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Image Zooming in Chrome - Enhance Your Photo Viewing

March 4, 2010
Image Zooming in Chrome - Enhance Your Photo Viewing

Enhancing Image Viewing with zoomZOOM

Often, a thumbnail image provides a preliminary assessment of a photograph’s quality and relevance. However, there are instances where a thumbnail simply doesn’t offer sufficient detail. If the concept of a rapid zoom capability within your web browser appeals to you, then consider exploring the zoomZOOM extension.

Extension Options

Upon installation, the first step should be accessing the “Options” menu. Ensure the extension is activated for all websites you regularly visit. The “popup location/position” can also be customized to your preference. Currently, the extension supports six websites, with the expectation of further additions as development progresses, as indicated in the Change Log.

zoomZOOM in Practice

For the purpose of this review, we tested zoomZOOM on three of the six supported websites. Our initial test site was “Photobucket,” where we searched for “cats” – while thumbnails are useful, larger images offer a superior viewing experience.

It’s worth noting that the “Address Bar Icon” did not appear in our test browser during evaluation.

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We then proceeded to “Flickr” to continue our testing.

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Our final example utilized “Google Image Search.” Images were consistently enlarged effectively, and in the case of the second image, the full-resolution version (1024 x 768) became accessible for viewing.

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Concluding Remarks

The zoomZOOM extension focuses on a single function, but performs that function exceptionally well – providing enhanced, enlarged views of images on your preferred photo-sharing platforms.

Download Information

You can download the zoomZOOM extension from the Google Chrome Extensions store.

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