{"id":777,"date":"2011-02-21T08:05:51","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T15:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techiewhizkid.com\/?p=777"},"modified":"2011-03-03T08:23:01","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T15:23:01","slug":"how-to-get-old-classic-layout-of-facebook-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techiewhizkid.com\/how-to-get-old-classic-layout-of-facebook-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Get Old Classic Layout of Facebook Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook has recently introduced a new photo viewer for Photo albums  which allows you to preview the full size version of photos stored in a  Facebook album, without leaving the current page. While this new Photo  uploader from Facebook has received mixed reactions from the audience,  some call it \u201cpure distraction\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Certain Viewers are finding this new layout very distracting as the new photo layout takes up the entire screen space so is there any shortcut or browser plugin to use Facebook\u2019s classic photo viewer ?\u201d<\/p><div class=\"7a7853692f91f1c3aa9fe870b4069c5d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- techiewhizkid_link_1 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8372396756447573\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9242151396\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The Answer is Yes! There is a way by which you can switch back to the Old Classic Layout to view photos in Facebook and you don&#8217;t need to download any script or plugin to get the Old Classic Layout of Facebook Photos.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Method 1<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>While you\u2019re browsing through a Facebook photo album and the new photo  viewer pops up, simply hit the F5 key from your computer\u2019s keyboard.  This will refresh the page and bring back the older Facebook photo  viewer.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Method 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Whenever you see the ugly Facebook photo viewer with a dark background,  click the browser address bar and remove <strong>\u201c&amp;theater\u201d<\/strong> from the URL and  hit Enter. This will switch to the older Facebook photo layout.<\/p>\n<p>To Know More on How You can switch to the Old Classic Layout to view Photos in Facebook, View this Video below &#8211;<br \/>\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"500\" height=\"390\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/e3w2ZNBm5bw&amp;rel=0&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;version=3\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<h3>How to disable Facebook Photos Theater Viewer<\/h3>\n<p><strong>1. Remove &amp;theater from URL<\/strong> \u2013 Once you click on a photo on Facebook, a new page will open where you  can see &amp;theater in the URL i.e. web address. Just remove that part  from the URL and hit enter. You can now see the old Facebook photo  viewer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Hit F5 to Refresh the Facebook page<\/strong> \u2013  Very simple technique. Once the photo is opened in theater viewer, hit  F5 on your keyboard. The page will load and will open the photo in old  viewer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Use Firefox Userscript<\/strong> \u2013 Mozilla Firefox users are having benefits of add-ons. Install <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/greasemonkey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greasemonkey<\/a> add-on on the browser and then install this <a href=\"http:\/\/userscripts.org\/scripts\/show\/96773\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Userscript<\/a>. You will not see the new theater viewer while opening photos \/ pictures on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Google Chrome Extension<\/strong> \u2013 Google Chrome browser extension installation is very easy task. Install <a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/extensions\/detail\/dllbmgdedpfgmkjnlmkeklhebkijggeh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this extension<\/a> on your Chrome browser to disable theater effect or viewer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Another Chrome Extension<\/strong> \u2013 Chrome is having <a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/extensions\/detail\/hekghhccehegplbbippabnhnhlegiodo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one more<\/a> extension for this purpose. 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