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33 points by nadocrew 13 years ago · 14 comments

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thejosh 13 years ago

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

nadocrewOP 13 years ago

Thanks for the idea. We will make that update right away
- thejosh 13 years ago
  
  Great, I'm loving this extension a lot, great idea and execution.
  - nadocrewOP 13 years ago
    
    Just released swiftpreview 2.1 and we are now blocking common extensions. Check it out herehttp://blog.swiftpreview.com/post/31242655847/swiftpreview-2...

laserDinosaur 13 years ago

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

nadocrewOP 13 years ago

It's to fix youtube's weird thumbnail choosing algorithm
- xxbondsxx 13 years ago
  
  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..
  - flinner 13 years ago
    
    Nice option, but not perfect. It still only gives you three thumbnails to choose from.

proksoup 13 years ago

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.

nadocrewOP 13 years ago

It is a bug, we will fix it asap.

melvinmt 13 years ago

It even works on the reply links on this page, pretty neat.

doctoboggan 13 years ago

Now we just need to get a parent link.

anigbrowl 13 years ago

This is great - a real time saver.

icbarber 13 years ago

really neat tool. i like the shift option