FLUTE: FLickr Ultimate Thumbnail Expander

By Anand kumar Last update Dec 16, 2011 — Installed 1,805 times.


Script Summary: Expands any "thumbnail" and "small" images on the page and displays a "large" or "preview" versions on mouse hover in Flickr.

Version: 1.0.2

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This is for those who, like me, are tired of looking at small images in Flickr and having to load an entire page just to look at a larger version of an interesting-looking thumbnail.

Enjoy and let me your feedback and comments.

Features:

  • Shows a preview of almost any image under the mouse.
  • You can configure how large the preview image can be. You can also let the script autosize the image according to your browser window size.
  • The script even works on images that were loaded via XHR after the page has loaded.
  • The preview image tries to avoid showing the preview image near your mouse cursor to allow a more streamlined experience.
  • Even when the preview image is large and hides the image that you were about to click, you can instead click the preview image.
  • There is an auto-updater included in the script that automatically keeps the script up-to-date.

Version Log:

  • 2011/12/17: -Fixed the unnecessary image requests issue from previous update. Minor bug fixes.
  • 2011/12/14: - Now if a large version of the image is not available, the script will try to load the next smaller size instead of displaying the generic "Image unavailable" image. I may need to revisit this code later to prevent possible unnecessary image requests.
  • 2011/11/10: - Added configuration options to let the users specify "Auto-Size" width and height percentages.
  • 2011/11/01: - Added configuration options to let the users choose which images to expand.