Preview articles on Wikipedia and other wikis - become a wiki power-user!
UPDATE: Now works with ALL wikis across the web!
UPDATE: Simply press Esc to close the popup. You're welcome :)
FIXED: https support on Wikipedia.
FIXED: support for wikia.com
An extension to preview links to other wiki articles while browsing any wiki. Shift+Left Click on any article link to preview it.
The source code is open and available on GitHub, for anyone looking to hack on it: https://github.com/vickychijwani/quickwiki.
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome! Bugs and feature requests should be submitted on GitHub: https://github.com/vickychijwani/quickwiki/issues.
Developed by Vicky Chijwani and Vinay Kola.
Feel free to contact us with feedback:
Email: vickychijwani [at] gmail.com, vinaykola [at] gmail.com
Twitter: @vickychijwani, @vinaykola
Contributors:
- Koustuv Sinha
CHANGE LOG:
v1.1.3
- Works on wikia.com
- Improved window positioning algorithm
v1.1.2
- Works with https
v1.1
- Now works on ANY wiki (not just Wikipedia) in ANY language!
- Added feature to expand preview window for focused browsing in the preview itself
- Interface overhaul
- Bug-fixes
v1.0
- Added minimize feature.
- Added open in new tab feature.
- Added feature to drag the preview window around the page.
- Preview window "intelligently" calculates its position based on the link's length and position on the page.
Latest reviews
- (2017-04-12) Petr Šťastný: Very good extension, exactly what I needed. Supports dragging, minimalizing... It's very good extension, it's worth of downloading!
- (2016-11-13) Adoel Rachman: Curious
- (2012-09-28) Ashwin Raghu: Brilliant! What every single person who uses Wikipedia with any dexterity was absolutely crying out for!
Latest issues
- (2017-11-30, v:1.2.0) Alex B: just work
Would be great if you could just do it on a mouseover - (2017-04-12, v:1.1.3) Petr Šťastný: Close With Esc
Hello, I really like your extension, but could you please add option to close QuickWiki window with 'Escape' key? It would make it even better. Thanks, Peter
Statistics
Installs
257
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Category
Rating
4.7 (25 votes)
Last update / version
2017-06-06 / 1.2.0
Listing languages
en