betterpreviews.com

See previews of links and instantly performs searches on the same page using this previewer instead of opening new tabs

Latest Version

Version

24.04.13

Update

May 1, 2024

Size

828KiB

Developer

betterpreviews.com

Search & Link Preview Extension

This extension enables you to browse faster online in two ways: preview search results on same page and secondly preview any link from the search result page.

How it works:
* To perform a search in preview mode, simply select the text and the click on the \"search\" tooltip button that appears.
* To preview a URL, hover over the URL and click on the \"preview\" tooltip that appears.

Features:
* !NEW! Automatic hover to preview any URL; choose the hover delay.
* !NEW! Works on links that usually break previews including stackoverflow.com
* It supports multiple search engines including Google, Bing, Yahoo, Yandex and Baidu
* The preview window is resizable and the default size (width and height) of the preview window can be set in the settings pages.
* Easily go from preview mode to a new tab page by clicking on the \"Open in New Tab\" control icon.
* Ability to minimize the window or drag it to ensure it does not block important content.
* Disable it for specific sites by right-clicking on the browser icon and selecting the \"Disable\" option while that page is active.

The preview may not work on certain pages like Chrome Webstore pages, browser pages (e.g. New Tab), and certain websites managed by enterprise-policy.

Report any issues or feature requests at the support hub here - https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/mmmfofondapflhgbdidadejnechhjocm/support

Enjoy!

Source Manifest.json

{"update_url":"https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx",
"name":"__MSG_appName__",
"description":"__MSG_appDesc__",
"short_name":"__MSG_appShortName_",
"homepage_url":"https://betterpreviews.com/",
"version":"24.04.13",
"manifest_version":3,
"default_locale":"en",
"author":"Justice Ogbonna",
"permissions":["storage",
"declarativeNetRequest",
"contextMenus",
"cookies",
"activeTab"],
"declarative_net_request":{"rule_resources":[{"id":"ruleset_1",
"enabled":true,
"path":"assets/rules.json"}]},
"host_permissions":["*://*/*"],
"action":{"default_icon":{"16":"assets/logo-16x16.png",
"24":"assets/logo-24x24.png",
"32":"assets/logo-32x32.png"},
"default_title":"Search Preview"},
"icons":{"16":"assets/logo-16x16.png",
"32":"assets/logo-32x32.png",
"48":"assets/logo-48x48.png",
"128":"assets/logo-128x128.png"},
"content_scripts":[{"matches":["http://*/*",
"https://*/*"],
"all_frames":true,
"js":["content-script/content-script.js"],
"css":["content-script/content-script.css"]}],
"background":{"service_worker":"background-script/service-worker.js"},
"side_panel":{"default_path":"sidepanel/side-panel.html"},
"options_page":"options-page/options.html",
"web_accessible_resources":[{"resources":["assets/logo-24x24.png"],
"matches":[""]},{"resources":["options-page/options.html"],
"matches":[""]},{"resources":["welcome/my-element.js"],
"matches":[""]},{"resources":["content-script/floatie/tooltip.js"],
"matches":[""]}]}

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User reviews

Millionaire (ID: 00000093bb6fbb84) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 01/28/2024 Just Amazing

Opack Bright (ID: 000000d420017a5f) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 10/12/2023 This is EXACTLY why I wanted since so long!!! No more thousands of opened tabs just to have a glimpse at what's behind a link, no more tabs opened for any trivial search, it's nearly really perfect! I say "nearly", because what would make it perfect would be: - the possibility to set the search engine to use (plus it is annoying that Google always displays the GDPR popup and refuses to connect in the popup) - the possibility to have multiple "search engines" in the tooltip: this would allow to search the text either in Google, Wikipedia or WordReference for instance. - to make it work anywhere (it seems like some sites such as GMail don't like this extension) Still, it's a great extension ;-)

Александр (ID: 000000221ee100a3) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 08/25/2023 Doesn't work. Don't waste your time.

Clemens Ratte-Polle (ID: 00000020588ec5f5) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 06/09/2023 very nice and fast and simple :) I need this! BUT i lose all my other right click context tooltips :( It should be an option to deactivate the tooltip.

Sean Sweeney (ID: 000000378e22bf56) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 06/04/2023 Easy to use and just what I was looking for to preview sites and quickly search for words and terms. I wish there was a way to make the font smaller in the popup window.

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