Viewhance
Additional functionality for the browser's default image and video viewer.
What is Viewhance?
"Viewhance" is a Firefox add-on that empowers the browser's native image and video viewer with a plethora of customization options and enhanced functionalities. It provides features like switching between sizing modes, custom CSS, floating menu, mouse wheel zooming, content centering, rotate/flip media, and much more. It also supports native DASH, HLS, MSS streaming and has advanced options of sending the URL to different reverse image search services. Moreover, it gives users autonomy to customize media attributes and to open images from regular web pages.
Stats
By:
Deathamns
Rating:
4.55
(53)
Creation date:
2014-06-28
Weekly download count:
19
Firefox on Android:
No
Risk impact:
High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Low risk likelihood
Manifest version:
2
Permissions:
Size:
399.44K
URLs:
Website
Stats date:
Chrome-Stats Rank
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2252
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Not available on Chrome
Not available on Edge
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Summary
Enriches the built-in media viewer with different customization possibilities and functionality.
Features:
- Default sizing modes and switching between them via shortcuts or mouse clicks
- Custom CSS (background color for the page or media, hidden scrollbars...)
- Custom information about the media in the tab title
- Floating menu (mouse cursor over the top-left)
- Mouse wheel zooming (off by default)
- Centering content (default)
- Rotate/Flip (via shortcuts or from the menu)
- Sending the URL to different services (such as reverse image search)
- Frame extraction for animated images (GIF, APNG, WEBP)
- Handling SVG and data:URIs
- Forced inlining (show media instead of download)
- Native DASH, HLS, MSS streaming (if the browser can support it)
User reviews
User reviews summary
Pros
- High user satisfaction
- Clean and curated experience
- Works after restarting browser
Cons
- Github repository is archived, so issues cannot be posted
- Initial functionality issues with right long-press or shortcut on Firefox 106
- Unavailable for Chrome users
- Lacks a panel with parameters near the picture and video
Most mentioned
- Need to restart the browser to work properly
- Lack of support for Chrome
- The archived Github repository limits support
- Appreciation for the add-on when it functions correctly
Recent reviews
Safety
Risk impact
Viewhance is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Viewhance if you trust the publisher.
Risk likelihood
Viewhance has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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