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October 14
[edit]Hover over wikilinks
[edit]Recently, a new feature mysteriously appeared: when hovering cursor over a wikilink, the tooltip popup displayed a summary from the lead of the target article with an image (if available). It was a nice feature; however, just as mysteriously, that feature is now gone. I haven't done any updates (Firefox, Win7, etc.) or add/remove browser add-ons, etc. Any idea what's going on here? Is this a Wikipedia thing, or Firefox, or... (?) — 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:7595:47BF:7C36:8BA6 (talk) 06:13, 14 October 2017 (UTC)
- I don't know why this feature suddenly occurred for you, but if you create an account, you'll be able to set this as a feature in your preferences. It's under Gadgets > Browsing > Navigation Popups. Rojomoke (talk) 07:19, 14 October 2017 (UTC)
- Odd. I've never had an account, and this all occurred on the same computer. The only thing that I can think of that might be relevant is that this is a dynamic IP -- perhaps it happens only on certain IPs; but that doesn't make sense either. Anyway, ... thanks for the info. 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:7595:47BF:7C36:8BA6 (talk) 08:36, 14 October 2017 (UTC)
- The former reply is a little inaccurate. IP's never get Navigation Popups but they can get the similar mw:Beta Features/Hovercards, called "Page previews" for registered users at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures. mw:Beta Features/Hovercards#2017 A/B test on English and German Wikipedias mentions a former test where some randomly selected users get it. I guess there is also a current test. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:32, 14 October 2017 (UTC)
- Unregistered users with JavaScript in their browser can see an example article with Navigation Popups here. I don't think you can see Hovercards without being randomly selected or enabling it in an account. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:47, 14 October 2017 (UTC)
- Odd. I've never had an account, and this all occurred on the same computer. The only thing that I can think of that might be relevant is that this is a dynamic IP -- perhaps it happens only on certain IPs; but that doesn't make sense either. Anyway, ... thanks for the info. 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:7595:47BF:7C36:8BA6 (talk) 08:36, 14 October 2017 (UTC)
- [ec] I have visited German Wikipedia recently; perhaps it carried-over, or something. —2606:A000:4C0C:E200:7595:47BF:7C36:8BA6 (talk) 20:49, 14 October 2017 (UTC) -- And yes, I do see it on the page you linked, so evidently I have JavaScript in my browser (somewhere).
- Okay; A/B test on English and German Wikipedias sounds like the right time period, but seemed more recent, and didn't require visiting de.wikipedia (or voodoo). So...
- [ec] I have visited German Wikipedia recently; perhaps it carried-over, or something. —2606:A000:4C0C:E200:7595:47BF:7C36:8BA6 (talk) 20:49, 14 October 2017 (UTC) -- And yes, I do see it on the page you linked, so evidently I have JavaScript in my browser (somewhere).
