Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by rebyc on April 19, 2012 ·

Great addon just one problem when i use save enlarged image the file size is usually between 10 to 20 times larger than what it would be if clicked on the photo and saved it that way any way to remedy that. ?

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (1.6.0.1-signed). 

by David Adler (Developer) on April 19, 2012 ·

Thanks for the review and for pointing this out; I wasn't aware of the issue. The problem is that the add-on always converts the image from its original format to png, and apparently uses little or no compression. I don't know why the original developer made it that way.

I'm considering changing it to save the image exactly as it was on the web site, which would give identical size. The only concern is that some users may like that it was converting from a variety of image formats into png format.

If you'd like to track the status of this issue, follow it at https://github.com/dadler/thumbnail-zoom/issues/62, or email me your thoughts at firefox.add.on@davidadler.name .

Until it is fixed, a workaround is to use 1.6.1beta9 (or newer) and press the "t" to open the full-size image in a new tab. Then press Control-s (Command-s on mac) to save the image; then close the tab.

David