If you want more value from time you spend online, if you want to see less and know more, if you want to click less and do more then Firefox show you its power by providing you a great add-on which helps you save your precious time and do more in less time. Particularly if you are a researcher, blogger, or journalist then interclue is the right choice for you.
Interclue gives you a summary of the contents of any hyperlink available on the web page. It enables you to visit the web pages before visiting the pages. When you will hover over a web link, an icon will be displayed at the hyperlink. Hover over icon and a preview pop-up box will be displayed.
The preview pop-up includes:
- The linked page text;
- The linked page thumbnail (upper-right corner);
- “Meta clues” that provide further info on the linked page.
- Preview the next/previous similar link in the same window (for example, for Make Use Of home page, you can load the preview of each post one by one in the same dialog);
- Bookmark the link;
- Open the page in a new background tab;
- Email the preview window content;
- Copy the preview window content;
- Access your tools options.
The latter is actually pretty useful feature (but probably that’s what I call “too much”). The Meta clues can include:
- Delicious saves and tags;
- The number of downloadable files on the target page;
- Page date, etc
Different Types of Links
Other types of icons may appear upon mouse-over in some cases
1. HTML anchors (or “named” anchors):
This will usually work for “Comments”, “Read more”, links from the blog home page, for example. The preview window will show exactly the part of the page where the link anchors to:
2. Redirected links
See the redirect icon and learn the ultimate link target upon hover
3. Image links:
The preview window lets you see a larger version of the linked image and some additional information
Using “Options” you can customize this add-on. Interclue is a firefox add-on. You can get it from there.
Firefox: Download Here