Wiki on Speed

Hover the mouse over any inter-wiki link in Wikipedia and see an excerpt on a overlay hovering box. No need to open in new tab!

Extension stats

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2022-05-04 due to Chrome Web Store policy violation
Users: 371
Rating: 3.67 (9)
Version: 1.3 (Last updated: 2015-07-29)
Creation date: 2015-07-29
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very high risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • http://*.wikipedia.org/
  • storage
Size: 131.07K
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

Improve your research effectiveness on Wikipedia with this extension: hover the mouse cursor on any inter-wiki link (link to another article from within a wiki article) - and immediately see an overlay hovering box with an excerpt of the article (including the article image and the first paragraph). This saves you time when you just want to quickly understand the general idea behind some sub articles, and do not want to disrupt the reading-flow off your main subject.

Whenever doing research on Wikipedia - you often find yourself encountering many sub-articles and sub-subjects related to your main research subjects, Some of these are only "minor", you just want to know the general idea behind them, without having to open a full article in a new tab and disrupt the reading flow off the main subject.

Features:

  • Unlimited number of 'wiki-hover' boxes on top of your article.
  • Unlimited number of "nested" hover boxes supported. You can hover over links inside hover-boxes to show new hover-boxes, and hover over links on those boxes and so on, as deep as you need...
  • Close wiki-hovers or choose to "pin" them down, and make them "stick".
  • Click anywhere outside hover boxes to dismiss all unpinned boxes.
  • Supports all Wikipedia languages (including RTL languages).
  • Supports window resizes.
  • You can choose to open the full article in a new tab from within the hover-box.

User reviews

Best of its kind. Could benefit from a more modern design though. And sometimes, the balloons appear offscreen. Would be great if they were draggable. ā€” Update: Does not work anymore šŸ˜­
by A Google user, 2017-07-29

[edit] No longer working, see support issue. Will make you avoid going too deep in the rabbit hole of Wiki surfing.
by Yanis L, 2017-06-29

good tool!
by ēŽ‹å®ę£®, 2017-01-08
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Wiki on Speed requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Wiki on Speed is very likely to contain malware and should not be trusted. Avoid installing.

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