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Reviews for Wikipedia Peek

Wikipedia Peek by NiklasG

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  • by Firefox user 13123158, 8 years ago
  • by Firefox user 13102019, 8 years ago
  • by frostbyte, 8 years ago
    There used to be an addon called wikilook that did something similar but this is so much more to the point. It saves me a LOT of time by presenting the essence of the linked page in flash. Thus, a lookup that would often take a minute or more in the past now takes just a few seconds.
  • by mbrav, 8 years ago
    I probably rather open a a link in a new tab, but sometimes this plugin can be very helpful.

    Also, the plugin didn't work in the beginning because of my other script blocking plugins. Don't forget to setup your plugins so that they don't end up blocking Wikipedia.
  • by humbert, 8 years ago
    This thing used to work great, but for some reason not any more. It seems the problem began with FF 53. Uninstalling and reinstalling didn't help. Any ideas?

    Developer response

    posted 8 years ago
    I am already actively developing the next version of this add-on, which uses different technologies and therefore isn't affected by this. That's why I didn't notice it.

    This is caused by the inconsistent pathnames Firefox uses for content scripts. You will see that it works for all pages that are ope at the time you enable the add-on, but not for pages loaded afterwards. The exact format of those paths must have changed fin FF53.
    I opened https://github.com/NiklasGollenstede/wikipedia-peek/issues/9 to address this in a hot-fix.

    Edit 2017-05-01: Version 2.7.3 has been submitted for the code review.
  • by Lord-Exus, 8 years ago
    I really like this Addon. But I'd like to have the function to open this kind of popup-window after selecting text independent of the Wikipedia site, searching for it and present the successful result in this small 'window'. And the option of preferring English or other language searches. It would be really nice. Then I would rate for 5 stars :)
  • by Firefox user 12844865, 8 years ago
    As an avid Wikipedia reader, this add-on sometimes saves me from going full on tabs while reading a page.
  • by Sumer123, 8 years ago
    Perfect for me, time saver.
  • by xumber, 8 years ago
    Thank you so much !, this small feature expands the use of Wikipedia a lot! and it saves time with no need to open new tabs all the time and it helps me stay concentrated on the main article :)