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Save image as Type by D7OM

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  • by Firefox user 17682403, 22 days ago
    I saw the prompt requesting clipboard access and instantly removed it.

    Developer response

    posted 21 days ago
    I replied to 3 comments adressing this...
  • by Nox, 23 days ago
    Always sus when a browser extension suddenly wants extra permissions.

    Developer response

    posted 23 days ago
    Fair concern, permission prompts should never be silent surprises. Fully on me for not flagging it in the changelog.

    Context: v1.3.0 added a "Copy image to clipboard" context-menu item (commit 2f9a5ec, P) to close issue #4. The
    extension is open-source so the full diff is public. The actual clipboard code only writes an image — it never reads:

    // src/offscreen/offscreen.js
    const clipboardItem = new ClipboardItem({ [mimeType]: blob });
    await navigator.clipboard.write([clipboardItem]);

    Search the repo for clipboard.read or readText, you won't find a single call. The clipboardRead permission in the manifest was a mistake on my part (copy-pasted
    alongside clipboardWrite) and was never used by any code path.

    Since the feature is also unreliable on Firefox and is making people reasonably uneasy, I'm removing it entirely in the next release, both the feature and both clipboard permissions. The next version will ask for strictly fewer permissions than before. Sorry for the scare.
  • by Madison, 24 days ago
    until an actual explanation is given as to why something like this needs access to your clipboard, you should probably stay away from this addon, might have been compromised or sold

    Developer response

    posted 23 days ago
    Fair concern, permission prompts should never be silent surprises. Fully on me for not flagging it in the changelog.

    Context: v1.3.0 added a "Copy image to clipboard" context-menu item (commit 2f9a5ec, P) to close issue #4. The
    extension is open-source so the full diff is public. The actual clipboard code only writes an image — it never reads:

    // src/offscreen/offscreen.js
    const clipboardItem = new ClipboardItem({ [mimeType]: blob });
    await navigator.clipboard.write([clipboardItem]);

    Search the repo for clipboard.read or readText, you won't find a single call. The clipboardRead permission in the manifest was a mistake on my part (copy-pasted
    alongside clipboardWrite) and was never used by any code path.

    Since the feature is also unreliable on Firefox and is making people reasonably uneasy, I'm removing it entirely in the next release, both the feature and both clipboard permissions. The next version will ask for strictly fewer permissions than before. Sorry for the scare.
  • by SnakeCRO, a month ago
    Why do you suddenly need data from the clipboard? Makes no sense.

    Developer response

    posted 23 days ago
    Fair concern, permission prompts should never be silent surprises. Fully on me for not flagging it in the changelog.

    Context: v1.3.0 added a "Copy image to clipboard" context-menu item (commit 2f9a5ec, P) to close issue #4. The
    extension is open-source so the full diff is public. The actual clipboard code only writes an image — it never reads:

    // src/offscreen/offscreen.js
    const clipboardItem = new ClipboardItem({ [mimeType]: blob });
    await navigator.clipboard.write([clipboardItem]);

    Search the repo for clipboard.read or readText, you won't find a single call. The clipboardRead permission in the manifest was a mistake on my part (copy-pasted
    alongside clipboardWrite) and was never used by any code path.

    Since the feature is also unreliable on Firefox and is making people reasonably uneasy, I'm removing it entirely in the next release, both the feature and both clipboard permissions. The next version will ask for strictly fewer permissions than before. Sorry for the scare.
  • by AziSlays, 2 months ago
    This add-on used to work. It used to actually download the files as the type you select. As of the last time I updated it, now it downloads them as whatever they are but just changes the file extension to the one you chose. For those unaware, that doesn't provide ANY of the benefits various file types would have. The big PNGs will still be just as big, the jpgs will still have artifacting, and the webps will still not function in many programs.

    Literally all you had to do was make no changes to the add-on and it would have stayed good. wth man

    Developer response

    posted 2 months ago
    Hey, thanks for the report, you were right, it was broken. Just pushed a fix, update the extension and it should properly convert the files again. Sorry about that!
  • by Qseptic, 10 months ago
    Normally this extension works perfectly, but it seems like it broke

    Developer response

    posted 9 months ago
    Please try again after updating. If the issue persists, kindly open a new issue at https://github.com/d7omdev/Save-Image-as-Type/issues with details of what’s happening.
  • by Wisco, a year ago
    Doesn't work. When I try to download an image, it gives me a weird error [object Object].

    Developer response

    posted a year ago
    Are you sure you're on the latest version?
  • by Francesco, a year ago