I wrote this little bookmarklet to help me instantly grab the large/original version of any Flickr photo. Funnily enough, because of Flickr's consistent filenaming scheme, it also works for photos where the See different sizes
option normally remains hidden:
view big (gets 1024px version; should work for most photos)
){s=M[m].src; if(s && s.match(/static/) && !s.match(/_s|buddy/)){void(window.open(s.replace('.jpg','_b.jpg'),'_self')); break}}){kind=link}
view original (gets full version as uploaded; works for photos pre-March 2007)
){s=M[m].src; if(s && s.match(/static/) && !s.match(/_s|buddy/)){void(window.open(s.replace('.jpg','_o.jpg'),'_self')); break}}){kind=link}
Drag the link above to your Bookmarks Toolbar (or right click, Add to Favorites), then click it when viewing a single Flickr photo page.
Here's the formatted source code, if you're into that sorta thing:
for (m in M=document.getElementsByTagName('img'))
{
s = M[m].src;
if (s && s.match(/static/) && !s.match(/_s|buddy/))
{
void(window.open(s.replace('.jpg','_o.jpg'),'_self'));
break;
}
}comments
1. posted by Ivan at 15:46 on October 28, 2005
wow very smrt and handy
2. posted by Nick at 16:19 on October 28, 2005
Thanks for sharing this!
3. posted by Ruben at 17:46 on October 28, 2005
You sneaky hacker! ;-)
4. posted by Konstantinos at 01:06 on November 08, 2005
Very nice! Can it be modified to work for PNGs as well?
5. posted by kwota.net,chris,chris at 02:29 on November 03, 2006
I call it Bigr. Awesome.
6. posted by hccnet.nl,r.j.m.vermeulen,r.j.m.vermeulen at 10:23 on January 18, 2007
hi MILO
I saw your photos
PaRob
I saw your photos
PaRob
7. posted by francis at 00:11 on February 06, 2007
this is really great i can use this on pc with windows
but with osx on my mackbook it dont work ;(.
but with osx on my mackbook it dont work ;(.
8. posted by juice at 01:56 on March 07, 2007
Doesn't seem to work under FF2 in Windows :-(
9. posted by James at 14:13 on March 07, 2007
If you replace (s.replace('.jpg','_o.jpg') with (s.replace('.jpg','_b.jpg') rather than getting the original you can view the large version (1024x800).
Flickr have added a security feature to help protect the original.
Flickr have added a security feature to help protect the original.
10. posted by Milo at 14:28 on March 07, 2007
Good point James. For the time being I've just split the bookmarklet into two version: one for _o and one for _b.