Smart Previewer

Smart Previewer

This extension checks a content of a link instantly.

What is Smart Previewer?
Smart Previewer is an Edge extension that provides instant previews of various file types linked on a webpage. It supports audio files like mp3, images like jpeg, videos like mp4, and documents like pdf. Simply hover over the link to view its content. You can trust its safety as the source codes are open to public for verification.
Merlin
Stats
Users: 624 ▼ -2
Rating: 4.50 (2)
Version: 1.1.0.0 (Last updated: 2022-09-20)
Creation date: 2020-07-25
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 199.19K
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Summary
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This extension shows contents of links. Audio, images, pdf and videos..., all of links which this extension supports need not to be clicked. You can check it by just putting on the link.

Following types are supported for audio. "aac", "flac", "m4a", "mp3", "ogg" and "wav". Following types are supported for images. "bmp", "gif", "gifv", "ico", "jpeg", "jpg", "png", "svg" and "webp". Following types are supported for pdf. "pdf". Following types are supported for videos "3gp", "m3u8", "mkv", "mov", "mp4", "webm" and "wmv". These types will be extended in the future.

Why does this extension require "Access your data for all websites"? This extension is working to override websites displayed by the browser shows. Because of that, the extension needs to read the content of websites. The content read by the extension will never send outside. To eliminate any worries, the source codes are open to the public at the following link, and you can check that it actually does. https://github.com/Soushi-Atsumi/SmartPreviewer_Edge_Chromium

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User reviews
looking forward to Mac experience
by GW, 2020-09-05

Does not work or give info on how to activate it, for example it don't say whether to hover over a link which does nothing or if you have to do something else like using a keyboard shortcut.
by Jessie, 2020-12-24

looking forward to Mac experience
by GW, 2020-09-05
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Safety
Risk impact

Smart Previewer is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Smart Previewer has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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