After having a few pending changes to the Chromium extension Reddit Imager for a few months, I finally got a chance to make some very minor but updates to this tool.

The simplest of the changes was adding a few extra strings to the matcher, so now imgur links using "gif" "png" or "jpeg" will match and show full size on Reddit.

The bigger, more important change was adding some naive support for imgur links that aren't direct links to images. Formerly, there were many links that were not supported by the tool. These were links to an "imgur page" that had advertisements and content, rather than just an image. Now, the reddit imager detects and relinks these so that the true image is shown full size, rather than just leaving the link alone.

One of the most common reasons to build a tool for an open source developer is when the developer him or herself wants the tool. This is the case with Reddit Imager, a tool designed to improve Reddit. The concept is simple, whenever there is a URL or image format we recognize (very few right now), replace the tiny thumbnail with the blown up version, maximized to the screen width. I launched this extension on the Chrome Extension Gallery because I wanted to try out the gallery at least once, despite my dislike of giving Google control. Now the extension has a couple users, and I want to make sure they get the features and capabilities they want.

What's new in 1.1?

Reddit Imager 1.1 released today adds an options page where users can specify their mode. Normal mode automatically replaces matching thumbnails with their blown up versions. I also added activated mode, which waits for a user to try to click on the thumbnail before blowing it up. I find this feature a little confusing because there are very few thumbnails we are actually capable of blowing up, but it was requested and I wanted to try it out.

Let me know if you think I should switch default modes, add other options, or add some type of visual indicator for which images can be blown up on the home page.

Report issues or feature requests here: http://github.com/PeEllAvaj/redditimager/issues