This Chrome extension bundles SuperGIF class from libgif-js and brings basic play controls for animated gifs into your browser.

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0.0.2
Update
July 25, 2021
Size
294KiB
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78
Rating
5 ★
Manifest Version
3
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SuperGIF Extension

Main purpose of this extension is to improve user experience when watching long animated gifs in a browser. Typical user is someone who watches screen capture converted into animated gif and wishes to pause the animation to focus on some detail on currently captured screen. This rather trivial task is not really straightforward as there are no pause/resume controls built-in.

This extension adds \"SuperGIF\" context menu to GIF images on the currently visited site. When triggered, image is parsed into individual frames and replaced with canvas that plays the animation frame by frame. User can then pause/resume or seek by clicking on the canvas.

For a simple example, install the extension and test it on this animated gif: https://github.com/buzzfeed/libgif-js/blob/master/example_gifs/rub_test.gif .

Under the hood this extension bundles SuperGIF class from libgif-js project and adds little bit of custom logic to registered event handlers.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "SuperGIF", "description": "This Chrome extension bundles SuperGIF class from libgif-js and brings basic play controls for animated gifs into your browser.", "homepage_url": "https://github.com/tsmolka/supergif-chrome-extension", "version": "0.0.2", "manifest_version": 3, "minimum_chrome_version": "88.0", "background": { "service_worker": "service_worker.js" }, "permissions": [ "activeTab", "contextMenus", "scripting" ], "icons": { "16": "/images/icon-16.png", "48": "/images/icon-48.png", "128": "/images/icon-128.png" }}
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How to download and manually install SuperGIF extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install SuperGIF extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install SuperGIF extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install SuperGIF extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download SuperGIF extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a SuperGIF extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the SuperGIF Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the SuperGIF extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the SuperGIF extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for SuperGIF extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the SuperGIF extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download SuperGIF extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install SuperGIF extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the SuperGIF extension file

Select and download the SuperGIF extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the SuperGIF extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your SuperGIF extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the SuperGIF extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install SuperGIF extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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Стас Л (ID: 0000001c77fdd6fd) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 11/17/2022 Very simple and works good. How to use: 1. Right click on the animated gif and select "SuperGif". 2. Wait until the gif is loaded (you can see the progress bar below the image). 3. Click on the image to STOP / PLAY 4. Click and drag the mouse to SEEK FORWARD / BACK

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Juan (ID: 000000039238e71a) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 05/27/2022 Works really well. The one annoying thing is that every time we load a page, we have to manually click on each GIF image and wait a few seconds until it becomes playable. To make this perfect: 1. run the script automatically over every GIF that is loaded in a webpage. 2. cache the playable results (not by default, but give the option per webpage), so that we don't need to re-run the script every time we come across the same page. Ps: The reason I'm suggesting this is that there is this documentation website that has tons of GIFs and I need to revisit it constantly, and not only I have to pause the GIFs to see what's going on, but also the many GIFs playing all the time are very distracting when you're trying to read the web page, so it's nice to pause them.