# Better Image Viewer

> This add-on enhances Firefox's image viewer with scroll-to-zoom and drag-to-pan functionality.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/better-image-viewer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/better-image-viewer)

## Overview

- **ID:** `better-image-viewer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Geoff Lankow
- **Category:** photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 1,262
- **Weekly downloads:** 10
- **Rating:** 4.32 / 5 (72 ratings)
- **Version:** 22
- **Last updated:** 2021-11-03
- **First published:** 2016-01-04
- **Size:** 17 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/better-image-viewer/)

## Description

Better Image Viewer enhances Firefox's default image viewer by adding intuitive zoom and pan functionalities. Users can zoom in and out using the scroll wheel or keyboard shortcuts, toggle between zoom-to-fit and actual size with a click, and pan images smoothly by dragging.

Additional features include a popup toolbar for convenient zoom control and the ability to drag images between windows using Shift+drag. Please note that Better Image Viewer is no longer maintained but remains a valuable tool for enhanced image navigation within Firefox.

## Rankings

- #2,923 — Overall
- #8 — viewer
- #46 — drag
- #49 — image
- #60 — function
- #61 — hd image

## Permissions and access

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Reviewers broadly praise Better Image Viewer for useful image-enhancement features and a simple workflow, with loyalty to Firefox. However, maintenance and compatibility concerns recur: no longer actively updated, breakage on sites, and inconsistent zoom-to-fit behavior. Some users report browser/version-specific bugs. A few request rotation and more customization. Overall, strong positives are tempered by reliability and compatibility issues.

### Pros

- Generally reliable and provides useful image viewing enhancements; multiple reviews say it works as expected and is very useful.
- Positive sentiment with some calling it amazing/great; widely appreciated by users.
- Simple, convenient workflow (e.g., right-click to view image) and easy-to-use features.
- Loyal user base; reviewers say they won't switch browsers as long as the add-on exists.

### Cons

- Not maintained/updated, leading to breakage on more sites over time.
- Functionality issues with zoom-to-fit/fit-to-width/fit-to-height in some contexts (e.g., Twitter) or with small images.
- Browser/version-specific bugs and compatibility problems (e.g., Zen browser, panning bug in Firefox 89).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/better-image-viewer)