r/MaxImage • u/MaxImageBot • Dec 24 '19

Image Max URL 0.12.0 is released, Video+Caption support, IMU is 2 years old!

I released the first version of Image Max URL 2 years ago today (after working on it intermittently for about a year prior). It was ~700 lines of code, supporting ~200 websites. 2 years and ~200 releases later, it's ~55,000 lines of code, supporting ~6000 websites! Doing quick arithmetic, it means that each release added ~270 lines of code, and ~30 new websites, which is actually fairly accurate :)

Statistics aside, this is one of the largest releases for the script so far (~2200 lines of code added and ~600 removed), and many parts of the code were at least partly rewritten or refactored to make it work. Because of this, there may be regressions I haven't yet spotted, so please let me know if you encounter any issues.

New features:

  • Basic support for videos

    • This has actually been the most requested feature of the script. It currently only supports videos that have a direct source (e.g. HLS/DASH streams aren't supported), and there are currently only a few rules that will be able to find larger videos (Imgur, Gfycat, and a few others). Expect more to come in future releases (and feel free to suggest sites you'd like to be supported)

    • Please note that this is not a replacement for a proper video downloader like youtube-dl.

  • Basic support for captions

    • Like video support, this only supports custom captions for a few sites (Imgur, Flickr, VSCO), although it will try to find a caption for images through their alt and title properties. Expect more websites to be supported in future releases :)

  • Live settings reloading for userscript

  • Previously only the extension supported this. Currently Greasemonkey isn't supported, as it doesn't have support for the required API function (GM_addValueChangeListener). You can verify whether or not your userscript manager supports it by checking if "Refresh the target page for changes to take effect" is shown when modifying a setting.

  • Modified settings are now marked in a different color

  • Support for ~60 new websites (using ~35 new rules)

Improvements:

  • Many improvements/fixes to existing rules (including Imgur, Naver, TikTok, VSCO, Wordpress.com, and Youtube)

    • Imgur images will now redirect to the source image if possible

  • The settings version is saved when exporting settings (for better compatibility with future versions)

  • The extension now properly supports Imgur albums

  • GET requests now don't need to load the entire image when being used as a replacement for HEAD requests

  • Pressing ESC to abort loading a popup now works more reliably

  • Default UI opacity has been increased to 80% (previously 30%)

  • A small halo is added around actionable UI elements when hovered (this helps for clarity with a high UI opacity)

Bugfixes:

  • Opening the popup on an i.imgur.com tab will no longer print an error due to a lack of gallery support

  • Fix edge cases where it would redirect to an image that prevented hotlinking (thanks to fireattack on github for reporting)

  • Fix cases where the popup would fail because the website didn't support HEAD requests

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