I'm searching for a better text-to-image addon/script but so far I had no luck.
At the moment I have this installed:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/text-to-image/
background:
On GAF we try to not quote many pictures or a big picture or the same picture several times. Usually only the image link (either plain text or working link) is quoted w/o the tags. I agree with this practice and it's especially important e.g. in the funny pictures thread.
However, sometimes don't know which picture a gafer is actually referring to and I have to scroll back up or open the link manually in a new tab.
So I want a feature that lets me see the image of plain text and normal links by just hovering over the text with my mouse.
My problem is that the linked addon automatically displays the images instead of leaving the text links and I can't find an option to disable that. Though I limited the size of the images (otherwise it would defeat the purpose of only quoting links
).
Also, when you hover to see the image (size is also adjustable) it doesn't open a popup but integrates the image into the forum which is also not nice to look at (the "jump"/resizing).
Example:
normal/addon off:
with the addon(+size limiting):
while hovering the mouse of the tiny thumbnail:
I found another addon CoolPreviews which I think works with popups, but it also loads every link (e.g. to websites) in these popup which I don't want. If someone knows a better fitting addon or settings/edits to mod the addons to my likings, I would be thankful.