LWN helper

Makes LWN slightly easier to read

LWN Helper: Easier Reading

LWN Helper is a Chrome extension that provides a title mouseover for internal links on LWN.net, allowing you to preview articles before navigating to them.
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Extension stats

Users: 25
4
Rating: 1.67
(3)
Version: 2.0 (Last updated: 2022-11-06)
Version code: 2.0
Creation date: 2015-05-17
Manifest version: 3
Host permissions:
  • http://lwn.net/*
Size: 13.20K

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

This extension adds a title mouseover for all internal links to other articles on LWN.net. Know what article you're navigating to before you navigate to it.

User reviews

can't remove
by banana, 2020-10-26

Keeps getting added to chrome WITHOUT me manually adding it after removing it and restarting chrome.
by A Google user, 2019-03-01
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Extension safety

Risk impact

LWN helper requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details
  • High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of LWN helper. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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