Facebook said Thursday that the site has now significantly improved the size of photos that can be stored on the site, and has made improvements to both tagging and viewing photos as well.

Previously, users could only upload photos at 720 pixels on the largest edge. Now, Facebook has increased that metric by eight times to 2,048 pixels, which also can be downloaded and printed, Sam Odio said in a blog post Thursday.

Facebook also made viewing photos more convenient, using the "light box" design motif that some photo apps and services use. The light box motif blackens the other elements on the page, and allows the user to quickly slide back and forth between pictures, which open in the box at the top of the page.

The site will also allow users to tag more than one photo of an event at once. "When people upload a set of photos, they are often of events like weddings and birthday parties where people are with the same group of friends and family," Odio wrote. "With our new uploader, you will be able to tag multiple photos in the same album all at once, as well as tag photos of the same person with a lot less effort."

Facebook has also rebuilt its Flash uploader to be more reliable, Odio added.