Wikipedia Quick Hints
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Display quick description of the terms in the Wikipedia article.
A simple extension that makes reading Wikipedia articles more convenient.
When reading how often do you have to open an additional cross-article just to glimpse quickly at the meaning of a term you do not know?
Now with Wikipedia Quick Hints getting definitions of unknown terms has become as simple as just hovering the cursor over a respective link. The definition pops up automatically. Images zooming is another useful feature of the extension.
See screenshots for example.
Please rate if you find it useful. Comment if you have questions, find bugs or have ideas for improvements.
Changes history:
In version 2.2.0
- Adjusted to new Wikipedia article structure. Bug fixes.
In version 2.1.7
- Fixed image zooming issue.
In version 2.1.6
- HTTPS pages support.
- new extension versioning.
In version 2.15
- new setting - hide question marks.
- minor improvement.
In version 2.1
- new feature - image thumbnails inside definition popup.
- quick little bug fix.
In version 2.0
- new feature - hints within another hint popup;
- settings page simplified;
- several bugs fixed.
In version 1.46
- fixed number of bugs.
In version 1.45:
- added new option to enable/disable images zooming.
In version 1.42:
- fixed several minor bugs.
In version 1.4:
- pressing Esc now closes the image preview popup;
- get definitions without using a hotkey, just hover the link;
- notifications about new features;
In version 1.3:
- restructuring and code improvements;
- icons change;
- some bugs with the hint position;
In version 1.2:
- fixed several bugs;
- added quick pictures zoom option.
*** ATTENTION ***
Due to the changes Wikepedia developers made to the structure of the articles WikipediaQuickHints had a lot of problems with getting correct definition and hence in most cases poped up useless "Can not get definition for this term ..." message. Please report the problems so that I could fix problematic places.
Thank you for using it! :)
Latest reviews
- Shmuel
- I like it very much, one thing isn't working though, pictures aren't showing, unlike the advertised pictures
- Clemens Hornemann
- UNTITLED #11 Immediately write a Wikipedia article about someone or something you think needs one but has none. Hornemann, C. (2024), Score 72 of 99, 3* !
- Johl Brown
- Seems to run into a bug where it is unable to GET the content but very useful when it works. Also agree with Farley's comment about excessive question marks. Wikipedia provides different link colours for when content does not exist and this should be the exception rather than the rule. And incredibly with regard to Dmitriy's review, it seems Google has patented something which does exactly that as of June 23. Additionally, the timer for closing pop-ins could probably be doubled as it is very easy to accidentally mouse-off it. It could be helpful to add a close button as they sometimes get stuck.
- Farley X Wilbur
- I like the extension except for the small question mark under every highlighted word or phrase in the Wikipedia article. Just underline the word (which it does) and skip the question mark. All the subscript question marks on the page disrupt the flow of reading the article needlessly. We all get it, we know how to use the extension.
- Farley X Wilbur
- I like the extension except for the small question mark under every highlighted word or phrase in the Wikipedia article. Just underline the word (which it does) and skip the question mark. All the subscript question marks on the page disrupt the flow of reading the article needlessly. We all get it, we know how to use the extension.
- Álvaro de la Paz Franco
- ¡La mejor de todas!
- Anders R Ese
- Thanks, exactly what I wanted :)
- Anders R Ese
- Thanks, exactly what I wanted :)
- Dmitriy Davydov
- A'm absolutely love it. And want to find somewhat similar extension that previews content of visiting link but not exclusively for Wikipedia.
- Dmitriy Davydov
- A'm absolutely love it. And want to find somewhat similar extension that previews content of visiting link but not exclusively for Wikipedia.
- Funto Komolafe (Funtø)
- Amazing, I forgot I even had the extension until I recently got used a different browser. I thought wikipedia did the pop-ups by itself. But apparently, it's this extension. So useful. Thanks for making my life easier.
- Funto Komolafe (Funtø)
- Amazing, I forgot I even had the extension until I recently got used a different browser. I thought wikipedia did the pop-ups by itself. But apparently, it's this extension. So useful. Thanks for making my life easier.
- Nick Pappas
- Great and extremely useful extension. IMO beats the built-in functionality in wikipedia. It does have some issues like buggy behavior when you have too many pop ups inside pop ups (by too many I mean like 3 or more)and some slight issues with pop ups not closing properly but overall it is a 4 to 5 stars extension.
