Automate webpage refreshing with precision.

Latest Version

Version
1.8.9
Update
November 5, 2024
Size
98.34KiB
Developer
sites.google.com/site/donghangzhang
Category
Users
6
Rating
0 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
See more
Permissions
Tabs
ActiveTab
Storage
Scripting
See more

Hippo Refresh Extension

**Hippo Refresh**: This Chrome extension simplifies and automates the process of refreshing web pages, offering a wide range of options to customize your browsing experience. Here's an extended description with the new feature:

1. **Selective Tab or URL Refresh**: With Hippo Refresh, you can easily refresh specific tabs or web pages by URL. This feature allows you to select and refresh multiple tabs from the same website, ensuring that you always have the latest information from your favorite sites.

2. **Customizable Refresh Intervals**: You have the flexibility to define the time intervals at which the selected tabs or URLs will be refreshed. This enables you to stay up to date with live data or keep web apps current, all at your preferred refresh rate.

3. **Visibility Options**: A unique aspect of Hippo Refresh is the ability to choose whether to refresh a page when it's visible or invisible. This means you can set the extension to refresh pages, whether in the foreground or background, ensuring that your content is always updated.

4. **Automation and Convenience**: Hippo Refresh streamlines the process of page refreshes, eliminating the need for manual reloading. This is especially useful for tracking real-time data, such as stock prices, live sports scores, or news updates.

5. **Productivity Enhancement**: By automating the refreshing of web pages, this extension enhances your productivity. It ensures that your web-based applications, emails, or other online resources are always current, saving you valuable time and effort.

6. **Refresh Multiple Tabs from the Same Site**: The new feature in Hippo Refresh allows you to refresh multiple tabs that belong to the same website or domain. This is particularly valuable when you have various tabs open from a single source, such as news articles, social media, or online tools, and you want them all to stay updated simultaneously.

Hippo Refresh is a versatile Chrome extension that caters to users who require regular updates from specific web pages, whether they are single pages or multiple tabs from the same site. It provides extensive customization options, and its ability to refresh pages based on visibility ensures your web content is always current and readily available.
Read more

Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 3, "name": "Hippo Refresh", "version": "1.8.9", "description": "Automate webpage refreshing with precision.", "minimum_chrome_version": "116", "host_permissions": [""], "permissions": [ "tabs", "activeTab", "storage", "scripting" ], "action": { "default_popup": "popup.html", "default_icon": { "16": "images/icon16.png", "128": "images/icon128-disabled.png" } }, "icons": { "16": "images/icon16.png", "128": "images/icon128.png" }, "background": { "service_worker": "js/background.js" }, "options_ui": { "page": "options.html" }}
Read more

How to download and manually install Hippo Refresh extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Hippo Refresh extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install Hippo Refresh extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Hippo Refresh extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Hippo Refresh extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Hippo Refresh extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the Hippo Refresh Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Hippo Refresh extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Hippo Refresh extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Hippo Refresh extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Hippo Refresh extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download Hippo Refresh extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Hippo Refresh extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the Hippo Refresh extension file

Select and download the Hippo Refresh extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Hippo Refresh extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Hippo Refresh extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Hippo Refresh extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Hippo Refresh extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

Similar Extensions

icon

Auto Page Refresh Extension · Productivity 6 154 ★ 509KiB

icon

Easy Auto Refresh Extension · Productivity 6 14 ★ 90.75KiB

icon

Tab Auto Refresh Extension · Productivity 6 73 ★ 51.38KiB

icon

HTTPS Everywhere Extension · Productivity 6 3 ★ 41.75KiB

icon

Smart Auto Refresh Extension · Accessibility 6 597 ★ 458KiB

icon

Auto Refresh Page - Reload Pages Automatically & Page Monitor Easily Extension · Productivity 6 172 ★ 9.17MiB

icon

Auto Refresh Extension · Productivity 6 41 ★ 583KiB

icon

Auto Refresh & Page Monitor Extension · Productivity 6 752 ★ 200KiB

icon

Auto Refresh Plus Extension · Productivity 6 889 ★ 79.6KiB

icon

Page Refresh Extension · Productivity 6 560 ★ 321KiB

icon

Auto-Refresh 页面自动刷新 Extension · Developer Tools 6 0 ★ 64.0KiB

icon

Page Auto Refresh Extension · Productivity 6 62 ★ 500KiB

icon

Auto Refresh Plus | Page Monitor Extension · Productivity 6 16616 ★ 1.02MiB

icon

Easy auto refresher plus Extension · Productivity 6 21 ★ 119KiB

icon

Easy Auto Refresh Extension · Productivity 6 2002 ★ 53.0KiB

icon

Refresh Page - Auto reload page Extension · Productivity 6 71 ★ 79.31KiB

icon

Super Simple Auto Refresh Extension · Productivity 6 3 ★ 90.94KiB

icon

Auto Refresh Page - reload page Extension · Productivity 6 324 ★ 171KiB

icon

Auto Refresh & Switch Tabs Extension · News & Weather 6 7 ★ 77.92KiB

icon

Swift Auto Refresh Extension · Productivity 6 17 ★ 440KiB

icon

Auto Refresh Pro | Web Monitor Extension · Productivity 6 22 ★ 1.08MiB

icon

SuperRefresh , Auto Refresh pages Extension · Productivity 6 18 ★ 169KiB

icon

Amazing Auto Refresh Extension · Productivity 6 11 ★ 478KiB

icon

Simple Auto Refresher Extension · Productivity 6 12 ★ 29.53KiB