Wikipedia Peek Wikipedia Peek

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Version: 2.5.3
Last Update: 2016-09-08

Overview

Wikipedia Peek is a Chrome extension developed by Niklas Gollenstede. According to the data from Chrome web store, current version of Wikipedia Peek is 2.5.3, updated on 2016-09-08.
367 users have installed this extension. 6 users have rated this extension with an average rating of .

Shows previews of linked articles on Wikipedia pages

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.

Rating

6 ratings

Total Installs

367

Information

Last Update

2016-09-08

Current Version

2.5.3

Size

64.71KiB

Author

Niklas Gollenstede

Website

None

Category

Search Tools

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avatar Mikko Räsänen
2020-07-03

Doesn't work on latest Chrome.
Shows a short loading animation, when hovering, but no pop-up appears.

avatar Shadenium
2017-10-09

Absolutely love customization! The best wikipedia extension I've seen so far.

avatar Kian Mayne
2016-12-14

Does what it says on the tin and doesn't seem to be doing anything dodgy.

avatar Gabriel Fernando
2016-08-25

Don't Work

avatar Mikko Räsänen
2020-07-03

Doesn't work on latest Chrome.
Shows a short loading animation, when hovering, but no pop-up appears.