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If you have browsed http://www.flickr.com and ever tried to save a picture that doesn't allow you to choose All Sizes, you've probably found that you're not saving the image but a small gif file called "spaceball." The instructable shows you how to save the image you want using the Firefox browser.
- 1. Determine if you can view All Sizes by looking for an icon and the words "All Sizes" where the blue circle is in this picture. If you can see &a...
- 2. Next, view the page's source by either clicking View on the toolbar menu and then 'Source," or select Alt-V-O.
- 3. Check it.
- 4. With the page source open, select CTRL-F or click on Edit -> Find on tool bar. In the field, type v=0, i.e. the number zero not the letter O....
- 5. Now hit Enter on your keyboard. The second v=0 is highlighted. Select the URL (location) by highlighting from the "http" to the left o...
- 6. Select the URL (location) by highlighting from the "http" to the left of the v=0 all the way to the "g" in .jpg. Now select...
- 7. Now paste the URL into your browser's address bar and hit enter.
- 8. Voila! The image should now be shown in your browser. Right-click and "Save image as." Congrats and enjoy your picture!
Sep 29, 2007 · How to avoid saving spaceball.gif at Flickr. Some images at Flickr are weakly protected with an image overlay called spaceball.gif. Whenever you right-click the image to save it you do save spaceball.gif instead which is a 1x1 pixel image showing nothing at all.
But, due to the nature of computers, anyone who can see your photo can also save it, if they know how to get around that simple block, since it has to be downloaded to their computer to view it over the internet. Here's the link to set that switch www.flickr.com/account/prefs/downloads/?from=privacy But here's what Flickr says:
Feb 14, 2009 · As soon as the add-in is installed, right-click the superimposed photo and select the “Adblock Plus: block graphic” context command. The link to “spaceball.gif” is selected in the first line. Simply confirm the dialog with “OK”. In the future, you will be able to download all Flickr photos as usual using the context menu.
Aug 5, 2008 · 13. A Flickr user can decided to protect the photos uploaded to the site, which has the effect that the a user who is trying to download a protected photo will end up with a gif called spaceball.gif instead of the real image. I've already shown how it is possible to avoid saving spaceball.gif images at Flickr.
Sep 29, 2007 · #1. Some images at Flickr are weakly protected with an image overlay called spaceball.gif. Whenever you right-click the image to save it you do save spaceball.gif instead which is a 1×1 pixel image showing nothing at all. The same happens if you try to drag the image to your desktop or hard drive. However, if a photo is show it can be saved.
Feb 16, 2022 · How To Save Flickr Photos? Process 1: Download Flickr photos from Photostream; Process 2: Use Another Person’s Photostream; Process 3: Take Help Of Flickr Downloader In Web Browser; Winding Up
