will even be a Facebook app from Facebook"! I'm sure that will let us "socially engage with our friends" as well as our photos (however one "socially engages" with a photography). This strikes me as a simple and intentional regression, stepping away from something that represented a real innovation in UX.

Hi, I have updated to the windows 8.1 RT preview on my 64GB Surface and now when I go to the photos app all it will show me is "this PC" no option for Facebook even though I am signed in and have checked mypermissions, or SkyDrive Please help it makes the app pretty useless Thanks

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. Come on. Have you not learned enough lessons with Windows 8 start button and Xbox One DRM? The photo app without Skydrive, Homegroup and NAS becomes totally useless, especially on memory-limited Surface RT. Now you're essentially saying that I need to search the Store, waste time trying tons of rubbish apps to find a replacement? I don't care about engaging socially with people who are far away, when I can engage with people seating next to me and go through holiday photos with them. The photo app was great for that, and the 4 friends I encouraged buying a Surface would say the same. Now you're killing this app. Very disappointing.

In my opinion, you should bring back all the old integration with the other services. You've provided lots of great features to an app that people love. It would be detrimental if you took away all the features that were elegantly provided. It was already in there so why not just leave it and have people choose to not use it instead of making that choice for them?

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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2013-06-28T09:58:19+00:00

Sigh. Whatever your reasons were for including the Facebook and Flickr functionality in the first iteration of the Photos app, why take it out? The code is written, the work is done, and people clearly LIKE it. Why not just let people have stuff they like?

One of the things I like about Windows 8 is what seems like a shared design ethos with Windows Phone -- my life and my content take front and center, without being siloed into a bunch of different apps. If you're going to remove the "hub" aspect of the Photos application, why not do the same to the People app? After all, "soon there will even be a Facebook app from Facebook"! I'm sure that will let us "socially engage with our friends" as well as our photos (however one "socially engages" with a photography).

This strikes me as a simple and intentional regression, stepping away from something that represented a real innovation in UX.
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2013-06-28T08:40:37+00:00

Hi,

I have updated to the windows 8.1 RT preview on my 64GB Surface and now when I go to the photos app all it will show me is "this PC" no option for Facebook even though I am signed in and have checked mypermissions, or SkyDrive

Please help it makes the app pretty useless

Thanks
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Anonymous

2013-06-28T08:07:41+00:00

Only shows local photos
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2013-06-28T07:30:09+00:00

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.

Come on. Have you not learned enough lessons with Windows 8 start button and Xbox One DRM? The photo app without Skydrive, Homegroup and NAS becomes totally useless, especially on memory-limited Surface RT. Now you're essentially saying that I need to search the Store, waste time trying tons of rubbish apps to find a replacement? I don't care about engaging socially with people who are far away, when I can engage with people seating next to me and go through holiday photos with them. The photo app was great for that, and the 4 friends I encouraged buying a Surface would say the same. Now you're killing this app. Very disappointing.
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2013-06-28T06:12:13+00:00

In my opinion, you should bring back all the old integration with the other services. You've provided lots of great features to an app that people love. It would be detrimental if you took away all the features that were elegantly provided. It was already in there so why not just leave it and have people choose to not use it instead of making that choice for them?
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