Barry's Image Zoom

Zoom in on any image in your browser.

Barry's Image Zoom - Powerful Chrome Extension for Image Viewing

Barry's Image Zoom is a user-friendly Chrome extension for enhancing your image viewing experience. Automatically resize images to fit the browser window, zoom in and out using your mouse wheel, quickly reposition, and easily reset images with a double-click. Notably, it supports JPG, PNG, and GIF file formats. However, it is limited to individual images and not entire web pages.

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Extension stats

By: Barry

Users: 1,000+

Rating: 2.55

(47)

Version: 1.1 (Last updated: 2013-12-31)

Creation date: 2013-12-31

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Size: 57.94K

Ranking

# 24,097 ▼ 296

Other rankings

#1619 in Art & Design ▼ 24 #76 in zoom keyword 42 #87 in resize keyword 41

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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Barry's Image Zoom is a simple but powerful tool for viewing images in your browser in unlimited detail. Images are automatically resized to fit the browser window and can be zoomed in even further with the mouse wheel. It works with any JPG, PNG or GIF file.

To use:

Images are automatically resized to fit the browser window.
Use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out.
For fast zoom, hold down the shift key while zooming.
Click and drag the image to reposition it.
Double-click the image to resize it back to the browser window.

Tip:

Barry's Image Zoom only works with single images, not entire web pages. If the image you want is part of a web page, right click on it and select "Open image in new tab".

User reviews

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Pros

Works as described for some users.
Lightweight with minimal permissions required compared to other extensions.
Allows for pan-and-zoom functionality when images are opened in a new tab.

Cons

Many users report that it does not work at all.
Zoom functionality is slow or frustrating, requiring excessive mouse-wheel turns.
Recent updates have limited the zooming capability to the browser window.

Most mentioned

Does not work or function properly.
Users are unsure about the effectiveness when using it through different methods (e.g., 'Open Image in New Tab').
There is a general dissatisfaction about how the extension has not been updated or is outdated.