- Nick Pappas
- Great and extremely useful extension. IMO beats the built-in functionality in wikipedia. It does have some issues like buggy behavior when you have too many pop ups inside pop ups (by too many I mean like 3 or more)and some slight issues with pop ups not closing properly but overall it is a 4 to 5 stars extension.
- Relax
- Exactly what i want, thank you developer with this useful idea, Wikipedia is full of endless amount of links, it makes thing easier for many people.
- Relax
- Exactly what i want, thank you developer with this useful idea, Wikipedia is full of endless amount of links, it makes thing easier for many people.
- Kritin S
- Could this be extended to other sites also?
- Kritin S
- Could this be extended to other sites also?
- Windy City
- So useful!
- Windy City
- So useful!
- Anny Cardenas
- muy bueno
- Stratos Tsirtavis
- No longer works sadly. Used to be an essential tool.
- Stratos Tsirtavis
- No longer works sadly. Used to be an essential tool.
- N. Casey Gilliam
- Does exactly what you want it to do. I have not found any cons to this extension. I Wikipedia everyday and this extension is a must have. Update: This extension no longer shows proper introduction paragraphs and only displays the image. It says the articles do not have the proper format. I'd love if this were updated to fix this. This is one of my favorite extensions and I'd like it to work again.
- N. Casey Gilliam
- Does exactly what you want it to do. I have not found any cons to this extension. I Wikipedia everyday and this extension is a must have. Update: This extension no longer shows proper introduction paragraphs and only displays the image. It says the articles do not have the proper format. I'd love if this were updated to fix this. This is one of my favorite extensions and I'd like it to work again.
- Ivan MeL
- Now get in hints every time the message "Some articles do not have appropriate structure", before it has been worked very well.
- Ivan MeL
- Now get in hints every time the message "Some articles do not have appropriate structure", before it has been worked very well.
- Diego Junquera Méndez
- Herramienta de gran utilidad
- Msso Bmssk (bmsskmsso)
- I like this app
- Msso Bmssk (bmsskmsso)
- I like this app
- Gianni Gaudio
- question marks under all wikipedia's iperlink are annoying. some items like the wikipedia's logo in the pages are hidden
- Gianni Gaudio
- question marks under all wikipedia's iperlink are annoying. some items like the wikipedia's logo in the pages are hidden
- Francesco Passaro
- Praktisch. Gibt es vergleichbare Erweiterungen?
- Anish Ghosh
- Very helpful extension. I was in a quest for this type of extensions for a long time.
- Anish Ghosh
- Very helpful extension. I was in a quest for this type of extensions for a long time.
- Valerii Bogomolov
- many thanks for this great extension!
- Valerii Bogomolov
- many thanks for this great extension!
- Phil Ricketts
- Good extension, but buggy. I often have to click around sometimes to get rid of the popup.
- Anonymous
- Nice idea but there are problems: 1. Bad design 2. Very small text 3. Takes a bit of time to close even when I move my cursor 4. Those question marks
- Scott McMasters
- I like it and it's what I want, but the text is way too small. They need a better design.
- Scott McMasters
- I like it and it's what I want, but the text is way too small. They need a better design.
- Anonymous
- Recommended extension, but it breaks the wikipedia logo at the top left.
- Anonymous
- Recommended extension, but it breaks the wikipedia logo at the top left.
- Pruthviraj A
- Excellent extension. Everything at a glance.
- Pruthviraj A
- Excellent extension. Everything at a glance.
- Marco Lonardi
- I find my self check Wikipedia so often that i need a quick link to W. This extension with a click job done 90% of the times.
- Jonathan Bean
- This changes everything. Information galore. I don't need to open every term that I need to know to understand an article now.
- Jonathan Bean
- This changes everything. Information galore. I don't need to open every term that I need to know to understand an article now.
- James Miller
- This is a fine feature, but it is a little slow to respond and hangs up, sometimes not closing for several minutes after the cursor has moved off of a word. I will probably uninstall and use the 'right-click' extension instead, but if you don't like the 'right-click' this is a perfectly good alternative.
- James Miller
- This is a fine feature, but it is a little slow to respond and hangs up, sometimes not closing for several minutes after the cursor has moved off of a word. I will probably uninstall and use the 'right-click' extension instead, but if you don't like the 'right-click' this is a perfectly good alternative.