Easy Way to Save Images From the Web

Posted May 21, 2007 | by Jason Faulkner  

Whether you are using IE, Firefox or Safari, I’m sure you know you can easily save images from the web by right-clicking on them and selecting “Save Image As”. Today’s tip is to show you an alternate way which makes it even easier.

Instead of right-clicking, try dragging the actual image on the browser to either your desktop or a folder where you want to save it. By doing this, the image is saved without having to invoke any dialogs where you have to specify a location. The only time this doesn’t work is if the image is a link in which case the link would be copied.

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One Response to “Easy Way to Save Images From the Web”

  1. Luis R says:

    Internet Explorer asks if you want to “move copy from this zone” (across security zones) but other than that it works as described.

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