Show HN: Preview links in Google Chrome

nadocrew wrote: post #4

laserDinosaur wrote: post #3

Strange that the video is only 58 seconds long, but runs out for 2:08 with just the logo.

It's to fix youtube's weird thumbnail choosing algorithm

You can manually choose the thumbnail:

http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&an...

The days of gaming youtube thumbnails by putting in frames at the 50% mark are long gone..

Re: Show HN: Preview links in Google Chrome

#7

Post by flinner » Wed, Sep 05, 2012, 12:02 AM UTC

xxbondsxx wrote: post #6

nadocrew wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's to fix youtube's weird thumbnail choosing algorithm

You can manually choose the thumbnail: http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&an... The days of gaming youtube thumbnails by putting in frames at the 50% mark are long gone..

Nice option, but not perfect. It still only gives you three thumbnails to choose from.

Re: Show HN: Preview links in Google Chrome

#8

Post by thejosh » Wed, Sep 05, 2012, 12:04 AM UTC

Please also add "blocked extensions" so we can add zip/rar/.tar.gz/.torrent/etc as these will download if you hover over them.

Re: Show HN: Preview links in Google Chrome

#9

Post by nadocrew » Wed, Sep 05, 2012, 12:08 AM UTC

thejosh wrote: post #8

Please also add "blocked extensions" so we can add zip/rar/.tar.gz/.torrent/etc as these will download if you hover over them.

Thanks for the idea. We will make that update right away

Re: Show HN: Preview links in Google Chrome

#10

Post by proksoup » Wed, Sep 05, 2012, 1:02 AM UTC

Maybe a bug ... hover over a download link (e.g. install on nodejs.org) and the file downloads.

Very much dig it. Very fast rendering of preview.