A closer look at blog images

Screenshots often contain details that are hard to read at an article's normal width. Blog images now open in a viewer on the page, with controls to zoom in, zoom out, fit the image to the screen, or inspect it at actual size.

Scroll to move around an enlarged image. On a desktop, you can also drag it. The keyboard shortcuts are + and - for zoom and 0 to fit. Close the viewer with its Close button, Escape, or a click outside it. Your place in the article stays the same, and keyboard focus returns to the image link.

The comparison in our image-delivery study opens whichever source and crop you selected. Its existing comparison controls still work in the article.

The viewer uses the browser's native dialog and the site's existing theme. It adds no image-viewer dependency or analytics calls. Figure links remain usable without JavaScript and open their image in the current tab.