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Is this really happening via the "Download" link, or is this being caused by people right clicking and saying "Save Image As..." because if you want to preserve

Is this really happening via the "Download" link, or is this being caused by people right clicking and saying "Save Image As..." because if you want to preserve or work with images, you probably should not be saving images from the context menu, which are often scaled and processed, and instead be asking for the original/raw/high resolution upload.

pixelcort 14y ago
Do images on Facebook even have a download link? Edit: Why yes they do! It's in a drop down menu.
- twerquie 14y ago
  Yes
smackfu 14y ago
That's nice in theory, but for years, Facebook photos had no download link, and the only option was to Save As the one you could see. It's very confusing for people when the only way to do something suddenly becomes the wrong way to do it, for no reason they can see.
- alexwright 14y ago
  So we should all stand still in time because current tech is understood by this generation? You have to draw a line somewhere. The download has in fact been there for years now, at least since late '09. I only remember because we had to download a bunch of images and our only source without giving away a surprise was FB. I was given a bunch of crappy 70% 800x600 .jpgs and I had to show the person getting the images the download like, which at the time wasn't even in the Options menu. Users...