YAWE (Yet Another Wiki Extension)

View and Search for Wikipedia Articles

What is YAWE (Yet Another Wiki Extension)?

YAWE (Yet Another Wiki Extension) is a Chrome extension that provides back/forward support, search autocompletion and highlight, open in new tab functionality, and theme support. It can be used to view and search for Wikipedia articles as well as any wiki powered by MediaWiki with the mobileview plugin installed. The extension requires no permissions.

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By: David Knaack

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Users: 16 ▼ -4

Rating: 4.50 (2)

Version: 4.2.7 (Last updated: 2020-10-11)

Creation date: 2017-12-02

Risk impact: Very low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Size: 412.67K

Email: da*****@knaack.me

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# 109522 ▼ 5706

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#7852 in Tools ▼ 306 #133 in wiki keyword 8 ▲ 1

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Extension summary

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View and Search for Wikipedia Articles!

Back/forward support
Search autocompletion and highlight
Open in new tab
Support for ANY wiki powered by MediaWiki with the mobileview plugin installed
Theme support
No permissions required

User reviews

Only one review, I'm the 23nd user. Replaces a lookup extension with like behavior that is broken & not being supported. YAWE provides Wikipedia search, an article viewing window, & open an article in a tab features. My 1st test worked as described. A search for "Powershell" (recently made Open Source by Microsoft, no kidding) found that article & displayed the top of the article quickly. The only issue was the need to make the lead picture & info box into drop-down segments. Then, the 1st paragraph of text would be visible. You can still read that lead text now, if you scroll-down a short distance. It's a great start, hope to see more features. Wikipedia users tend to be good long-term customers. Will there be a Pro-version?