Facebook users spend an average of 46 minutes on the site each day. With the recent introduction of Facebook's new and improved light box photo viewing design, Facebook showed prompts announcing new keyboard shortcuts allowing users to use left and right arrow keys to browse albums.

Taking advantage of some of the shortcuts below can save you some time, help get you around the site more quickly and hopefully add a few more precious minutes of productivity to your busy life.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Each browser and operating system uses different modifier keys to activate the hotkeys.

• OS X with Safari, Firefox and Chrome: Ctrl + Option
• Windows with Internet Explorer and Chrome: Alt
• Windows with Firefox: Alt + Shift

While holding down the modifier key or keys, hit the following keys to trigger the corresponding actions:

• ? - Move the cursor to the search bar
• M - Open a "New Message" composer window
• 1 - Open the Facebook home page
• 2 - Open your profile page
• 3 - Open the Friend Requests drop-down menu
• 4 - Open the Messages drop-down menu
• 5 - Open the Notifications drop-down menu
• 6 - Open the My Account settings page
• 7 - Open the privacy settings page
• 8 - Open Facebook’s official Page
• 9 - Open Facebook’s Terms of Service
• 0 - Open the Facebook Help Center

Photo Browsing Hotkeys

While browsing photos in both light box view or standard view:

• Right arrow key - View next photo
• Left arrow key - View previous photo

While in light box view:

• Esc - To close light box view and return to the previous page you were viewing
• (Ctrl + r for Windows, or Command + r for OS X) - View the same photos in standard view(Old School View) *You can also simply click your browser's refresh button to revert back to the standard view.

The refresh trick to revert back to the standard view can be helpful if you want to save photos. Facebook users can’t drag and drop or right click to save photos from the light box view, but they can from the standard view.

Hopefully this quick tutorial on Facebook keyboard shortcakes taught you something you didn't already know. We're passionate about Social Media and most importantly, what it means for you and your business. We're always looking for better and more efficient ways of using new tools and technologies. When we find something cool, we're always glad to share.