Hi, I have a simple question, and I'm surprised it hasn't been asked here before.
Actually, the question has been asked and answered before, in the
"How to save streaming movies from websites" thread stickied above. Nevertheless, I'd be happy to answer it again.
When I use my desktop to browse Instagram, it's always been a pain to open and download photos. I have to right-click on the photo, select 'View page source' or 'Inspect', and then find the image's URL for copying/pasting before I can open it in a new tab or download it. I'm wondering if there's an easier way to do this.
There's a number of ways.
If you have Firefox, just right-click on the Instagram page, select "View Page Info", go to the "Media" tab, click on the "Type" column header to sort the media files with "Image" at the top. Usually, the top entry will be the Instagram picture you want. If you click the "Type" column to sort the media files with "Video" at the top, then you can scroll down a bit and find the Instagram video you want to save. Then click the "Save As..." button above the "Media Preview" window, and save the file.
If all of that is still too much work for you to do, then you can install
the SaveFrom.net helper add-on for Firefox. It allows you to download stuff from YouTube, Faceb__k, VK.com and 40+ other sites with just one click. After you've installed the add-on, if you go to the Instagram image you want to download and rest your mouse on it, a downward pointing arrow will appear in the upper-left-hand corner of the image. Click it, and the image/video will download to your default download folder.