View Image Chrome Extension Analysis
Automation & Workflow EfficiencyChrome extension ID: jpcmhcelnjdmblfmjabdeclccemkghjk
A Chrome extension designed to re-implement the 'View Image' button on Google Images search results. It allows users to bypass source websites to view images directly.
Overview
Installs
400K+
Rating
★ 4.2
2,670 reviews
Languages
24 locales
Includes Deutsch, English, Nederlands, Türkçe...
Market analysis
Review-backed positioning, friction, and market signals for this Chrome extension.
Macro category
Automation & Workflow Efficiency
Pricing friction
Low review signal
Complaint intensity
Moderate review signal
Listing positioning
The extension positions itself as a utility to restore a removed native feature of Google Images. It emphasizes simplicity and transparency by providing its source code on GitHub.
Inferred product pattern
Single-purpose feature restoration tool targeting specific platform regressions.
Review-backed pain points
Users report the extension is currently broken or unusable due to lack of updates, often leading to 'about:blank' pages or failure to trigger. Some users find the settings window confusing and the documentation nonexistent.
Observed feature gaps
Lack of consistent maintenance to keep up with Google's UI changes and failure to reliably source the highest available image resolution.
- Google Images users
- Web researchers
- Digital archivists
- Image collectors
- Opening full-size images directly from search results
- Reducing navigation steps to access raw image files
- Review-backed positive data is not available in the provided samples.
- Functional breakage due to browser/platform updates
- Confusion regarding how to invoke the feature
- Retrieval of low-resolution thumbnails instead of original images
- Unintuitive settings interface
- Performance complaints detected
- No pricing friction observed; the tool is presented as free and open-source.
Support
Users complain that the extension is no longer updated by the developer, rendering it obsolete after browser updates.
Reliability
High volume of reports stating the extension no longer works on current versions of Chrome and Edge.
Privacy
No privacy or security complaints observed.
- Free usage observed
- No account requirement observed
- Free plan or free usage claimed
Store listing facts
- Screenshots: 1
- Videos: 1
- Languages: 24
- Developer contact
- Version: 5.2.0
- Size: 73.5KiB
- Last updated:
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