Tags... a good idea in theory, but not always a practical solution. As an alternative, could we still have categories (which you select when uploading a picture), but instead of tags have keywords. Keywords can only be selected from a pre-defined list (the existing tags) and new keywords can be requested and then approved by moderators. This means you can still browse by a general category, but have the ability to search on more specific words... of course this would require a search facility - but with predefined keywords, you can use indexing to perform more efficient searches.

Also - how about allowing us to host our own pictures instead of uploading? By providing the URL to a picture you can cut down on storage space costs and bandwidth usage. If a picture is not displayed because it has been removed, the critiques are not displayed, instead a message is shown explaining the image is not hosted by nFolio and has been removed. Its a cost saver, and something that most people here probably do anyway. I dont know if this idea will go down well with everyone as you could argue that a lot of images would soon become unavailable.

You occasionally see people uploading pictures when they seek nothing more than advice, so how about an option to disable critique's for an image? There could even be a category for this, and the ability to upload the amended shot based on suggestions - and then be able to relate the two, show them simultaneously so that users can see the differences and see how the advice was applied.

Have 2 critique text boxes for each critique. Both side by side, and both submitted simultaneously.... the reason, have one for "Good" and one for "Bad". That way they are clearly seperated and shouldnt get misinterpreted when being read. It would also make critique's easier as you have to think in 2 clear channels rather than "going off on one" and eventually not communicating your point precisely.

Just a suggestion.