What is Reddit Hover Text?
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Displays the contents of text submissions in a box under the link when you hover on the link. Does the same thing Hover Zoom does for images but for text submissions. Very convenient if you read a lot of self subreddits.
Version 0.9.1 Fixes an issue with future versions of Chrome that introduce stricter security related to fetching data from websites.
Version 0.9 Adds support for Chrome version 73 and up. Fixes an issue where links wouldn't get marked as visited when not using www.reddit.com.
Version 0.8 Add support for the old.reddit.com domain.
Version 0.7 Fixes a bug which broke all links starting with the letter g (https://gyfcat.com/... for example).
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- super useful
- great idea when it worked
- nice integration with RES night mode
- does not work on new reddit
- frequent issues with functionality
- requests permission to read and change browsing history
- doesn't work
- update needed for new reddit
- requests browsing history permission
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Reddit Hover Text requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
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Reddit Hover Text has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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