This tutorial explains how to find original version of images on a webpage. Image Max URL is a free Firefox addon which allows you to do that. You can use it to find the original version of an image on sites like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and a lot others. Some websites do not use the original image size on them and that’s where this addons comes in handy. In just one hotkey, you can see the actual image and you can save that on your PC as well. It opens that full-sized image in new tab for you and then you can do whatever you want.
Websites like Imgur, Pinterest, etc., don’t show you the actual image in its full size. But if you want to see the original version of an image then you can use this Firefox addon, Image MAX URL. It works with a simple hotkey and works on a lot of websites. It opens the full-sized image in a popup and then you can save that if you want to. And you can set a desired hotkey as well to invoke the addon.
Using this Firefox Addon to See Larger Version of Images on a Webpage:
Image Max URL is a very simple Firefox addon that you can use. It doesn’t even have a UI to show you the controls and other options. You can only change the hotkey preferences from the addon settings page. Just install it from Firefox addon’s site and then start using it.
To see Image Max URL in action, simply open any website. After that, hover over it and then press the “Ctrl+Shift” hotkey to see the original version of the image. It will show you the image in a popup. You can then click on it to open in the new tab. After it opens in a new tab then you can save it on your PC. In this way, you can use it on almost any site to see the larger version of images.
By default, the hotkey to activate the addon is “Ctrl+Shift” but if you don’t like it then you can change it. Just go to the addons section and from the settings page of this addon and specify the keyboard shortcut that you’d like to use for invoking this addon.
That’s all you have to do to use this simple Firefox addon. You just have to press a keyboard shortcut to easily see the actual image on the website.
Final thoughts
Image Max URL is a simple Firefox addon which you can use to see larger version of any image on websites. It is very helpful in cases, you want to get the actual URL of an image from a website, like Facebook. Also, it lets you see images from different websites without actually opening them. In the popup, you can quickly see an image and save that on your PC if you want to.
