# Media previewer

> Preview media by hovering over its URL

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/media-previewer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/media-previewer)

## Overview

- **ID:** `media-previewer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** Pythack
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Version:** 1.0.3
- **Last updated:** 2023-01-01
- **First published:** 2022-12-31
- **Size:** 21 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-01-30
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/media-previewer/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/Pythack/media-previewer/wiki](https://github.com/Pythack/media-previewer/wiki)

## Description

Media previewer is a Firefox add-on that allows you to preview media by hovering over its URL. When the cursor stays still over a link to an image for more than 300ms, a small preview of the image will load next to the cursor.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `<all_urls>`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High 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 is not longer available in the store

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/media-previewer)