Switch to the Classic Photo Viewer in Facebook

Ever since early 2011, Facebook photos now pop up in what they call a theater-light-box.  I’m glad to see Facebook is trying improve constantly but unfortunately this is one step backwards in convenience and design.  The most annoying problem with the new photo system is that I can’t right-click and get the image source like before.  Also, I just don’t like the way it looks because it doesn’t flow that well with the rest of the web site!

The easiest solution:

1. Click on the photo you want to see.
2. Click Refresh. Or hit F5.  Or press CTRL-R.

That’s it!  You will now magically revert to the classic style. 🙂

If you want to permanently disable the theater-box, you can install these simple add-ons to Chrome or Firefox:

Mozilla Firefox Add-on:

• Facebook Lightbox Killer here.

Google Chrome Extensions:

• No Thanks, Theaterbox: here.

Hope that helps!