BetterViewer Missing Features in BetterViewer v2

I have never used React or Typescript, so I'm a bit out of my depth as far as submitting a pull request goes, but these are the features I can see that are not currently in v2:

User Customization: unless I'm missing something, there is no more 'Settings' button

chrome.storage.sync is still available in MV3, although I'm not sure if you're just trying to avoid any sort of local storage saving/loading for the sake of simplicity.
You could optionally put 'settings' in the standard "options_page", so you don't have to worry too much about styling or creating a physical element in the extension window. This will allow people who care about customization to still be able to do so, but should be quite a bit easier for you to create.
Zoom ratio (allows the user to increase/decrease the rate at which an image zooms)
- this seems to use percentage scaling, not integer scaling (although it was the same in v1, just thought I'd mention it)
Customizable hotkeys
- this was never actually enabled in v1.0.5 but it was available in the old code base, with manual installs
- and if you don't hard code everything like an idiot (me, circa 2022), this can be done in ~20 lines of code

Theme: Solid Color vs Blurry background

in v1 this was only dark/light/blurry, but there is no reason it shouldn't use something like hex/rgb
having it default to 'blurry' may look better (subjectively), but it makes many images harder to actually see

Fit to Screen: maximizes based on the image's largest dimension

this was never actually enabled in v1.0.5 but it was available in the old code base, with manual installs
if horizontal is closer to the sides, then it zooms to the maximum horizontal allowance
if vertical is closer to the top/bottom, then it zooms to the maximum vertical allowance
the code from the old version was very simple, so it shouldn't be hard to implement something similar.

Mar 14 '25 23:03 Metacor

Hello @Metacor, long time no see!

Really appreciate you taking the time to lay all this out.

User Customization: unless I'm missing something, there is no more 'Settings' button

Yeah, you’re right... customization took a bit of a hit in v2. I haven’t brought back the settings menu yet, mostly to keep things simple, but using "options_page" sounds like a great way to reintroduce it without overcomplicating the UI. Definitely working on it. 👍

chrome.storage.sync is still available in MV3, although I'm not sure if you're just trying to avoid any sort of local storage saving/loading for the sake of simplicity.

Working on it.

You could optionally put 'settings' in the standard "options_page", so you don't have to worry too much about styling or creating a physical element in the extension window. This will allow people who care about customization to still be able to do so, but should be quite a bit easier for you to create.

Working on it.

Zoom ratio (allows the user to increase/decrease the rate at which an image zooms)

this seems to use percentage scaling, not integer scaling (although it was the same in v1, just thought I'd mention it)

Got it! I’ll add it soon.

Customizable hotkeys

this was never actually enabled in v1.0.5 but it was available in the old code base, with manual installs

and if you don't hard code everything like an idiot (me, circa 2022), this can be done in ~20 lines of code

Haha 😆, I feel that! Customizable hotkeys are definitely a must-have, and I’ll be adding them very soon.

Theme: Solid Color vs Blurry background

in v1 this was only dark/light/blurry, but there is no reason it shouldn't use something like hex/rgb

having it default to 'blurry' may look better (subjectively), but it makes many images harder to actually see

I’ll make this customizable in the options page.

Fit to Screen: maximizes based on the image's largest dimension

this was never actually enabled in v1.0.5 but it was available in the old code base, with manual installs

if horizontal is closer to the sides, then it zooms to the maximum horizontal allowance

if vertical is closer to the top/bottom, then it zooms to the maximum vertical allowance

the code from the old version was very simple, so it shouldn't be hard to implement something similar.

I'll take a look at this and see how best to integrate it.

To sum up:

This update is mainly a response to Google's Manifest V3 changes. The missing features will be added soon. Thanks again for your feedback ❤ I really appreciate it!

Mar 15 '25 11:03 Ademking

I've implemented the "Open Image in New Tab" option in the latest update v2.0.2 🎉 Now you can easily open images in a new tab while still using BetterViewer.

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/51652dae-9187-4969-98fb-0dfc9bf3edad

Mar 19 '25 20:03 Ademking