Link preview

[DominicVonk]

Instead of opening a link directly in a new window or tab. It would be nice that it shows a temporary preview

[Thomas101]

This is a really interesting idea and something that we're looking into internally.

I think the discussion here started around security and privacy. We think that there's a case here for example where you might search the web for something and then hover over a link to a compromised website that you'd never normally visit. In loading the site for the preview, there's potential for tracking etc.

Internally we've been playing around with different sandboxing methods and also cross-origin restrictions to ensure that the previews are as locked down as possible, whilst still providing a reasonable preview of the site.

I don't have anything that I can share right now, but it is something we've been looking into

[DominicVonk]

Hi, I mean when you click on a link, it will not directly open a new tab, but instead open in in a preview window so you will not have a tab mess.

[Thomas101]

Ah okay, I get you. This is something that we've talked about and have looked into as well, but I don't have any specific timeframes on when we might start working on it right now