Thumbnail Viewer for YouTube™

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.

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Extension stats

By: Master

Users: 4,000+

Rating: 4.50

(20)

Version: 1.3.5 (Last updated: 2014-07-15)

Creation date: 2014-07-15

Permissions:

activeTab
*://*.youtube.com/*

Size: 67.84K

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 14,455 ▼ 7

Other rankings

#22957 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 618 #99 in viewer keyword 74 ▼ 1

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

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One review mentioned outdated functionality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.

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.

Ninjhetto NLK3, 2023-07-12

Почему-то открывает изображение в размере hqdefault 480х360, другие же подобные расширения находят maxresdefault 1280х720.

Sergey Andreev, 2019-09-11

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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

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