Facebook rolls out high resolution photos, fullscreen galleries and
more
Today Facebook announced a new feature that will display all
photos in their highest resolution and a fullscreen gallery option will be
available to users using the latest versions of Chrome or Firefox.
The new feature will display photos up to four times larger than before and
will make images look sharper and more vivid; improving user experience when
browsing through an album.
For those using the newest versions of Firefox or Chrome, an arrow will
appear in the top right hand corner of the photo allowing them to expand to the
fullscreen mode. Users can also access the fullscreen viewer by selecting the
‘Options’ menu beneath the photo (but still only in Chrome and Firefox). There
are no indications when the fullscreen mode will available in Internet Explorer,
Safari or other browsers.
Facebook engineer Ryan Mack highlighted a new feature in
a recent blog post that improves the colour quality of images.
A photo taken by Mack in the Sydney Opera House was used to exemplify the
improved sRGB profile that will enhance the colours in images without slowing
down loading times.
As more and more social networks embrace visual content, as opposed to
written updates and reblogged/reposted textual content – think Pinterest,
Instagram – Facebook is rapidly adapting to keep up. Their new photo viewer
interface is designed to showcase pictures, photos and videos in a similar
fashion to the competition and complements Timeline’s visually-orientated
nature.
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