Link Previewer
Quickly preview the content of a link by just hovering it.
What is Link Previewer?
Link Previewer is a Chrome extension, designed to optimize your web browsing experience. It allows you to preview the content of a link just by hovering it, thereby saving you from navigating away from your current page. The extension comes with a flexible preview window that is draggable, resizable, and pinnable. Other features include website security detection, an easy-to-close and easy-to-activate/deactivate preview window, website searching, and website content screenshot. With Link Previewer, Previewing links has never been simpler, efficient, or more customizable.
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By: Kevin Karl Leaño
Users: 1,000+
Rating: 4.32
(22)
Creation date: 2021-08-05
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
- storage
Size: 2.01M
Email: ke*****@gmail.com
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Summary
This extension will help you preview the content of a link by just hovering it. This will save you more time on browsing some sites when looking for something in the web.
New Version: 2.8
- Fixed the issue where the link previewer box gets obscured or appears outside the browser window when the link being previewed is located on the bottom or corner side of the browser.
- Added new size option for the link previewer box: "Responsive Size". The size will automatically adjust based on browser's current size.
- Added an option to save or not to save the previewed links to browser history.
- Improved the "Trigger Mode" feature. You can now assign a key button to trigger the link previewer box when using the "Manual" option. If not set, then the "SHIFT" button will be the default button.
Previous Version: 2.7
- Added "Autosave" feature in settings. All changes will now automatically be saved without the need of the "Save" button.
- Added "Instant" and "0.25 seconds" options in buffer time. You can now preview the link much quicker.
- Added "Trigger Mode" feature. You can now select if the link previewer box will appear by hover or pressing a key.
- Added "Pin on Preview" feature. The link previewer box will automatically pinned when previewing.
- Added "Disable Scroll on Preview" feature. You have the option to temporarily disable the browser scrolling feature when the link previewer box appears.
- Added "Screenshot on Preview" feature. The link previewer box will automatically screenshot it's content when previewing.
User reviews
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Pros
- Convenient and useful for previewing website content before clicking
- Good for privacy concerns as it allows users to see site contents without actually visiting the site
- Responsive and modern interface
- Smart functionality
- Provides support from the developer
Cons
- Preview window may open in an obscured position, requiring manual repositioning
- Some websites refuse to connect when previewed using the extension
- Occasional slow performance
Most mentioned
- Preview window position
- Convenience and usefulness of the extension
- Issues with connecting to certain websites
Recent reviews
Super Awesome! I would love if it could somehow also work like pip.
by
kai Nozawa, 2024-06-20
by
Sathorn Jongkanjanasunthorn, 2024-05-09
This extension is practically useless
All websites are https
This extension can't loads http version of every website
Which unfortunately don’t exist
Therefore, extension is uselesss
Disabled it.
by
Solomon, 2023-08-31
Safety
Risk impact
Link Previewer is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Link Previewer has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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