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pylorak / reloadmatic

Browser tab reload automation and utilities as a WebExtension
Mozilla Public License 2.0
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Favicon indicator #17

Closed xuhcc closed 6 years ago

xuhcc commented 6 years ago

Is it possible to show indicator on auto-reloading tabs in a way TabMix Plus does?

screenshot from 2017-12-10 19-30-10

pbarquei commented 6 years ago

Or a counter (indicator) such as Reload Plus?

pylorak commented 6 years ago

Hello, TabMix Plus could do this because it is a legacy extension. Since Firefox 57 only new-style extensions (WebExtensions) are allowed and it is not yet possible to add indicators or badges with WebExtensions. I've already tried raising an issue to Mozilla about this (see Bug 1420361), but it looks like it is not just a problem of the plugin framework, but now Firefox as a whole misses this feature. So to get this functionality to plugins, we must first get Mozilla to implement it.

I will report a separate feature request to Mozilla after the holidays.

pylorak commented 6 years ago

Hi! As a workaround to the missing feature in Firefox, ReloadMatic now sets a badge in the tab header by inserting a graphical character into the page's title. I hope you'll like this and the other improvements in the new version :) Since it has been released just recently make sure you have the latest version before trying it out.

xuhcc commented 6 years ago

@pylorak Thanks!

But unfortunately, this doesn't work with pinned tabs.

pylorak commented 6 years ago

I know, but there is nothing that can be done about it in the current state of Firefox. If it ever becomes possible for WebExtensions, I'll migrate to real icon badges.