Hoverflow

Hover to preview any link, without leaving your tab.

Hoverflow is a Chrome extension designed to enhance your browsing experience by allowing you to preview any link with a simple hover, all without navigating away from your current tab. It supports nested previews, enabling you to explore links within links seamlessly, which helps maintain your reading flow and reduces interruptions.

Optimized for speed, Hoverflow loads the mobile version of websites to provide fast and focused browsing. Security is prioritized by having the extension disabled by default; you can enable it on any tab with one click and adjust granular settings as needed. Hoverflow works exceptionally well with Wikipedia, where it's automatically enabled for you to try out immediately. This extension is perfect for quickly accessing information within wikis, documentation, and general web browsing while staying on your current page.

Manifest V3
Users:
596 17
Rating:
5.00
(5)
Version:
1.2.5 (Last updated: 2024-04-11)
Creation date:
2022-05-16
Permissions:
  • storage
  • scripting
  • activeTab
  • declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess
Host permissions:
  • https://*.wikipedia.org/*
Size:
49.86K
Full description:
See detailed description
Updated:
a day ago

Other platforms

Hoverflow (v1.2.5)
1,000+ 4.65 (31)
Hoverflow (v1.0.5)
197 4.50 (14)

User reviews

it does work in fact pretty good so far devs on. but do wish we could resize it when it shows the preview besides that really good 5 star for effort.
by alt, 2022-08-27

this is the best damn extension for hovering your mouse over any link and having a window pop u[p showing you what inside the link and it even disappears when you move pointer away. you can even scroll in the preview without creating a new tab. Great work devs. i just wish this was on android
by Excalabears, 2022-07-18
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Extension safety

Risk impact
Moderate risk impact

Hoverflow requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
  • Critical Request access to the following domains: wikipedia.org
Risk likelihood
Moderate risk likelihood

Hoverflow is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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