Show the Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer loading animation in Chrome

Latest Version

Version
1.1.0
Update
January 26, 2017
Size
189KiB
Developer
Category
Users
635
Rating
4.33333 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English (United States)
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Permissions
ActiveTab
Storage
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Chromescape Navigator Extension

What

Chrome extension that shows the Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer loading icon
when loading a page.

Why

Nostalgia, I guess ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯

How

To choose which loading icon to use, right click on the extension after installing and choose \"options\"
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "Chromescape Navigator", "description": "Show the Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer loading animation in Chrome", "version": "1.1.0", "icons": { "16": "logo/logo16.png", "48": "logo/logo48.png", "128": "logo/logo128.png" }, "browser_action": { "default_icon": "logo/logo16.png" }, "background": { "scripts": ["script.js"] }, "options_page": "options/options.html", "permissions": [ "activeTab", "storage" ]}
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User reviews

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Dorian Cottle (ID: 000000eb4e66401d) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 10/19/2021 Nothing was wrong with it, it just didn't do anything for me because internet is so fast these days, my pages all loaded before the extension could take effect. Maybe you could update it to wait a second or so before loading the page

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Juan Loaiza Quintero (ID: 000000f7b8c7794c) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 02/05/2019 Nos recuerda a los nostálgicos de Netscape cuando inició la www

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Alex Pace (ID: 0000002c779c6a82) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 07/10/2018 Takes me back to the wild-west internet days of netscape navigator 2.0.1. If I had any complaint, it's that we can't make the netscape icon bigger! C'mon, that's some swag.