Wikipedia Quick Hints

Display quick description of the terms in the Wikipedia article.

Wikipedia Quick Hints - Convenient Wikipedia Browsing

'Wikipedia Quick Hints' is a helpful Chrome extension designed to enhance your Wikipedia browsing experience. It saves you time by instantly showing brief definitions of words in a Wikipedia article as soon as you hover the cursor over them. It also zooms in images and allows nested hints within another hint popup. Moreover, it also keeps updating to adjust to the new Wikipedia article structures and to fix existing issues. It's a must-have tool for students, researchers, and the curious-minded constantly exploring the world of knowledge on Wikipedia.

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Extension stats

By: https://dfsq.info

Users: 5,000+

Rating: 4.62

(117)

Version: 2.20 (Last updated: 2017-07-08)

Creation date: 2017-07-08

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
http://commons.wikimedia.org/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/
http://upload.wikimedia.org/
https://upload.wikimedia.org/

Size: 65.78K

URLs: Website

Ranking

# 13,516 ▼ 136

Other rankings

#3769 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 44

#22 in wikipedia keyword 20 ▼ 1

#54 in wiki keyword 13 ▲ 1

#81 in quick keyword 25 ▲ 2

#117 in definition keyword 33 ▼ 2

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Extension summary

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A simple extension that makes reading Wikipedia articles more convenient. When reading how often do you have to open an additional cross-article just to glimpse quickly at the meaning of a term you do not know? Now with Wikipedia Quick Hints getting definitions of unknown terms has become as simple as just hovering the cursor over a respective link. The definition pops up automatically. Images zooming is another useful feature of the extension. See screenshots for example.

Please rate if you find it useful. Comment if you have questions, find bugs or have ideas for improvements.

Changes history:

In version 2.2.0

Adjusted to new Wikipedia article structure. Bug fixes.

In version 2.1.7

Fixed image zooming issue.

User reviews

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Pros

Very useful for quickly accessing Wikipedia content
Improves the reading experience by providing hints and quick previews
User-friendly and makes navigating Wikipedia easier
Highly appreciated for the idea behind the extension

Cons

Frequent bugs and issues with pop-ups not functioning properly
The small question marks under highlighted words disrupt the reading flow
Some users report that it no longer works or has reduced functionality
Issues with images not displaying as expected or proper article structure

Most mentioned

Bugs and usability issues
Disruption caused by the question marks
Sudden loss of functionality for some users
Overall usefulness of the extension when it works

User reviews

I like it very much, one thing isn't working though, pictures aren't showing, unlike the advertised pictures

Shmuel, 2024-05-31

UNTITLED #11 Immediately write a Wikipedia article about someone or something you think needs one but has none. Hornemann, C. (2024), Score 72 of 99, 3* !