Thumbnail Viewer for YouTube™

A simple extension that grabs the thumbnail from the current youtube video and displays it.

What is Thumbnail Viewer for YouTube™?

'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

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Users: 4,000+

Rating: 4.47 (19)

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

Creation date: 2014-07-15

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

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

Size: 67.84K

Ranking

# 15987 ▼ 16

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#24658 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 25 #120 in viewer keyword 69 ▼ 2

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Extension summary

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Changelog:

v.1.3.5

Better icon

v.1.3.4

No longer needs tabs permission
Uses slightly less screen real estate
Bug fixed with showing cached thumbnail when clicking another video.

User reviews

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Pros

Works as intended
Allows easy access to YouTube thumbnails
Helpful for popular channels' thumbnails
User-friendly interface
Enhances user experience on YouTube

Cons

Incorrect aspect ratio for images
Limited resolution options compared to other extensions
May not work for all users due to possible compatibility issues
Some users find it outdated

Most mentioned

It works perfectly
It allows access to various thumbnails
Problems related to aspect ratio
Image size limitations
User interface involvement required

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.