Quickly preview the content of a link by just hovering it.
This extension will help you preview the content of a link by just hovering it. This will save you more time on browsing some sites when looking for something in the web.
New Version: 2.8
- Fixed the issue where the link previewer box gets obscured or appears outside the browser window when the link being previewed is located on the bottom or corner side of the browser.
- Added new size option for the link previewer box: "Responsive Size". The size will automatically adjust based on browser's current size.
- Added an option to save or not to save the previewed links to browser history.
- Improved the "Trigger Mode" feature. You can now assign a key button to trigger the link previewer box when using the "Manual" option. If not set, then the "SHIFT" button will be the default button.
Previous Version: 2.7
- Added "Autosave" feature in settings. All changes will now automatically be saved without the need of the "Save" button.
- Added "Instant" and "0.25 seconds" options in buffer time. You can now preview the link much quicker.
- Added "Trigger Mode" feature. You can now select if the link previewer box will appear by hover or pressing a key.
- Added "Pin on Preview" feature. The link previewer box will automatically pinned when previewing.
- Added "Disable Scroll on Preview" feature. You have the option to temporarily disable the browser scrolling feature when the link previewer box appears.
- Added "Screenshot on Preview" feature. The link previewer box will automatically screenshot it's content when previewing.
- Added "Blocklist" feature. You can now disable the extension on specific websites.
- Added "Search Link" feature. You can now easily switch website to preview by just typing it's URL.
- Added "Shortcut Key" for closing the link previewer box. Just Press "ESC" button to close the link previewer box.
- Minor improvements in link previewer box UI.
- Minor fixes and improvements.
Features:
> Automatic or Manual (Pressing a Key, Customizable) Opening of Preview Window
> Website Security Detection (HTTPS/HTTP Connection Detection)
> Draggable Preview Window (No Limit Dragging)
> Resizable Preview Window (Flexible Sizes)
> Pinnable Preview Window (Automatic or Manual Pinning)
> Optionally Disable Browser Scroll While Previewing
> Easy-to-Close Preview Window (Default Hover Out, Press 'ESC' key, or Click 'Close' button)
> Preview Window Buffer Time (From 'Instant' up to '5' seconds delay)
> Easy-to-Activate/Deactivate (Easy Toggling)
> Mobile/Desktop/Large Desktop/Extra Large Desktop/Flexible Sizes
> Simple/Flat/Modern Styles
> Show/Hide Website URL
> Website Searching
> Website Content/URL Copier
> Website Content Refresher
> Website Content Screenshot (Automatic or Manual Screenshot)
> Website Blocklisting (Disable the Extension on Certain Websites)
> Control Common Website Security Settings
More features to be implemented and improved to provide you with better functionality.
Latest reviews
- (2023-08-31) Space: This extension is practically useless All websites are https This extension can't loads http version of every website Which unfortunately don’t exist Therefore, extension is uselesss Disabled it.
- (2023-06-09) Clemens Ratte-Polle: very nice :) You could add the option to work only for context right clicks. And then also with the option to search marked text in a hover popup floating preview :)
- (2023-03-28) 泷三叶: Excellent.it will be more perfect to add a feature which can make the box always display at a fixed size in a fixed area.For example,i desire to make the box show at sidebar.In addition,the box failed to load "https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/604264282",can you try to fix this bug?
- (2023-01-03) Dabao Zhang: It's very convinient to hover and preview, super cool~ Five starts.
- (2022-11-24) Vinoo Samuel: Opens the pop up window off screen most of the time. Have to keep dragging it in. This is a deal breaker.
- (2022-07-26) cj juszczak: Was working fine at first, but after a few days it seems to be activating random links on the screen where my mouse is NOWHERE near ?? The preview pops up while i'm typing in a text-box, and every time i hit the activation key <shift> to type a capitol letter, the preview shows-up activating on a link elsewhere on the page but nowhere near where my mouse is ?? my mouse pointer is still in the text-box that i'm typing, so i have no idea why it keeps opening the preview box on content that i haven't remotely been near ??
