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08-31-2016, 08:31 PM
Zoom comes to Instagram after a half-decade wait
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It has taken Instagram five whole years, but it has finally delivered the most basic feature to its users: Zoom.*
As of Wednesday, iOS users can zoom in on Instagram photos with a pinch of the fingers — a standard maneuver since Steve Jobs introduced the original iPhone (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLfENl_3yg0) way back in 2007.
SEE ALSO: Instagram will soon suggest Stories from people you don't follow (http://mashable.com/2016/08/29/instagram-stories-suggested-users/?utm_campaign=Mash-BD-Synd-Samsung-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-BD-Synd-Samsung-All-Partial)
It isn't clear why the app didn't allow users to zoom so easily before, instead forcing iPhone users to change their phone's setting to allow zoom before forcing a super awkward three-finger double-tap to get a closer look. It was like athletics for your fingers.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/instagram-how-to-zoom/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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It has taken Instagram five whole years, but it has finally delivered the most basic feature to its users: Zoom.*
As of Wednesday, iOS users can zoom in on Instagram photos with a pinch of the fingers — a standard maneuver since Steve Jobs introduced the original iPhone (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLfENl_3yg0) way back in 2007.
SEE ALSO: Instagram will soon suggest Stories from people you don't follow (http://mashable.com/2016/08/29/instagram-stories-suggested-users/?utm_campaign=Mash-BD-Synd-Samsung-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-BD-Synd-Samsung-All-Partial)
It isn't clear why the app didn't allow users to zoom so easily before, instead forcing iPhone users to change their phone's setting to allow zoom before forcing a super awkward three-finger double-tap to get a closer look. It was like athletics for your fingers.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/instagram-how-to-zoom/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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