Imgur Options

[Renee]

Imgur is the site a lot of us use to post linked pictures. We click on the link in somebody's story or screenshots post, we see the picture.

Except sometimes the picture (the screenshot) often does not pop up on its own; in the background we'll often see the actual Imgur website. And then we must click on the picture to enlarge it. Except the picture won't go full screen (or even near full screen). It merely covers most of the Imgur page, which is still in the background.

This happens for me when using any internet browser except ancient Internet Explorer, oddly. Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Edge usually require two clicks. IE, oddly, only requires one.

An example. Sometimes that picture I just posted will go full screen. Of course, now that I'm making this thread it pops up all the way, making me a feel little embarrassed. Often though the pic won't go full screen. And I'll need to click on it a second time to make it go full screen.

Anybody know what I'm talking about? I wonder if I'm the only one.

Because I find clicking on the picture that second time to be left-brain activity. Active, not passive. I click on the link, my brain expects to see a picture, and the neurons in my brain expect to take in this picture while everything else fades away for a few moments. Instead, I am often clicking on the picture a second time, and my brain does not get the artistic reward it expects. That second click is an action, not an experience. Anybody else know what I'm talking about?

I know ghastley and Lena have their own websites, or have their pics hosted on websites, but I assume those are paid. I am already paying for Photobucket and Imgur both. I don't want to pay some other website...

MY question: does anybody know a surefire way to simply make Imgur do what I want, every time? Display only the pic, without the Imgur website background?

This post has been edited by Renee: Oct 1 2021, 01:20 PM

[Renee]

Yes, that is what I do Kane, I copy the Direct Link part. I usually then open a new page and then paste the link into the page's URL section. Click Enter so I'm now looking at the full image. Then I copy the link again and paste it here at Chorrol. This process usually allows the link to open fully for ME.

Sometimes I also right-click on the link (the link here at Chorrol) and select one of the options. I forget which one. It's got a funny name. But if I right-click > choose this option, my pictures always open fully, but nobody else's do.

SubRosa yeah I have tried the double I thing. Again, it's hit or miss. Unless I Use I. Explorer, which oddly opens full every time.

Thanks for your ideas and feedback, folks.

[Renee]

Sometimes I also right-click on the link (the link here at Chorrol) and select one of the options. I forget which one. It's got a funny name. But if I right-click > choose this option, my pictures always open fully, but nobody else's do.

Right-click on the link, and choose "View in Incognito Window" pulls up the full pic every time. Can't do this with all imgur links on all computers, but on my laptop this works.

[macole]

Sometimes I also right-click on the link (the link here at Chorrol) and select one of the options. I forget which one. It's got a funny name. But if I right-click > choose this option, my pictures always open fully, but nobody else's do.

Right-click on the link, and choose "View in Incognito Window" pulls up the full pic every time. Can't do this with all imgur links on all computers, but on my laptop this works.

Thanks for the tip. I don't have "View in Incognito Window" but "Open link in InPrivate window" works in a similar fashion. Window10 thing I guess.