Image Hover Preview

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📦 v1.1.1

💾 445KiB

📅 2025-10-23

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Overview

Image Hover Preview - Enhanced Web Browsing Experience

🖼️ SMART IMAGE PREVIEW
Instantly preview enlarged images by simply hovering over them. No more clicking or opening new tabs!

✨ KEY FEATURES
• Smart detection of all image types (IMG tags, CSS backgrounds, lazy-loaded images)
• Intelligent positioning that avoids viewport boundaries
• Per-website toggle control - enable/disable for specific sites
• Dark mode support with automatic theme adaptation
• Lightning-fast 150ms hover delay for responsive experience
• Support for data-src, data-lazy-src and other lazy loading formats

🎯 PERFECT FOR
• Online shopping and product browsing
• Social media and image galleries
• Research and content discovery
• Any website with images!

🔒 PRIVACY FOCUSED
• No user data collection
• Works completely offline
• Only requires minimal permissions (activeTab, storage)

📱 WORKS EVERYWHERE
Compatible with all websites. Simply install and start hovering over images for instant previews!

Source code available on GitHub: https://github.com/ripwu/chrome-ext-image-hover-preview

Version 1.1.1 - Bug Fixes and Improvements

Fixed:
- CSS sprite images (like social media icons) no longer show unwanted previews
- Improved detection for icon collections with background-position
- Prevented preview for already upscaled images

Improvements:
- Better handling of icon sprites on sites like Facebook, Twitter, etc.
- Enhanced debug logging for troubleshooting