@darynakulya Thanks Daryna! Given that this is the first major redesign of our app in years, we've made some fundamental design decisions that came with some tradeoffs. For example, you'll notice that the app is much brighter than it was before - light backgrounds everywhere, as opposed to the dark, serious feel of the previous version. We were looking to achieve a more open and approachable feel, as we try to diversify our userbase and our catalogue of photos. Of course, the tradeoff here is that a lot of users, especially serious photographers prefer photos to be seen on black. While we do still offer the ability to view a photo that way, we've made the decision to keep most of the app very bright. Another tradeoff we had to make was displaying photos in cropped squares vs in a full aspect ratio grid. Composition is a huge component of photography, so we want to respect photographers by not cropping their photos. However, we do understand that now some photos may shown as 'bigger' than others (landscape vs portraits). And lastly, I guess any sort of change is a tradeoff in itself. We have a very passionate userbase, and any big change could potentially make them feel less familiar with our app, our product, our brand. However, we're hoping with the new awesome features in the app, and a beautiful new design, they'll accept the changes with love :)

@jeffshin Very cool! I have noticed how bright and inviting the app feels. Look forward to discovering great photos.

@chrismessina Thanks! There's a couple small details / easter eggs in there too :)

@chrismessina Thanks Chris! It was a lot of fun to design and build.