SUMMARY

Peek is a browser extension that shows previews for links to files and supported services in web pages. Just hover your mouse over a link, and Peek will display a small popup with an interactive preview of the link's content. Peek can show previews for PDFs, Microsoft Office documents, YouTube video links, audio files, Google Docs, and much more. It uses the browser's built-in rendering features, in combination with the Google Docs Viewer, Microsoft Office Web Viewer, and other third-party embedded viewers to display rich previews. Supported file types: - PDF, TXT, and RTF documents - WebM, MP4, M4V, OGG, OGV, and Imgur GIFV video - MP3, M4A, OGA, OGG, and WAV audio - Word documents (.doc, .docx) - Excel spreadsheets (.xls, .xlsx) - PowerPoint files (.ppt, .pptx) - OpenDocument files (.odt, .ods, etc.) - JPG, PNG, APNG, SVG, GIF, ICO, and BMP images Supported links: - Google Docs links - iCloud Keynote links - YouTube videos and Shorts - Reddit links - Imgur links - TikTok videos - Mastodon posts - Facebook posts - Instagram posts and reels - Threads posts - Spotify tracks, albums, and podcast episodes Peek is open source under the GPL license. The code is available here: https://github.com/corbindavenport/peek

The latest version of Peek: Preview PDFs, Office files, and more is available on the Chrome web and is currently being used by 2,000 active users. The initial version was launched on 2019-07-06.

HOW TO INSTALL Peek: Preview PDFs, Office files, and more FROM A CRX FILE

1. Download Peek: Preview PDFs, Office files, and more CRX file
2. NOTE: Sometimes the browser may block downloading / installing CRX file from outside the Chrome Web Store. If so, you may need to download the ZIP file instead
3. In the URL bar, go to chrome://extensions
4. Enable Developer mode

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