QuickOWL
Quickly Open Web Links using custom contextmenu with selected text as input
What is QuickOWL?
QuickOWL is a Chrome browser extension that enables users to quickly open web links using a custom browser context menu. It is designed to simplify the process of searching for selected text on various web pages like Google Scholar, Wikipedia, bug tracking pages, or Google Translate.
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By: Prasanna
Creation date: 2022-04-06
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
- contextMenus
- storage
- unlimitedStorage
- downloads
Size: 40.50K
Email: bp*****@gmail.com
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Summary
Chrome browser extension to quickly open web links, using custom browser contextmenu defined by the user, with selected text as input.
Where QuickOWL can help: When we regularly copy text from different articles/pages in browser and paste in [ANOTHER_WEB_PAGE] and perform search.
Here [ANOTHER_WEB_PAGE] can be:
- Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=)
- Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=)
- Bug tracking page in work (https://jira.<orgdomain>.com/jira/browse/)
- Google Translate (https://translate.google.com/?tl=en&text=)
In order to add custom context menu named "Search with Google Scholar" the user need to add following details in QuickOWL: [Enter Display Name] -> Search Google Scholar [URL before selected text] -> https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=
Safety
Risk impact
QuickOWL is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
QuickOWL has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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