Hover Read

Hover Read

Hoverzoom for articles.

What is Hover Read?
Hover Read is a Chrome extension called Hoverzoom for articles. It allows you to quickly see summaries of articles by hovering over the link. It is still under development and uses the Clipped.me API for power.
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Stats
Users: 210 ▼ -6
Rating: 3.50 (6)
Version: 2.2.2 (Last updated: 2014-04-26)
Creation date: 2014-04-26
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • *://*/
Size: 51.38K
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Summary

HoverZoom for Articles.

Nobody reads articles anymore but HoverRead is here to help. Simply hover over a link to an article and HoverRead will display a quick summary, just like what hover zoom does for images.

HoverRead is still under development. The extension contains a white-list of websites it should attempt to load articles from. If you want any added, please let me know.

Recent Changes

  • Upped Z-index
  • Improved hovering
  • Changed CSS
  • Added more websites
  • Reduced Permissions
  • Changed from black-list to white-list filtering

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User reviews
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by Docerdoc Docerdoc, 2014-04-25
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Safety
Risk impact

Hover Read may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

Hover Read has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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