Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by Adrich on May 22, 2017 ·

UI and functionality were exactly what I was hoping for... except this addon is very out-of-date and does not work on FF 45. Claims to be "open source" but the code is nowhere to be found.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by phunkateer on Jan. 4, 2016 ·

I have collected the solutions to make this great add-on working... the two explanations describe the same solution, so you only need to follow one of them.

With FF 43, you need to change the options in the browser to make your modified "unsigned" add-on working, and after FF 44, it will not work!

"Firefox 43: Firefox will have a preference that allows signature enforcement to be disabled (xpinstall.signatures.required in about:config).
Firefox 44: Release and Beta versions of Firefox will not allow unsigned extensions to be installed, with no override."

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SOLUTIONS:

a)

With ff21, I get a syntax error in the error console, that stops wikilook 2.7.0 from finishing loading.

In the file chrome/wikilook/content/wikilook.js line 4746 is not valid syntax in the newer javascript engine:

globalPackageWL.WikiLook_Overlay.PMaker.WLWTajaxCallbackImpl(res.expandtemplates.*);

Changing that line to an alternate equivalent syntax:

globalPackageWL.WikiLook_Overlay.PMaker.WLWTajaxCallbackImpl(res.expandtemplates['*']);

works for me - all of wikilook is functional with ff21.

Contrary to what has been mentioned, I don't see where wikilook is using the deprecated E2X syntax.
In any case, that wouldn't require a complete re-write.

Alan

b)

To get the full file name, you have to know the path to Firefox's profile. Do this:

Enter this special URL in the address line: about:support
You'll get a page with title "Troubleshooting Information".

In the top third you find a table with "Application Basics"; it contains a row "Profile folder" with a button labeled "Show Folder". Press the button.
An Explorer window will open showing the location and the contents of your profile. Now you'll have to navigate through several levels of sub-directories...
Open folders extensions, then wikilook@testpilot. You are now on the level Alan was when he said "In the file chrome/wikilook/content/wikilook.js line 4746 is not valid syntax".
Dive down through folders chrome -> wikilook -> content. Now you can see file wikilook.js. Select it (don't execute). Terminate Firefox before you edit this file.

Editing wikilook.js may be a problem for the inexperienced user. There are 2 options:

Use a good editor (as I did) which can handle Unix line-breaks (Windows' Notepad cannot, see below).
You can drag & drop the file into the editor's window (if that doesn't work, you now know the full path of the file anyway).
Then go to line 4746 (or do the search shown below) and apply Alan's change.
If you have no other editor than Windows' Notepad, do the following: Right-click at wikilook.js and select edit from the menu (not open, don't double-click).
This will load the file into the Notepad editor. Bad surprise: the whole text is shown as one huge continuous line! But you're not lost. Just search (Ctrl+F) for res.expandtemplates.* and apply the change. (res.expandtemplates.* => res.expandtemplates['*'])

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Firefoxuserfornow on Sept. 14, 2015 ·

Works great!

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by city_zen on July 8, 2015 ·

Sadly, Wikilook is broken again. Maybe someone can make it work again but, considering that the last update was over four years ago, I don't hold much hope.
I can confirm what kolika33 mentioned: Wikilook 2.7.0 conflicts with Adblock Plus. When Wikilook is active, Adblock Plus can't save custom filters. Strange, but true.
Meanwhile, I have found a good alternative for Wikilook. It's not 100% the same, but close enough, and in some respects even better. It's "Wiktionary and Google Translate" (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-dictionary-and-google-t/). Try it if you're looking for a Wikilook replacement.

This user has 3 previous reviews of this add-on.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by x-ram on June 26, 2015 ·

Wikilook doesn't work with encrypted Wikipedia.
Tey rajeshWikiFinderInWiki, not as good as Wikilook, but one part.
Please note other substitutes for wikilook you find.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by kolika33 on April 11, 2015 ·

If add-on WikiLook 2.7.0 is on, Adblock Plus don't save the filters. I can modify it, but after Firefox (37.0.1) restarts all changes are lost.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by Boctor Bill on March 20, 2015 ·

It does not work. Too bad, it has lots of great reviews from the past, but it appears to be broken now.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by OneTimePad on Feb. 22, 2015 ·

I simly love it. It has room for improvements, but all in all it is soooooo cool! :)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Alexander on Jan. 25, 2015 ·

Не фурычит чёта... ставлю 5 за красивые скриншоты, надеюсь на исправление.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by grinnz on Nov. 6, 2014 ·

Used to love this add-on. Now it apparently is broken. Select, move slightly, and hover. No. That was in fact broken a long time ago. But now the Shift function also does not work. Add-on removed.

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

by Rohan Jain on Oct. 28, 2014 ·

Calls itself open source, but has no way to access the code.

Have never seen it work once, even through the context menu.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

by Mike on Sept. 16, 2014 ·

Does not work, please fix that! I am under Firefox 31...

.....Thanks

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by MacGivre on Sept. 7, 2014 ·

J'ai beau essayer de mettre la souris sur un mot, de faire shift ou quoique que ce soit indiqué dans la présentation : rien ne se passe.
Extension inutile.
Dommage.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by The Other Realm on May 9, 2014 ·

I made some sort of replacement to WikiLook: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/otheraddon/ . If you select a word and press Ctrl+Shift+1 it will open a Wikipedia layover and if you press Ctrl+Shift+2 it will open Wiktionary; pressing Ctrl+Shift+` or pressing the X button closes the layover. It also adds useful search buttons to the taskbar because I didn't like having to select from the drop down menu every time I wanted to use a different search engine. Let me know if you see any gaping bugs.
(Note, my rating is because it no longer works, when it did, it was great)

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by Garry8346 on Aug. 24, 2013 ·

It's still a raw addon.
Sometimes it doesn't work at all and I can't figure out why.
It seems to be it conflicts with other extensions.
Firefox 23.0.1.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

by ChessWriter on Aug. 4, 2013 ·

Please update for FF22...This is an essential addon....

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by Levingston on June 26, 2013 ·

Doesn't work in Firefox 22.0

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by lefreak on May 3, 2013 ·

Doesn't work with FF 20.0.1Nearly no development, otherwise it would be 5 stars!
You can try QuickWiki as alternative!!
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/quickwiki

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by gemini8npg on May 1, 2013 ·

Awesome Add-on, but hasn't worked since I updated to Firefox 20.0.1.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

by macnomad on April 23, 2013 ·

No longer working with Firefox 20

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