Bypass New Theater Photo Viewer in Facebook
The photos gets opened in a Lightbox popup photo viewer (akaTheater) when you click the photos thumbnail in Facebook now. If youare happy with the new theater photo viewer in Facebook then itsalright and If you didn’t like it then you can Bypass thenew theater photo viewer in Facebook and switch back to classicphoto viewer by using simple tricks explained below.
1. Press the F5 button
This is the easiest way to bypass new Theater style photo viewer inFacebook and view your photos classic style . After you click the photothumbnail in Facebook, It gets opened in the popup Lightboxwindow which is called the Theater photo view.
Now just press “F5″ button in your keyboard, the page will get refreshed and the photo will get opened in the classic mode.
2. Remove “&theater” from the Link
After you click the Photo thumbnail on Facebook, the image will open ina lightbox popup window. Once its loaded check the link of the page atthe browser address bar. Remove a code “&theater” from part of the link (at last) of the photo from address bar and hit the Enter key. Now the photo will get opened in classic style.
3. Facebook Lightbox Killer
The above both process are temporarily and gets applied for thatcurrent photo viewing only It means you have to do same for each photosyou want to view every time which is really annoying job.
Facebook Lightbox Killer is a permanent solution forgetting classic photo viewer for your Facebook. It is a browserextension developed by betterfacebook.net that removes the annoying Light Box (aka Theater) popup when viewing pictures on Facebook. It is currently available for only Firefox and Chrome browsers. The settings gets applied for all Facebook accounts opened in that web browser.
Posted: 20 Feb 2011 12:56 AM PST
Facebookhas been making lots of changes and improvements in its users profilesand Pages. Some changes might be interesting and useful to all theusers and some might not be. Same thing is happening with thenew Theater style photo viewer in Facebook.The photos gets opened in a Lightbox popup photo viewer (akaTheater) when you click the photos thumbnail in Facebook now. If youare happy with the new theater photo viewer in Facebook then itsalright and If you didn’t like it then you can Bypass thenew theater photo viewer in Facebook and switch back to classicphoto viewer by using simple tricks explained below.
1. Press the F5 button
This is the easiest way to bypass new Theater style photo viewer inFacebook and view your photos classic style . After you click the photothumbnail in Facebook, It gets opened in the popup Lightboxwindow which is called the Theater photo view.
Now just press “F5″ button in your keyboard, the page will get refreshed and the photo will get opened in the classic mode.
2. Remove “&theater” from the Link
After you click the Photo thumbnail on Facebook, the image will open ina lightbox popup window. Once its loaded check the link of the page atthe browser address bar. Remove a code “&theater” from part of the link (at last) of the photo from address bar and hit the Enter key. Now the photo will get opened in classic style.
3. Facebook Lightbox Killer
The above both process are temporarily and gets applied for thatcurrent photo viewing only It means you have to do same for each photosyou want to view every time which is really annoying job.
Facebook Lightbox Killer is a permanent solution forgetting classic photo viewer for your Facebook. It is a browserextension developed by betterfacebook.net that removes the annoying Light Box (aka Theater) popup when viewing pictures on Facebook. It is currently available for only Firefox and Chrome browsers. The settings gets applied for all Facebook accounts opened in that web browser.
