How To Preview Links Before Clicking On Firefox

CoolPreviews is a great tool for checking links, specifically shortened ones, to make sure they don't lead to unsecure sites and you can use it with Firefox

A screen displays the logo of the open-source web browser Firefox on July 31, 2009, in London, as the software edges towards it's billionth download within the next twenty four hours. Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images

A year ago we wrote about a way to preview links without actually clicking on them in Google Chrome by using an extension called SwiftPreview.

This same function is now available on Firefox with a similar add-on called CoolPreviews. The tool is great for checking links, specifically shortened ones, to make sure they don’t lead to unsecure sites.

Once you have CoolPreviews installed, you should immediately notice a small magnifying glass icon on the add-on bar. For earlier versions of Firefox, the add-on bar is located on the bottom of the browser.

To enable the preview function, just hover over the web link and look for the same magnifying glass icon (usually located to the right of your mouse pointer). Mouse over the icon to preview the link.

A pop up window will appear showing the contents of the website link. You can pin the window in place by clicking on the blue pin button on the top right bar of the window. To close it, click on the red “x” icon on the top right corner.

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