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WikiLens 1.2.0

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@Ville-Mattila Ville-Mattila released this 04 Jul 14:26
v1.2.0
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The first tagged release of WikiLens — select text on any page, get the Wikipedia article instantly.

Highlights

  • Image carousel — flip through up to five article images with a small arrow, with crossfade and preloading
  • Quick facts (Large size) — born, died, occupation, founded, population, website… pulled from Wikidata, each linkable value clickable
  • Disambiguation help — ambiguous titles show a "may refer to:" list; click a meaning to preview it in place
  • English fallback — titles missing from your chosen language edition are retried on English Wikipedia
  • Toolbar popup — recent lookups (device-local) and an exact-title search box
  • User controls — per-site disable list, Alt+select trigger mode, light/dark/auto themes, three popup sizes (now 25% wider)
  • Polish — Esc to dismiss, no popups in editable fields, lookup caching, request cancellation, choreographed animations honoring prefers-reduced-motion
  • Privacy — no analytics, no tracking; selections go only to Wikimedia APIs. Now licensed under GPL-3.0

Downloads

  • wikilens-1.2.0.zip — Chrome / Edge / Brave (load unpacked, or for store upload)
  • wikilens-firefox-1.2.0.zip — Firefox (about:debugging → Load Temporary Add-on; AMO listing in review)

Landing page & live demo: https://ville-mattila.github.io/wikilens/

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