There are many third-party programs out there that try to incorporate “insta” or “gram” or “pic” into their functions, but after trying out many of them myself, I suggest staying away from them. None of them seem to work properly and it’s probably because Facebook really wants people to use their own apps to browse Instagram.
Instagram is a social media platform where users can post pictures and videos. You can use the web interface to search and browse Instagram on your Windows, Mac or Linux PC. For me, being able to view the pictures on my desktop is more pleasing to the eye than on my small smartphone. Viewing Instagram pictures on a tablet like the iPad is also way better than using the mobile apps. ..
The web version of Instagram doesn’t offer a high resolution image option, which is a major downside. You can workaround this by using a trick to view a 1080p image on your computer.
Browse & Search Instagram
But if you sign in from a phone, you’ll see only images from your account.
The Explore feature on the iPhone is a way to see more pictures and videos that are popular or that their algorithm determines you might like.
The explore tab on the web seems to be biased towards content from people you may know, rather than new users. Additionally, the tab is not very inclusive - it only shows up for new users. This makes it difficult for newcomers to find interesting content. ..
If you’re looking for a place, type in the name of the city or country. If you’re looking for hashtags, type in #mycity or #mycountry.
The list of results is not random. It’ll first try to show you people you are following, followed by famous or verified people. Those users have a blue star with a check mark in the center (verified badge).
Search for places by location.
When you click on the result, you’ll see a map with the top posts for that location. If you keep scrolling, you’ll see the most recent posts. ..
instagram # hashtags
If you want to find a specific post, type it into the search bar at the top of the page and hit enter. You’ll then see a list of all posts with that keyword in them. Click on one to jump to that post.
I’m not sure if this is a bug or if it’s just a peculiarity of the app, but when you click on an image, the display size is tiny. Even beautiful high resolution photos are shown in a small box.
If you’re using Instagram on a phone or computer, you can use the “Full Screen” option to store images at their highest resolution. However, if you’re using Instagram on a phone or computer, sometimes the image won’t show up in Full Screen mode because it’s too small or because it’s not at its highest resolution. Luckily, there are a few quick hacks you can use to get the image stored by Instagram to be at its highest resolution.
View High Resolution Images on Instagram
Instagram is currently using some code that is not the most elegant or easy to follow. However, it is the only way as of now. The instructions are really easy to follow and you don’t have to understand anything about the code. All you have to do is click a few times and copy/paste. ..
The first thing you should do is click on the image so that it appears like the screenshot above in a lightbox. Now right-click on the image and choose View Source or View Page Source. This option should be available on all major browsers. Note that if you don’t see the option, try right-clicking again on a different part of the page.
You can use the Find on Page search box to find code on your computer.
https://www.instagram.com/cdninstagram/
You can now see the entire 1080×1080 image in the browser window. To save it, right-click on it and choose “Save as.” If that doesn’t work, you can try using Google Chrome. When you right-click on the lightbox image, choose “Inspect” instead of “view source.”
The code for this project is available on GitHub. To view it, right-click on the image and select Inspect. You’ll see a DIV with a class=”_jjzlb” value. Expand that and you’ll see the same link I had mentioned above.
You can click on the <IMG section to highlight it and if you hover your mouse over the HTTPS link, you’ll see it shows you the size Instagram is displaying the image at and the “natural” size of the image. Just right-click on the link and choose Copy link address. Again, just paste it into another tab to view the full resolution image. ..
Overall, using the web interface is the best way to browse Instagram from a computer. Unfortunately, Facebook has not updated the web interface to allow for viewing of the higher resolution images without the hack. However, using the web interface is still the best way to browse Instagram on a computer. ..
