Automatically reload tabs that have crashed, or have been sat around for a while. Handy for Kiosk mode where access is limited.

Latest Version

Version

1.0.1

Update

June 25, 2019

Size

31.91KiB

Developer

TabbySitter Extension

Chrome has a habit of crashing, often for no real reason. When running a Kiosk, or Digital Signage - the ability the quickly reload the page is essential. This plugin does exactly that.

This is not a replacement for correcting problems in the first place (memory leaks especially) and isn't particularly useful in an everyday environment, where you can simply press the refresh button yourself.

This is a copy of another extension Oh No You Didn't!, with some minor additions, in that it will also reload all the tabs after 30 minutes. This was to tackle an edge case of poorly performing kiosk devices, displaying sites prone to memory leakage.

You can also click the icon in the toolbar to see when the next crash check and reload are anticipated... I say \"anticipated\" as with these relying on the javascript setInterval method, other things may affect when the code will really execute.

Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "TabbySitter", "version": "1.0.1", "manifest_version": 2, "description": "Automatically reload tabs that have crashed, or have been sat around for a while. Handy for Kiosk mode where access is limited.", "homepage_url": "https://github.com/ikigeg/tabbysitter", "icons": { "16": "icons/icon16.png", "32": "icons/icon32.png", "48": "icons/icon48.png", "128": "icons/icon128.png", "512": "icons/icon512.png" }, "background": { "scripts": ["src/background.js"], "persistent": true }, "permissions": ["tabs", "http://*/", "https://*/", "file://*/"], "browser_action": { "default_popup": "src/popup.html" }}

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