Wikipedia Quick Hints chrome extension

What is Wikipedia Quick Hints?

Wikipedia Quick Hints is a reading articles extension for chrome. it's a free extension , it has 6,000+ active users since released its first version, it earns an average rating of 4.62 from 113 rated user, last update is 2490 days ago.

What’s new in version 2.20?

                A simple extension that makes reading Wikipedia articles more convenient. 
When reading how often do you have to open an additional cross-article just to glimpse quickly at the meaning of a term you do not know? 
Now with Wikipedia Quick Hints getting definitions of unknown terms has become as simple as just hovering the cursor over a respective link. The definition pops up automatically. Images zooming is another useful feature of the extension.
See screenshots for example.

Please rate if you find it useful. Comment if you have questions, find bugs or have ideas for improvements.

Changes history:

In version 2.2.0
 - Adjusted to new Wikipedia article structure. Bug fixes.

In version 2.1.7
 - Fixed image zooming issue.

In version 2.1.6
 - HTTPS pages support.
 - new extension versioning.

In version 2.15
 - new setting - hide question marks.
 - minor improvement.

In version 2.1
 - new feature - image thumbnails inside definition popup.
 - quick little bug fix.

In version 2.0
 - new feature - hints within another hint popup;
 - settings page simplified;
 - several bugs fixed.

In version 1.46
 - fixed number of bugs.

In version 1.45:
 - added new option to enable/disable images zooming.

In version 1.42:
 - fixed several minor bugs.

In version 1.4:
 - pressing Esc now closes the image preview popup;
 - get definitions without using a hotkey, just hover the link;
 - notifications about new features;

In version 1.3:
 - restructuring and code improvements;
 - icons change;
 - some bugs with the hint position;

In version 1.2:
 - fixed several bugs;
 - added quick pictures zoom option.


*** ATTENTION ***
Due to the changes Wikepedia developers made to the structure of the articles WikipediaQuickHints had a lot of problems with getting correct definition and hence in most cases poped up useless "Can not get definition for this term ..." message. Please report the problems so that I could fix problematic places.

Thank you for using it! :)            

How to install Wikipedia Quick Hints?

You could download the latest version crx file or older version files and install it.

Preview of Wikipedia Quick Hints

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Reviews of wikipedia quick hints:

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Farley X Wilbur January 25th, 2022

I like the extension except for the small question mark under every highlighted word or phrase in the Wikipedia article. Just underline the word (which it does) and skip the question mark. All the subscript question marks on the page disrupt the flow of reading the article needlessly. We all get it, we know how to use the extension.

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Dmitriy Davydov June 25th, 2018

A'm absolutely love it. And want to find somewhat similar extension that previews content of visiting link but not exclusively for Wikipedia.

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Funto Komolafe (Funtø) June 1st, 2018

Amazing, I forgot I even had the extension until I recently got used a different browser. I thought wikipedia did the pop-ups by itself. But apparently, it's this extension. So useful. Thanks for making my life easier.

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