About this extension

Clean Image Opener is a simple add-on that helps you open the original version of an image - without all the extra stuff added to the URL. Right-click on any image and choose Open in new tab (without parameters) to strip out query strings that may cause compression, format changes, or tracking.

For example, it turns a link like:
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/165bfff2-1b34-41b0-b094-026186e6b0ba.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256
into:
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/165bfff2-1b34-41b0-b094-026186e6b0ba.jpeg

This often results in higher-quality or original-format images - just one right-click away.

Developer comments

Description

Adds a right-click menu option to images
Any query parameters are stripped from the image link before opening it in a new tab
The purpose is to remove any image manipulation (usually resolution reduction, compression, or conversion to webp by image CDNs or media delivery platforms) triggered by the query parameters.

For example:
* https://example.com/image.jpg?format=webp&thumbnail=256
get's converted into:
* https://example.com/image.jpg
usually resulting in a larger or better version of the original image.

Security
- no telemetry or data storage
- open source (MIT) on GitHub

Files

manifest.json: Version 2 manifest
background.js: context menu addition and click handler
utils.js: stripQueryParameters() that handles URL cleaning with robust support for various URL types (HTTP/HTTPS, data:, blob:, file:, FTP, etc.)

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