why cant i download pictures from facebook?

[Ian]

WebP is a new image compression technology designed to make images such as JPEG and PNG smaller, therefore load more quickly in browsers. Google invented the technology, so it makes sense that it would be included in Chrome.

It's possible that Facebook may have silently converted all of their images to the new format without telling anyone. If you right-click and save pictures from Facebook, Chrome will automatically default to the .webp format and you cannot change it.

Google does, however, offer a free codec to view those images in Windows Picture Viewer. You can find it here: https://developers.google.com/speed/webp...webp_codec

You can also right-click and save files without issue in Internet Explorer.