Did you know what is the world’s largest photo sharing site? You might have harriedly concluded its Flickr or Imageshack but thats not quite right – its Facebook, which is also the most popular social networking site.
Given its popularity, it is the most used site for people putting up their pics for pals to see. But till now what Facebook didn’t offer was the sharing of high resolution pictures as only photos with upto 720p resolution could be uploaded. This time it has brought out a whole new photo sharing tool which will make sharing your cherished memories a whole lot simpler.
Among its new features, the upcoming Photo tool allows one to upload photos of upto 2048p resolution, which is effectively 8 times larger than the earlier 720p size, and even has a download button for easily saving the pictures. The viewer has also been changed to a light box, with a dark frame around the picture, which pops out within the page. This means the whole page isn’t reloaded every time you move on to the next picture or browse through the album and hence gives faster viewing experience. The new Photo tool also allows multiple tagging at one go, a sorely lacking feature in the earlier tool especially when you had many people to tag in one photo. Uploading of photos has also been made a simpler, especially when there are a large number of photos.
Facebook has already announced in their official blog that these features will be available to everyone over the month.
