After about a month of beta testing the new Flickr Uploadr 3.0, the software is finally available for download in its complete and official package. Get it here. We first caught wind of the new Uploadr last month, when public beta testing began.
You may remember that the big ado in regards to this latest version is its ability to tweak, rearrange, modify, tag and organize your images before uploading them to the site. It gives you far more control over your pictures, and minimizes the amount of editing time you need to do online, once you've in fact added the images to your Flickr account.
So when will we have image editing wrapped up in this too? With the addition of Picnik as an internal editing option for your Flickr images, I see an offline combo deal with the Uploadr as being a logical next step. I always crop out the ugly, boring or raunchy parts of my photos before uploading, and if I could edit, title, describe, tag and reorder images in one fatal swoop, I'd be one happy photo-sharer. Throwing in Flickr's other major announcement today--the inclusion of web stats for pro accounts--Flickr is offering its loyal users a lot of control for their accounts.