Link Alert

This extension displays an icon next to the cursor indicating the target of a link

Link Alert: Indicative Icons for Web Links

Link Alert is a Chrome extension that adds an advanced functionality to web browsing by providing visual indications next to links. These indications, in the form of icons, give you an idea of the destination of the links, whether they direct to a PDF, external sites, or if they are secured or not. The extension allows you to customize the display of the tooltips and also promises regular updates with new icons and options.
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Extension stats

Manifest V2
By: ahallicks
Users: 424
-6
Rating: 4.71
(7)
Version: 1.1.1 (Last updated: 2014-09-16)
Creation date: 2014-09-16
Permissions:
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
  • http://127.0.0.1/*
  • http://localhost/*
  • notifications
  • storage
Size: 295.94K
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge

User reviews

Great extension, very useful. I doubt the developer will read this, since it says this extension was last updated on 16 September 2014, but you never know... What surprises me is that you can only allow a maximum of 4 icons to show when hovering over a link, while there's a total of 44 different ones of them that could indicate what kind of page a link will take you to. Am I doing something wrong, CAN it actually show more than 4? In that case, I hope someone can tell me. I'd like for it to show at least 10 icons as indicators, even though I know it's very unlikely for a single link to make all 10 of them appear. But if you've picked only 4 of them and the link you're checking will take you to another kind of page (which has an indicating icon, but you didn't check it because you already picked 4 others), then it won't tell you... The reason mentioned above is why I'm giving 4 starts out of 5. Without this little issue I'd give it 5 stars.
by Ashi Ashi, 2023-05-12

Просто супер! После установки этого расширения интернет стал гораздо комфортнее!

Thrilled you forked this for Chrome and Chromium-based browsers. It's working in Vivaldi browser too. Some bugs whether in Chrome or Vivaldi. On certain pages, haven't figured out the pattern yet, the icons end up being giant-sized, and vertically-oriented. Which also flips the X Y offset settings. They end up being treated as images that are on top of the link, preventing the link from being either clicked or right-click copied. Articles on Rollingstone.com and some on CNN often display this problem. But great effort for a first fork to Chromium, and your adding the toolbar button for enable/disable makes it easy to turn off on sites with the problem, in order to get links to work.
by A Google user, 2017-10-21
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Link Alert requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
  • Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

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

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