Shows network usage of webpages when the browser doesn't

Latest Version

Version
0.0.4
Update
July 9, 2016
Size
92.13KiB
Developer
Category
Users
843
Rating
3.47059 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
ActiveTab
WebRequest
Http://*/
Https://*/
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netmonitor Extension

The \"loading\" icon for tabs in browsers only spins at first when the page is loaded. But even after that, web pages can do network IO via JavaScript in background without the user knowing. This extension highlights such network activity and shows a count of requests done till now by the page in a small indicator. It's updated in real-time for each tab.

A lot of web pages use background network requests for tracking user actions and sending data to remote servers, lazily loading heavy assets etc., and all that goes unnoticed by the user. Ideally, the browser's \"loading icon\" should spin for those requests as well.

Uploaded to my account by request of the author. Go star his GitHub project here: https://github.com/awalGarg/netmonitor
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "netmonitor", "description": "shows network usage of webpages when the browser doesn't", "version": "0.0.4", "background": {"scripts": ["static/background.js"] }, "browser_action": { "default_icon": "static/off.png", "default_popup": "static/popup.html" }, "permissions": [ "activeTab","webRequest","http://*/","https://*/" ], "web_accessible_resources": [ "static/off.png", "static/on.gif" ]}
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User reviews

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Dawid (ID: 0000009a15d291c5) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 01/30/2021 Shows nothing

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Ravenous Fallen (ID: 000000d9a77ca28b) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 07/22/2017 Doesn't do anything useful. Just shows an icon with a number on it. Clicking on it doesn't do anything.

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HARI HARIS (ID: 00000087e28125f4) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 12/11/2016 supr

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Gabriel Beltrame Silva (ID: 0000008889b6523b) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 07/12/2016 It's cool because you can see how many connections are being done in the background, but it's kinda limited since you can't see what are those connections.

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Kylan Coffey (ID: 0000003a316d103e) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 07/11/2016 It is helpful to see the amount of traffic sent in the background, but not much else. Overall, it does what it says it does and does it well. Could be nice to have some options though.