Get information from Wikipedia wherever you go on the Web. A simple Chrome extension to get the first paragraph from Wikipedia based on any highlighted text.
Soon to be available on the Chrome store.
Special thanks to rbilgil's hoverpedia for the skeleton of the project, as well as fgnass' spin.js.
###Features:
- highlight any amount of text and get the key info from Wikipedia
- dynamically moving hoverbox to fit on the screen
- includes a link to the Wikipedia page
###To Do:
- some pages have erratic empty paragraphs at the beginning, or a non-formalised way of saying there are multiple possible pages. Catch these as they are found and optimise for these instances.
- add an on/off switch into the browser toolbar
- fix up the box-size when there is just one line of text
- place the box at the best location so that no text is covered/the box appears pointing to the middle of the highlighted area
- allow for all links in the first para to appear
###Licence:
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