No doubt Flickr is a great site to manage and share your pictures, but if you still prefer to handle them in the old style, FlickrEdit is what you're looking for.

This Java Web-based application lets you fully manage your Flickr account right from your desktop, without having to launch the browser, open the URL and start your session each time. The first time you launch it, you need to create a new user (which you can do by simply logging on to your Flickr account – no need to fill in any forms) and you're then required to allow the app from Flickr settings. After that, you can simply close the browser and start using FlickrEdit.

FlickrEdit lets you browse photos and sets, view photo slideshows, check your contacts' latest uploads, download and upload photos, see the EXIF data about each picture, mark them as favorites and many other tasks. Still, there are some features missing, such as a search tool (the one built in the program only searches your photos) and the ability to leave notes.

Being a Java tool, FlickrEdit is not very quick in response and sometimes takes a while to display photos. That said, generally speaking, I found it to be a very handy tool, especially for Flickr hardcore users.

If you spend a lot of time browsing, managing, uploading and viewing photos on Flickr, this tool may come in really handy for you.