# Image Assistant

> Opens images in any external viewer (having saved them on local disk), thus providing zooming, rotating, & other rich functionality not available by default (including any editing features supported by the viewer). Or 1-click-save without opening...

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/image-assistant](https://chrome-stats.com/d/image-assistant)

## Overview

- **ID:** `image-assistant`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Reşat
- **Category:** download-management,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 44
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Rating:** 4.00 / 5 (5 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.9.0.3resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2005-05-31
- **Size:** 2.62 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/image-assistant/)
- **Website:** [http://imageassistant.mozdev.org/bugs.html](http://imageassistant.mozdev.org/bugs.html)

## Description

Image Assistant is a Firefox add-on that opens images in any external viewer, allowing users to zoom, rotate, and access other editing features. It provides a convenient one-click save option for images without requiring them to be opened.

## Rankings

- #16,966 — Overall
- #52 — assistant
- #91 — ia
- #214 — component
- #214 — tank
- #229 — image

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `contextMenus`
- `notifications`
- `nativeMessaging`
- `storage`
- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension website URL may be invalid

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