Load Reddit Images Directly

Chrome web extension that loads reddit images directly instead of redirecting to the HTML page containing the image. This works for i.redd.it, preview.redd.it and external-preview.redd.it urls. Additionally, requests to www.reddit.com/media?url=$IMAGE_URL (i.e., the before-mentioned HTML page) are automatically redirected to $IMAGE_URL (i.e., the direct image url).

Note: a redirect to the original (high-res) image URL (the i.redd.it URL) can be preferred over the preview URL by changing the extension setting.

Installation

This fork simply ports the code of the original extension to work on chromium-based browsers. However due to Chrome deprecating the v2 manifest, I cannot publish it on the extension store.

0. Download this repository via the green <> Code ▾ button and extract the .zip somewhere convenient.
1. Go to chrome://extensions (or open the page via the "Manage Extensions" setting)
2. Enable Developer mode in top right corner
3. Click Load Unpacked in top left
4. Select and upload the unzipped folder (the inner one containing the .js, .html and .json files)
   • Chrome will show an error and complain that "Manifest version 2 is deprecated". This can be safely ignored.