Hover for Safari Alternatives
Hover for Safari is described as 'allows you to expand any image, link, or GIF just by hovering over it. With extensive support for popular websites, you'll be able to browse media-heavy content with ease. Say goodbye to clicking links and loading a new webpage just to view an image' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Hover for Safari for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Google Chrome and Firefox. The best alternative is Imagus, which is free. Other great apps like Hover for Safari are Hover Zoom+, Hover Zoom, Image Max URL and ezLinkPreview.
- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Google Chrome
- Safari
- Maxthon
- Opera
- Firefox
The extension is intended to complement image features that (I think) is missing from Opera by default or give features that are just simply useful.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
Hover your mouse over any image on the supported websites and the extension will automatically enlarge the image to its full size, making sure that it still fits into the browser window.
Browse images galleries with ease: move the mouse cursor over thumbnails to view images in their full size without loading a new page. Pictures are automatically resized if they don't fit the window.
Warning
As written at http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1t4ubn/hoverzoom_for_chrome_is_infected_with_malware/ , it seems to contain malware. Be careful!
Image Max URL allows you to find larger or original versions of images for thousands of supported websites.
Browse more efficiently: Preview links and images without leaving your current tab. Mouseover any link and click the 'ez' icon (or press ALT and mouseover link) to show the linked page in a separate preview overlay or split screen.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Pale Moon
- Firefox
The free Thumbnail Zoom Plus add-on for Firefox shows the full image when you hover over a thumbnail or image link.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Google Chrome
Finds links to images and youtube videos in the web page you're on and replaces the link with a lightbox popup.
- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Opera
Opis
This extension shows a popup with an image preview when hovering over link that points to an image file or a page with an image.
This extension uses LinkFilterAPI on LinkRedirector. If you use this, you MUST install LinkRedirector.
= Usage
Move the cursor and hover over.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Pale Moon
- Firefox
Preview image when mouse over image link.
Shows a full size image when you hover over thumbnails on popular websites like Facebook, Twitter or Amazon.
Discontinued
Not compatible with Firefox Quantum. URL also unavailable.
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