Get Instant Access to Wikipedia from your Browser

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image4 Get Instant Access to Wikipedia from your Browser If you are an avid fan of wikipedia then a good thing will be to access Wikipedia content from your browser window instantly. Here are some cool plugins for two of the most popular web browsers, which will help to find wikipedia entries for a any selected word or phrase you might come accross.

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Wiki Lookup Extension for Chrome (Install)

Get Instant Access to Wikipedia from your Browser chrome

Select text on any page and click the W to the right of your address bar. Your selected text will be looked up in Wikipedia mobile and displayed in a popup. Will auto detect the language of the page you are viewing by default. Using the extension options or the options button you can set a language to use in all cases.

Wikipedia Lookup Firefox Add-on (Link)

Looks up up the selected word in the Wikipedia encyclopedia in the language specified in your user preferences. And it return accurate results. Very light and useful. You can also search a word from the browser’s status bar. Here are some more useful wiki tools for firefox. (also tips to make firefox 3+ faster)

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