ThreadWise

Explain selected technical text without leaving the page.

ThreadWise — Understand what you're reading without leaving the page. You're on an article, tutorial, or docs page and hit something you don't understand. Normally you'd copy it, open a new tab, search, and lose your place. ThreadWise explains it right where you are. HOW IT WORKS 1. Select text on any page. 2. Right-click and choose "ThreadWise". 3. Read a short explanation in a floating pane, then keep reading. KEYBOARD SHORTCUT Press Alt+Shift+U to unpack the current selection instantly without opening the context menu (default on Windows, macOS, and Linux). You can change or reassign it anytime at chrome://extensions/shortcuts. FEATURES • Explain in place — a concise, structured explanation (direct meaning, how it works, why it matters, common pitfalls, and an example when useful) appears next to your selection. No new tab, no losing your place. • Tangent follow-ups — select a term inside an explanation to get a focused explanation of it. The original answer stays available, and a tangent trail lets you reopen earlier tangents without asking again. • Opt-in page context — for tricky code, choose "ThreadWise with page context" to send a small excerpt around your selection so the answer can be more accurate. This is never done unless you choose it. • Copy and go back — copy an explanation, or return to the original answer at any time. • Display settings — adjust the glass look (opacity, blur, tint, lighting) from the extension's settings. Answer settings are fixed during the beta to keep results consistent. PRIVACY • By default, only the text you selected is sent to generate the explanation — not the page around it. • Page context is sent only when you explicitly choose "ThreadWise with page context", and only a small bounded excerpt near your selection. • ThreadWise does not read pages in the background, does not collect your browsing history, and runs no third-party analytics. Requests go through our own backend, so the API key is never exposed in the extension. • See the privacy policy for full details. GOOD FOR Source code, documentation and API references, Stack Overflow, GitHub, error messages and stack traces, research papers, and technical articles — anything where one unknown term breaks your reading flow. Less searching. Less tab-switching. More understanding. This is a beta. If something fails or an answer is confusing, use the feedback link in the extension's settings — it directly shapes what we fix next.