u/Kenzorb

I realized an annoying part of browsing is choosing a link from Google Search, then realising after opening it that it's

• a 20-minute deep dive
• a paywalled
• an unexpected image-heavy tutorial
• or unexpected dense technical documentation

I built a lightweight Chrome extension that adds small “preview signals” beside Google Search results before you click.

It currently shows:
• estimated read time
• paywall detection
• image-heavy pages
• code-heavy pages

The goal was to reduce wasted clicks and help evaluate links faster while browsing. If you'd like to try out the extension its called LinkFlags - Preview Signals Before Opening Links from the Chrome Web Store :)

Hope this helps and also would like your thoughts/feedback on this too!

Hey guys, I built a small Chrome extension that shows the estimated reading time of a website before you open it.

I kept running into this problem where I’d click into a bunch of links, only to realise they were way longer (or sometimes shorter) than I expected, then go back and repeat the process.

So I built this to quickly see if something is worth opening or not.

Some questions:

• Where would this be most useful (Google, Reddit, somewhere else)?
• Would you actually use something like this day to day?

Would love your feedback :)

If you'd like to try it out: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/mdbmofdmgnjpnkekodinnbelnkbhmejm?utm_source=item-share-cb