- (2022-07-02) 张金华: 我试用这么多个类似插件,这个算是非常好用,适用性很广了,非常棒
- (2022-06-14) Andrew Robertson: I really like the app, it's clean and does what it says. Great! It is a great option to provide the automatic delay with the number of seconds of our choice, or the manual option to press an assigned key. We naturally move our mouse over a link whilst reading, and the popup opens covering your screen. So we need to close the popup to continue reading the existing webpage. We all do it, but it would be great to have a little control over the popup. The manual option is fine if using your keyboard all the time, although others would prefer an automatic popup with more control. 1. Hovering over a link could show an icon/your logo to the right of the link so the user can decide if and when they want to click the icon to open the popup screen. 2. Is it possible to have more than 1 popup on the same webpage, i.e. looking at 2 links or more at the same time? Or a popup within the popup? 3. Is it possible to read pdf's within the popup, not opening another webpage? I have looked at many apps trying to do the same and your app does what I need. It would be great to see a few updates. Many thanks for your great work!
- (2022-06-02) Igor Ekishev: Thank you for the Link Previewer! One question, does it cache previewed pages?
- (2022-05-13) Mohammed Khalid: It's the best link reviewer extension I've seen so far, but it can be improved as someone has already mentioned, sometimes the preview window gets obsecured requiring manual reposition, or even worse, you can't even drag it around because it's compeletly out of frame so you don't have the drag controls. another issue is that many websites simply refuse to connect when previewed using this extension. I am not sure if this can be fixed from your end or not, but you can try to look into it. fix these two issues and this will easily become a must have for everyone imo.
- (2022-04-17) Nikitas Leontou: Thank you for all your efforts Dev, i would love a small entry on settings though, the ability to change which key sets the preview (i.e. shift or alt or ctrl). i find myself to change between two languages very often and many times the shift key now gives me the link window while i was just trying to write. Other than that its perfect.
- (2022-03-28) Marco Marzetti Amadori: tried 5 similar ext. So far this is the best. Thanks 👍
- (2022-02-13) Pat MySecret: Works.. Kinda slow in my opinion.
- (2022-02-08) Michael Johnson: My search is over. I've spent 6 hours today testing all the various link previewers in the Chrome Web Store. This was the last one on my list and it is the best one. It works as expected and has smart functionality. The only link previewer I've used that is on par with this one is CoolIris which was on Firefox but now discontinued. I love it so much I use a legacy FFX version just so I can keep using it. The closest related extension for Chrome I could find that fully works is Search Results Previewer. Unfortunately, I had to disqualify it because it only works for google search results. Link Previewer not only checks all the functionality boxes (hover, preview window resizable, clean interface, adjustable popup timeframe), it looks and feels modern and responsive. The only minor flaw/criticism I have related to Link Previewer is how the Preview Window opens. Currently, hovering over a link will create the Preview Window somewhere underneath the link. Depending on the location of the link on the webpage (towards the top or near the bottom) the preview window may open partially obscured (outside of the active browser window) which will require the user to reposition it unnecessarily each and every time it is opened. It may seem trivial, but this is a signifcant User Interface / User Experience issue. Fortunately, it is also a relatively simple thing to fix, whereby the preview window may be set to open to the left or right of the activating link, keeping it within the active window space. As an example, check out Search Results Previewer's implementation in which the preview window will always open in a favorable position. With that said, my biggest thanks to the Developer on a much needed application for web browsing functionality and experience.
- (2021-12-05) kishor patel: Thanks a lot for creating such useful extension that works like charm on all web without any limitation with good options as well. There are dozens of extension in store but none is versatile like this one. Developer provides supports if any issue and resolves issue very quickly. Thank you.
- (2021-08-06) Rosell Rogacion: This extension is convenient and very useful. I no longer have to click the site I am about to visit, this extension allows me to see some contents of the site I am about to access which is good since I am concerned with the privacy of my device. Kudos! :*
Statistics
Installs
1,000
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Category
Rating
3.963 (27 votes)
Last update / version
2022-05-18 / 2.8
Listing languages
en