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Similar browser extensions or add-ons to be inspired by

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Quiddity (WMF) (talkcontribs)

I'm moving these here, from the project page where I originally listed them. Feel free to edit this to add any you find.

No endorsement of a particular extension is implied.

Browser extensions/addons that show mouseover popups within Wikipedia

Chrome
Firefox

Browser extensions/addons that show Wikipedia/Wiktionary content at any external site

Chrome
Firefox

Full library for embedding in any web page

Tbayer (WMF) (talkcontribs)
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Edwardj 123 (talkcontribs)

There are similar tools like this Page Previews feature, however that shouldn't stop our community from making ours. Having one official tool providing the best features in a simple way for everyone is a great idea which doesn't need installing browser extensions.

Listing the other extensions and add-ons is useful because we can review their design and features to improve our version.

Quiddity (WMF) (talkcontribs)

Yup, that's exactly why I started/researched the list. To show how popular the idea was (proving we ought to implement something) and to glean good ideas/designs from. :-)

EoRdE6 (talkcontribs)

Think this means this feature really needs to be globally rolled out to non-registered users then... Maybe leave as an option for registered users though because some prefer third party gadgets like Popups on english that give you way more details (for editors)

Edwardj 123 (talkcontribs)
To EoRdE6: I agree that this feature would good for everyone outside beta testing (it is a tool made by many others), however this shouldn't happen too soon because it needs to be finished (main problems fixed, features added). Also an option for users to disable it on their account could be a good idea but it would be better to make Page Previews/Hovercards have the popular features of other third party tools so users would use our official tool.
EoRdE6 (talkcontribs)

My issue with that is that editors still have very different requirements to readers therefore a reader centric tool will never function for editors... Third party tools allow editors to view page history and editors and block logs and protection and tons more all from the pop-up. It's messy and ugly but for editors it's useful. Readers have no use for that information so I would support giving them this basic version that is currently available...

Edwardj 123 (talkcontribs)
To EoRdE6: I see your point but we could have these editor only stats in Page Previews/Hovercards as opt-in features enabled on users' settings pages which could get some editors to use our tool instead of competitors' ones to keep ours supported and popular.
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