Wikipedia Peek

Shows previews of linked articles on Wikipedia pages

What is Wikipedia Peek?

Wikipedia Peek is a Chrome extension developed by Niklas Gollenstede, and its main feature is "Shows previews of linked articles on Wikipedia pages".

Extension Screenshots

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Download Wikipedia Peek Extension CRX File

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Extension Usage Instructions

                        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.                    

Extension Basic Information

Name Wikipedia Peek Wikipedia Peek
ID planddpadjimakmjdpnolpjjphhooiej
Official URL https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/wikipedia-peek/planddpadjimakmjdpnolpjjphhooiej
Description Shows previews of linked articles on Wikipedia pages
File Size 64.71 KB
Installation Count 396
Current Version 2.5.3
Last Updated 2016-09-08
Publish Date 2016-09-08
Rating 3.67/5 Total 6 Ratings
Developer Niklas Gollenstede
Payment Type free
Help Page URL https://github.com/NiklasGollenstede/wikipedia-peek/issues
Supported Languages en
manifest.json
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    "manifest_version": 2,
    "name": "Wikipedia Peek",
    "short_name": "Wikipedia Peek",
    "version": "2.5.3",
    "author": "Niklas Gollenstede",
    "license": "MPL-2.0",
    "description": "Shows previews of linked articles on Wikipedia pages",
    "icons": {
        "128": "icon.png"
    },
    "minimum_chrome_version": "51.0.0",
    "applications": {
        "gecko": {
            "id": "@wikipedia-peek",
            "strict_min_version": "47.0"
        }
    },
    "permissions": [
        "notifications",
        "storage",
        "*:\/\/*.wikipedia.org\/*",
        "*:\/\/*.mediawiki.org\/*",
        "*:\/\/*.wikia.com\/*"
    ],
    "background": {
        "page": "background\/index.html"
    },
    "content_scripts": [
        {
            "matches": [
                "*:\/\/*.wikipedia.org\/*",
                "*:\/\/*.mediawiki.org\/*",
                "*:\/\/*.wikia.com\/*"
            ],
            "match_about_blank": false,
            "all_frames": false,
            "run_at": "document_end",
            "js": [
                "node_modules\/es6lib\/require.js",
                "node_modules\/es6lib\/namespace.js",
                "node_modules\/es6lib\/object.js",
                "node_modules\/es6lib\/functional.js",
                "node_modules\/es6lib\/concurrent.js",
                "node_modules\/es6lib\/dom.js",
                "node_modules\/es6lib\/network.js",
                "node_modules\/es6lib\/index.js",
                "node_modules\/web-ext-utils\/chrome\/index.js",
                "node_modules\/web-ext-utils\/options\/index.js",
                "common\/options.js",
                "content\/index.js"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "options_ui": {
        "page": "ui\/options\/index.html"
    },
    "web_accessible_resources": [],
    "incognito": "spanning"
}