Flickr adds lightbox viewer for iPad surfers

Flickr has announced that visitors who browse the site using an iPad can now view photos using a lightbox-style viewer. On any photo page, simply tap the picture you'd like to view and the background will darken and the higher-resolution image will load in the foreground.

It's a subtle change, but one which definitely makes browsing Flickr on an iPad a more enjoyable (and efficient) experience. As our editor in chief put it, "This is pretty sick."

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