Fork BetterViewer and update to manifest v3

[Bamajon1974]

Can someone please fork BetterViewer, update to manifest v3, and upload to Chrome Store please before the v2 extensions are permanently purged? Thanks!

[Metacor]

The current implementation of BetterViewer initializes with "webRequestBlocking", which is disabled in MV3.

I think it might be possible to instead use a "declarative_net_request" based approach, but when I was looking into migrating to MV3, I could only find a way to make it work for hard coded domains, instead of <any_url>, it might be possible, but It was too annoying for me to want to figure it out.

Anyway, as is always the best option when dealing with anything involving MV3; switch to Firefox.

[Bamajon1974]

Understood. I didn't know that updating to manifest 3 would be so complicated. Thank you for the reply.

[Ademking]

@Bamajon1974 @Metacor

The new version of BetterViewer is now available, fully updated to support Manifest V3. Although some features, like auto-opening images, have been removed due to changes in the API, users can still open images by right-clicking and selecting "Open in BetterViewer."

https://github.com/Ademking/BetterViewer/releases/tag/2.0.0

The update will be available soon in the Chrome and Firefox stores as well.

Thanks for your patience and continued support!

[Bamajon1974]

Thank you very much for your time and help!

[Ademking]

@Bamajon1974 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/1fad153f-b5c0-481e-9b6b-2467afdd94d9

[Bamajon1974]

Thank you! That improvement makes the extension much easier to use now. Have the new versions been sent to Firefox and Chrome stores yet?

Thanks!