Just a quick note here, as I’m swamped in classes. Pro-tip: If you can’t stand the new Facebook lightbox – especially on your phone – then just hit Ctrl+R, and it will load the old image page as usual. This works great on the N900, making browsing galleries sane again.
Update: On a tip from a friend, I tried out this Greasemonkey script, which not only allows you to kill the Lightbox permanently, but also adds a heck of a lot of good functionality and anti-annoyance features to Facebook. This can also be used on the N900 through the Greasemonkey port to microB (or whatever they call the stock Maemo browser these days). I think the package is in Extras-devel.
On an aside, I hear rumblings of KActivityConsumer & Friends moving to kdelibs/experimental, which would mean I could finally get my patch for KFilePlaces finished off and shipped. This would let you show Places that are relevant to your current activity, while conserving space when not needed. Yay!
#1 by Harsh on February 25, 2011 - 9:47 am
Glad you feel the same way about light boxes.
#2 by Jeffery MacEachern on February 25, 2011 - 9:58 am
To be honest, it’s more Facebook’s implementation that gets to me than the concept itself, although reading your post, I can understand your frustration. If done properly, it can occasionally be handy (modality aside), but Facebook’s lightbox is just plain broken. It adds no functionality beyond what was already there (arrow keys to page through photos, etc.), and only serves to obfuscate things. I’ve also had it glitch up a bit sometimes with photo tags. Trying to use it on my phone was a nightmare.
#3 by ZeD on February 25, 2011 - 12:23 pm
I feel the same!
The problem is the new interface it’s the only one that gives access to download high resolution images of the photos…
#4 by Jeffery MacEachern on February 25, 2011 - 4:53 pm
Hmm… I didn’t notice that. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. Greasemonkey might help here, and it’s available on the N900…
#5 by Jeffery MacEachern on March 2, 2011 - 5:13 am
Hmm… for the record, this doesn’t seem to be the case anymore.