Blogger added a feature that makes it easier to view multiple photos. When you click on an image from a Blogger post, a LightBox-like overlay shows a bigger version of the image and lets you view the other images in a slideshow. The feature was borrowed from Google+, it's enabled by default and can't be disabled from the settings page.
If you want to open an image in a new tab, middle-click on the URL displayed below the image or right-click the link and select "open link in new tab". The slideshow supports keyboard shortcuts: left/right arrows, j/k, n/p to navigate, Esc to close the slideshow.
{ Thanks, Petros and Cougar. }
yes that's true my friend...
ReplyDeletei have look this feature...
it's a great \m/
Put a second photo in this blog post and we will not need the screenshot itself. We can try it out for ourselves!
ReplyDeleteborrowed from Google+ after it was borrowed from Facebook
ReplyDeletefor me it's not showing dude plz help me
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@Shree: may be this is your bug...
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found that, and delete it...
i hope worked ;)
I'm not sure I'd call this a "feature". It's wrecked my blog and ruined my experience when viewing similar blogs hosted on blogspot. It's also very slow.
ReplyDeleteI don't really see the point for this. It makes no sense for smaller photos. People who need it could add it through third party tools.
ReplyDeleteAnd not allowing it to be turned off is kinda evil, Google!
It makes even no sense for big photos! Big photos like infographic become limited to screen size.
ReplyDeleteBad.
Bloody great!!
ReplyDeleteMulti images on my daily blog (only for me in my senior years!!).
Thanks Google...
Bad. Very Bad.
ReplyDeleteFor my photo-blog the feature limits the view to smaller image size and ruins the ability to see a closeup.
There should be choice to opt-in or out,
All the way there, as do snippets!
ReplyDeleteThis is breakthrough only new thing that must be developed in the future.
Let us build that better together...ayeeee \m/
EXACTLY! how do i turn this damn thing off!?! it's neither innovative nor that nice looking to begin with!!!
ReplyDeleteLooking at the code I see that there will probably some kind of ADMIN control for the LIGHTBOX.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't work on my blog?
ReplyDeleteMaybe because I use Live Writer to compose and upload, rather than native editor?
On my blog, any photos posted over 18 months ago do not appear in the slideshow. Instead, a small red rectangular box appears in the photo, and the slideshow itself does not proceed. (This phenomenon occurs in Firefox; not sure about Internet Explorer.) See: http://troop60147.blogspot.com/2010/03/3-15-10-girl-scouts-98th-anniversary.html
ReplyDeleteAny ideas on this?
Seems like a waste of time, of course, I don't run a photo blog but it sounds like I'm glad I don't.
ReplyDeleteThis "feature" is injected into your template behind the scenes by the server.
ReplyDeleteDiscussion: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/thread?tid=73493b0be3a4116d
Solution: Do a HTML/Javascript-widget with the js code mentioned at: http://englishjavadrinker.blogspot.com/2011/09/fixing-bloggers-mistakes.html
function killLightbox() {...}
Ok, just checked my other blog, on some of my instructional images I put a caption underneath them saying "click for larger image", I guess that's pointless now, way to mess everything up Google!
ReplyDeleteThis is horrid, in my books. My readers have downloading things based on my instructions to click photos & save as and now it is ultra confusing for those with basic computer skills. Sigh. Thanks for posting about how to use it though...
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't work at all on older pictures. How much worse can it get, really?
ReplyDeleteThis so called improvement was foisted on all Blogger users without any consultation. It is poorly designed, and crucially does not allow zooming in , which is the whole point of photo blogs. Blogger is not a social network, and most posts have single images attached to them. Lightbox is an album viewer, more suited to facebook-style interaction. There has been a massive outcry against this here: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/thread?tid=73493b0be3a4116d&hl=en
ReplyDeleteIf you are affected, please consider posting a complaint
It's a bad feature. Doesn't work with older photos, takes forever to load many photos into the thumbnail thingy, doesn't allow for enlarging pics to see details. I really hate it, and would really like for blogger to make it optional.
ReplyDeleteI am not able to notice it in my login? Is it in Beta kind of something?
ReplyDeleteIm trying this one. But please update it is sometimes slow to load.
ReplyDeleteI DO NOT like this slideshow feature.
ReplyDeletePlease make it an option so I can OPT OUT! Thanks!
This can now be turned off!
ReplyDeleteGo to Settings>Formatting>Showcase images with Lightbox>No
this is a disaster when you reach one of these blogs from a mobile browser. It's impossible to get the actual picture in a viewable position (in mobile Safari at least)
ReplyDeleteThis feature does not work on my blog period. It works on another blog perfectly and honestly I'd rather just use another slideshow template than to try and find out why this doesn't work for me.
ReplyDeleteWhy would anyone want to look at blogs using a feature that makes pictures smaller -- when we all like to look at full-screen size photos? Please, Google, take it away.
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