It's official: Facebook has a new interface for browsing photo albums that features bigger photos and a single page of pictures.
In the past, photo albums were organized by pages with 20 photos each. While it kept photos organized and load times at a minimum, clicking the "next" button over and over again was simply a chore that annoyed most users. Different photo sizes also made the albums look messy.
The new changes, which many users have had as a beta test for the last week or two, focus on cleaning up the album page as well as fixing the user experience. There is no longer any pagination for photo albums; simply scroll down the page and more photos will automatically load. Pictures on album pages have also been enlarged and standardized, making browsing your recent trip to Florida a much more pleasurable experience.
Here's a before and after comparison:
The new albums are part of a recent push by Facebook to upgrade its Photos product. Recently the site added face detection technology and increased the maximum photo size to 720 pixels. Many of these new features stem from Facebook's acquisition of group photo-sharing service Divvyshot.