QuickWiki

Preview articles on Wikipedia and other wikis - become a wiki power-user!

What is QuickWiki?

QuickWiki is a Chrome extension developed by Vicky Chijwani, and its main feature is "Preview articles on Wikipedia and other wikis - become a wiki power-user!".

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Download QuickWiki Extension CRX File

Download QuickWiki extension files in crx format, manually install Chrome extensions in the browser, or share the crx files with friends to easily install Chrome extensions.

Extension Usage Instructions

                        UPDATE: Now works with ALL wikis across the web!
UPDATE: Simply press Esc to close the popup. You're welcome :)
FIXED: https support on Wikipedia.
FIXED: support for wikia.com

An extension to preview links to other wiki articles while browsing any wiki. Shift+Left Click on any article link to preview it.

The source code is open and available on GitHub, for anyone looking to hack on it: https://github.com/vickychijwani/quickwiki.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome! Bugs and feature requests should be submitted on GitHub: https://github.com/vickychijwani/quickwiki/issues.

Developed by Vicky Chijwani and Vinay Kola.

Feel free to contact us with feedback:
Email: vickychijwani [at] gmail.com, vinaykola [at] gmail.com
Twitter: @vickychijwani, @vinaykola

Contributors:
- Koustuv Sinha

CHANGE LOG:
v1.1.3
 - Works on wikia.com
 - Improved window positioning algorithm

v1.1.2
 - Works with https

v1.1
 - Now works on ANY wiki (not just Wikipedia) in ANY language!
 - Added feature to expand preview window for focused browsing in the preview itself
 - Interface overhaul
 - Bug-fixes

v1.0
 - Added minimize feature.
 - Added open in new tab feature.
 - Added feature to drag the preview window around the page.
 - Preview window "intelligently" calculates its position based on the link's length and position on the page.                    

Extension Basic Information

Name QuickWiki QuickWiki
ID bbidbpklpaghmdjnlkkhkkobcbjgbkbd
Official URL https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/quickwiki/bbidbpklpaghmdjnlkkhkkobcbjgbkbd
Description Preview articles on Wikipedia and other wikis - become a wiki power-user!
File Size 712 KB
Installation Count 259
Current Version 1.2.0
Last Updated 2017-06-06
Publish Date 2017-06-06
Rating 4.68/5 Total 25 Ratings
Developer Vicky Chijwani
Email [email protected]
Payment Type free
Extension Website https://github.com/vickychijwani/quickwiki
Help Page URL https://github.com/vickychijwani/quickwiki/issues
Supported Languages en
manifest.json
{
    "update_url": "https:\/\/clients2.google.com\/service\/update2\/crx",
    "name": "QuickWiki",
    "version": "1.2.0",
    "description": "Preview articles on Wikipedia and other wikis - become a wiki power-user!",
    "background": {
        "scripts": [
            "background.js"
        ]
    },
    "page_action": {
        "default_icon": "icon.png",
        "default_title": "QuickWiki is enabled."
    },
    "icons": {
        "16": "icon-16.png",
        "48": "icon-48.png",
        "128": "icon-128.png"
    },
    "permissions": [
        "tabs"
    ],
    "content_scripts": [
        {
            "matches": [
                "*:\/\/*\/wiki\/*"
            ],
            "css": [
                "style.css",
                "icons.css",
                "scrollbar.css",
                "loader.css"
            ],
            "js": [
                "jquery-1.11.2.min.js",
                "script.js"
            ],
            "run_at": "document_end"
        }
    ],
    "web_accessible_resources": [
        "icons.png"
    ],
    "manifest_version": 2
}