Link Preview

See where a link goes before you leave

A reader clicks a link in the middle of an article and lands on a page they did not expect. This widget shows a small card first: the site, the page title, two or three lines of its description and the domain, with Close and Open buttons. On a wide screen the card sits next to the link; on a phone it rises from the bottom of the screen. Only a plain click on a link to another host inside the area you choose is caught. Clicks with Ctrl, Cmd, Shift or Alt, middle clicks, download links and links marked data-no-preview go through untouched, and a link already known to have no usable details opens as usual. The card holds text only, with no preview image or favicon, and the details come from a server that reads each page once and caches the result. The mount point draws nothing; data-scope sets the area whose links get previews. Included in the BootSignal subscription ($20/mo or $200/yr, every widget on 1 domain, add more from the dashboard). Unlimited pages while subscribed.