Hover Free Alternatives

    Hover Free is described as 'Fork of Hover Zoom ' and is an app in the Web Browsers category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Hover Free 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 Free are Hover Zoom (Free), ezLinkPreview (Free), Thumbnail Zoom Plus (Free, Open Source) and Zoom (Free, Open Source).

    This page was last updated Dec 7, 2017

    1. Imagus

      • Free • Proprietary
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      • Google Chrome
      • Safari
      • Maxthon
      • Opera
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      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. Hover zoom Enlarges thumbnails and linked images (or even linked thumbnails) into a popup with just a mouse hover.
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    2. Hover Zoom

      • Free • Proprietary
      • Mac
      • Windows
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      • Chrome OS
      • Google Chrome
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      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.

      Animated example: http://imgur.com/dKWN8.

      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!

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    4. ezLinkPreview

      • Free • Proprietary
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      • Google Chrome
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      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.
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    5. The free Thumbnail Zoom Plus add-on for Firefox shows the full image when you hover over a thumbnail or image link.

      Discontinued

      The extension is not compatible with Firefox 57. It still works on XUL-based Firefox forks like Waterfox and Pale Moon

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    6. Zoom

      • Free • Open Source
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • Chrome OS
      • Google Chrome
      • Safari
      • Opera
      • Firefox
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      A browser extension that zoom in the current open webpage with a slide.
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    8. Finds links to images and youtube videos in the web page you're on and replaces the link with a lightbox popup.
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    9. 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.
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    10. Thumbnail Zoom

      • Free • Open Source
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      • Linux
      • Firefox
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      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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    11. Preview image when mouse over image link.

      Discontinued

      The extension is not compatible with Firefox 57. Last version, 0.0.11.1, released in January 2015, still works on XUL-based Firefox forks like Waterfox and Pale Moon

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    12. ImageZoomer

      • Free • Proprietary
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      • Google Chrome
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      Zoom images inline on the current page by holding the right mouse button and scrolling the mouse wheel. How to use: * Hold the right mouse button on an image and scroll the mouse wheel to resize the image.
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