Google__ The Missing Manual - Kevin Purdy [42]
NOTE
Google+ switches to lightbox view when you click a picture anywhere on the site: in your stream, on a profile page, and so on. To return to wherever you were before you hopped to lightbox view, click the X near the upper right of the lightbox page.
Here’s the lowdown on each part of this screen:
The photo itself. Clicking it advances you to the next slide, just like clicking the right-facing arrow next to it. Right-clicking it (or tapping with two fingers on a MacBook trackpad) displays a shortcut menu of all the options your web browser gives you for images. Among them will likely be choices similar to “Save image as,” which lets you save the image to your computer, and “Open image in new tab” (or “View image”), which opens the image in another browser tab so you can then drag it onto your computer for easier saving.
The “John Doe (photos)/Photos from posts” box. In the upper rightmost corner of the lightbox view screen, you’ll see a small profile picture of the person who shared this photo. Clicking on their picture or their name brings you to their profile page. Clicking the “(photos)” link brings you to that person’s albums page, which, like your own “Your albums” page, shows all their photos that you’re allowed to see. Clicking “Photos from posts” brings you to that section of their photos page, where you see all the photos they’ve specifically shared, usually with a comment.
The comments list. Commenting on a photo here is the same as commenting on someone’s post (Commenting). When you add a comment here, it shows up in people’s streams just like any other comment.
The Share button. This works just like the Share link in your stream (Sharing Others’ Posts). Click it to see a pop-up box where you can add a comment and choose which circles or people you want to share it with. Keep reading for a fuller description, just ahead.
The “Tag people” button. This button lets you add tags to photos as explained on Tagging Photos.
The Options button. This button displays a few options that differ depending on whether you’re viewing one of your contact’s photo (and on what restrictions the photo’s owner has placed on it, if any) or one of your own photos. If it’s someone else’s photo, you’ll see a “Photo details” option, which displays nitty-gritty info about the shot (aperture, focal length, exposure, and so on). The “Download photo” option does just what it says (you won’t see this option if the person who posted the photo specifically turned off photo downloading in their Google+ setting, as explained on Adjusting Overall Photo Settings). Choose “Report abuse” if the photo is inappropriate, malicious, or otherwise bad for the Google+ community. If you’re viewing one of your photos, the Actions menu also includes options for rotating, editing, and deleting the image.
The filmstrip at the bottom of the page. This strip of images (which may not show up if you’re viewing one of your own photos that isn’t in an album) shows you which photos are included in the particular group you’re viewing. For example, the group might include more photos from the person who took the photo you clicked to get to lightbox view. Or if you’d clicked one of the other categories on the Photos page (Viewing Photos), the other photos in the filmstrip might be from other people in your circles, from your phone, pictures that you’re in, or photos from your albums. Clicking the arrows to the left or right of the picture you’re looking at moves back or forward through the pictures in the timeline of photos you’re viewing. You can also click any of the little thumbnails at the bottom of the page to bring them up for viewing.
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