Barry's Image Zoom

Barry's Image Zoom

Zoom in on any image in your browser.

What is Barry's Image Zoom?
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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By: Barry
Users: 2,000+
Rating: 2.36 (42)
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
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Summary

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
User reviews summary
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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Allows zooming into images in the browser
  • Ability to drag the image after zooming
  • Does not require as many permissions as similar extensions
Cons
  • No longer functioning for some users
  • Limited functionality with certain types of mice (e.g. Apple Magic Mouse)
  • Slow zooming
Most mentioned
  • Doesn't work
  • No longer functioning for some users
  • Limited functionality with certain types of mice (e.g. Apple Magic Mouse)
Recent reviews
Doesn't work for me?
by A Google user, 2015-02-10

love the mouse wheel function. works just like image zoom for fire fox. thank you.
by A Google user, 2014-12-13

Doesn't work for me?
by A Google user, 2015-02-10
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Safety
Risk impact

Barry's Image Zoom is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Barry's Image Zoom has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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