Wikipedia Peek

Shows previews of linked articles on Wikipedia pages

What is Wikipedia Peek?

Wikipedia Peek is a Chrome extension that provides previews of linked articles on Wikipedia pages. With a simple hover or tap, you can quickly get a glimpse of the article content, including the title section, first paragraph, and thumbnail. It offers touch support, customizable themes, and works on Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Firefox for Android.

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By: Niklas Gollenstede

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Users: 329 ▼ -9

Rating: 3.67 (6)

Version: 2.5.3 (Last updated: 2016-09-08)

Creation date: 2016-09-08

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

notifications
storage
*://*.wikipedia.org/*
*://*.mediawiki.org/*
*://*.wikia.com/*

Size: 66.26K

Ranking

# 48041 ▼ 678

Other rankings

#12045 in Tools ▼ 199 #38 in wikipedia keyword 21 ▲ 1 #77 in hover keyword 10 ▼ 1 #106 in wiki keyword 14 ▲ 6

Other platforms

Wikipedia Peek (v2.7.4resigned1)

4.39

(59) 820

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

When you hover a link to another article on Wikipedia.org/Wikia.com or tap on it, a small pop-up will show you the title section of that article.

Features:

Full touch support
Load first paragraph and thumbnail
4 themes (Wikipedia, white, black, grey/blue)
Customizable font-size and transparency
Works in Chrome, Firefox, Opera and Firefox for Android

This add-ons code is available on GitHub (https://github.com/NiklasGollenstede/wikipedia-peek). If you have any problems, please report them there (https://github.com/NiklasGollenstede/wikipedia-peek/issues).

The add-on itself does not collect any data. Note however, that the article previews are queried form the target host in a separate query each time you hover over a link long enough.