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, ezLinkPreview, Thumbnail Zoom Plus and Image Preview (Chrome extension).
- 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.
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!
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.
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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- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Pale Moon
- Firefox
Preview image when mouse over image link.
Zoom images inline on the current page by holding the right mouse button and scrolling the mouse wheel.
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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.
