A simple extension that grabs the thumbnail from the current youtube video and displays it.
Thumbnail Viewer for YouTube™ - Chrome Extension
'Thumbnail Viewer for YouTube™' is a lightweight and user-friendly Chrome extension that allows you to easily see the thumbnail of the current YouTube video in your browser. It’s designed to be unobtrusive, using less screen space. After the recent update, it no longer requires tabs permission and has eradicated the bug causing cached thumbnail display. It also sports a visually improved icon, offering a streamlined experience.
Extension stats
Manifest V2
Permissions:
- activeTab
- *://*.youtube.com/*
Size: 67.84K
Full description: See detailed description
Ranking
Other platforms
Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
User reviews
Pros
- Works as intended
- Allows access to thumbnails of popular YouTubers
- User-friendly with easy functionality
- Helpful for viewing video thumbnails in higher resolution
Cons
- Incorrect aspect ratio for images
- Limited to lower resolution images (hqdefault) instead of higher resolutions
- Some users experienced compatibility issues or bugs
- One review mentioned outdated functionality
Most mentioned
- Issues with image aspect ratio
- Inability to access higher resolution thumbnails
- General reliability of the extension
- Functionality of right-clicking on videos
User reviews
Does what it's supposed to, though it shows the picture with the wrong aspect ratio. Not a big deal, you can open the image in a new tab and see it correctly, so I'm not deducting any points, but would be nice if this were fixed.
by
B L, 2024-08-11
There is one where you right click the video. For this one, remember to click the extention itself where the puzzle icon is.
by
Ninjhetto NLK3, 2023-07-12
Почему-то открывает изображение в размере hqdefault 480х360, другие же подобные расширения находят maxresdefault 1280х720.
by
Sergey Andreev, 2019-09-11
Extension safety
Risk impact
Thumbnail Viewer for YouTube™ requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
- Critical Request access to the following domains: youtube.com
Risk likelihood
We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Thumbnail Viewer for YouTube™. Use it at your own risk.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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