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 apps. The best Hover Free alternative is Imagus, which is free. Other great apps like Hover Free are Hover Zoom, Thumbnail Zoom Plus, ezLinkPreview and iFrame - Link Viewer.
Imagus
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Proprietary
10 Imagus alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Google Chrome
- 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.
- - Imagus is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Hover Free.
- - Imagus is the most popular free alternative to Hover Free.
Imagus Features
Hover Zoom
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Proprietary
12 Hover Zoom alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Chrome OS
- Google Chrome
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.
WarningAs written at http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1t4ubn/hoverzoom_for_chrome_is_infected_with_malware/ , it seems to contain malware. Be careful!
Thumbnail Zoom Plus
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
12 Thumbnail Zoom Plus alternatives- 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.
- - Thumbnail Zoom Plus is the most popular Open Source alternative to Hover Free.
Thumbnail Zoom Plus Features
DiscontinuedThe extension is not compatible with Firefox 57. It still works on XUL-based Firefox forks like
Waterfox and
Pale Moon
ezLinkPreview
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo11 ezLinkPreview alternatives- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Google Chrome
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.
ezLinkPreview Features
iFrame - Link Viewer
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Proprietary
2 iFrame - Link Viewer alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Opera
Preview any link in a pop-up frame without leaving current page, eliminating the need to go back to navigate to other links. Very useful for exploring Google search results, Craigslist, news feeds. Also, search any text without leaving current page.
- - iFrame - Link Viewer is the most popular Web-based alternative to Hover Free.
iFrame - Link Viewer Features
Image Preview (Chrome extension)
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo13 Image Preview (Chrome extension) alternatives- 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.
ImagePreviewer
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo12 ImagePreviewer alternatives- 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.
ImagePreviewer Features
Thumbnail Zoom
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo12 Thumbnail Zoom alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Firefox
Shows a full size image when you hover over thumbnails on popular websites like Facebook, Twitter or Amazon.
DiscontinuedNot compatible with Firefox Quantum. URL also unavailable.
Image Preview (Firefox addon)
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
12 Image Preview (Firefox addon) alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Pale Moon
- Firefox
Preview image when mouse over image link.
Image Preview (Firefox addon) Features
DiscontinuedThe 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
ImageZoomer
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo12 ImageZoomer alternatives- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Google Chrome
Zoom images inline on the current page by holding the right mouse button and scrolling the mouse wheel.