New Photo Viewing in Facebook

Facebook has started rolling out a new way of showing the pictures.
Basic Look - As soon as you click on a photo it does not reload the page like before, however, you get a pop up with black background in which the photo is embedded. Along with the photo ,the usually section-comments,tags,share et al also exists. Check the picture below to see how it might look.

As you can see your screen will be engulfed by black background. The effect  is very irritating when the picture is taken in a vertical angle- Then the picture will be padded with black background which makes it very bad. Though some pictures do suit the black background, for large majority of the photos the new feature fails to impress the user.
The good thing about the newly introduced feature is that you don't have to reload the page to see the picture, the picture is enlarged in a pop up when you click it. You can still click on the photo to move to the next photo else you could use the arrows given to move back and forth through the album.
The reception of the new feature has been against it ( same as when Facebook released the news feed column). However it is unlikely that the new feature will be withdrawn so soon. Having the largest collection of photos online, Facebook must really look into the uneasiness created to the users by this new feature. By the viral revolt against the viewer has already started.
Gyan:  If you want to see the pics the old way then right click on the photo and open the photo in new tab or window. Enjoy the picture in white background :)
Thanks to Karthik V and Prashanth HS for the tip-off.

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