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Show HN: wikiUp - Wikipedia in Tooltips
- crawfordcomeaux 14y agoGood stuff! It'd be nice if the data was pre-loaded in some way that doesn't hinder the page load time. Not sure how, off-hand, but know it's possible.
- pmtarantino 14y agoEach link is a request to Wikipedia, so I thought it would be better to request only if the user mouse over and wants to fetch the data. But yes, could be an option to pre-load :)
- crawfordcomeaux 14y agoI haven't looked at the code yet, but how modular is the data source? Incorporating things like Google's dictionary extension could make this a pretty versatile little tool.
- grimgrin 14y agoI gave preloading a shot. Should work fine for you. https://github.com/shmup/wikiUp/commit/8a7216c28da9741beed5a3586d38d3da651ecd35 https://github.com/shmup/wikiUp/commit/8a7216c28da9741beed5a...
- jimmyjim 14y agoQuite similar to Google's official 'Dictionary' extension -- which I highly recommend: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-dictionary-by-goog/mgijmajocgfcbeboacabfgobmjgjcoja https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-dictionary-...
- NathanKP 14y agoNeat idea but it is way too animated, and the animation is too slow, making it feel inaccurate when mousing from one item to another. Somehow I also got it to bounce back and forth between two tooltips really fast by mousing from one bolded text to another. This has potential but it needs a little less bling and a little more polish.
- dbaupp 14y agoI like the idea too! However I also got the tooltips to flicker: mousing a few pixels above the bolded text.
- pmtarantino 14y agoOh, I see. Yes, I should check the tooltip. Anyway, you can use your own style and edit the css file if you want less animation or something like that.
- jcone 14y agoThis is sharp, I like it, but just FYI: the tip never goes away on iPad.
- mjipeo 14y agoit's just god damn slow.
- shitlord 14y agoLooks cool, but it sometimes takes a while to show up and flickers Consider fetching Wikipedia data at page load. I set the window to fullscreen, hover over Apple, move the mouse over the yellow tooltip, and move it up a little bit until it it slightly above the tooltip's top border. It's a lot better than the one in FastestFox, though. That one is horrible.