HIGHER RESOLUTION PHOTOS COMING TO FACEBOOK

Facebook photos have been notoriously poor quality.  Between the extremely high compression and very low resolution, that cute baby picture you upload is reduced to a blurry postage stamp.  Over the next few weeks Facebook will begin rolling out support for high resolution pictures.  According to Facebook

We’re increasing the size of the photos stored from 720 pixels to 2048 pixels on the largest edge, for an 8 times increase overall. I’m really excited to be launching this feature. To see the quality of these pictures, you can view National Geographic’s “Top-Rated Your Shot Photos (September)” album or Sports Illustrated’s “Football Across America” album. Download high-resolution photos by clicking the “Download” link.


While this won't apply to any pictures already on Facebook, any pictures you upload after the new system is in place will have the new specs.  But Facebook isn't done with just that announcement.  They will also be launching a light-box interface similar to Flickr.