Reviews for Proxy Switcher and Manager
Proxy Switcher and Manager by tlintspr
Review by Ed Randall
Rated 4 out of 5
by Ed Randall, 7 years agoBasically does exactly what I'm looking for, which is a quick switcher for use when working remotely and alternating between work VPN and direct connection. A colour change of the icon shows concisely what connection method you are using.
Not sure why the "PAC Script" option is unavailable, I thought the addon was just bringing the proxy settings from the standard firefox 'options' page up to the toolbar. I need to change that script sometimes and toggle between it and other proxy options. Likewise the 'Auto-detect' tab is greyed out, I might need that sometimes as well.
The settings you make here are not reflected in the Firefox own settings. In fact Firefox seems to override the addon settings, you need to set Firefox own options to 'No Proxy'. WYSIWYG would be nice (reflect addon settings in firefox settings).
The error counter is useful but could become distracting/annoying, fortunately there is an option to toggle it on/off separately at the bottom of the about:addons "options" page for the plugin (linked from 'Options' on the addon's UI panel)
The FAQ page and other links are particularly helpful. I'd like to know more about how the proxy 'auto-detect' works, some additional write-up about this on the FAQ page would be interesting. Also I don't understand why the error log is full of NS_ERROR_NET_ON_CONNECTING_TO errors for files that can clearly be loaded ok?
Very promising - version 0.1.9 / Firefox 59.0.2 / Windows 10 and MacOSX
Not sure why the "PAC Script" option is unavailable, I thought the addon was just bringing the proxy settings from the standard firefox 'options' page up to the toolbar. I need to change that script sometimes and toggle between it and other proxy options. Likewise the 'Auto-detect' tab is greyed out, I might need that sometimes as well.
The settings you make here are not reflected in the Firefox own settings. In fact Firefox seems to override the addon settings, you need to set Firefox own options to 'No Proxy'. WYSIWYG would be nice (reflect addon settings in firefox settings).
The error counter is useful but could become distracting/annoying, fortunately there is an option to toggle it on/off separately at the bottom of the about:addons "options" page for the plugin (linked from 'Options' on the addon's UI panel)
The FAQ page and other links are particularly helpful. I'd like to know more about how the proxy 'auto-detect' works, some additional write-up about this on the FAQ page would be interesting. Also I don't understand why the error log is full of NS_ERROR_NET_ON_CONNECTING_TO errors for files that can clearly be loaded ok?
Very promising - version 0.1.9 / Firefox 59.0.2 / Windows 10 and MacOSX
81 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by Vindikato, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Lonewolf, 7 months agoIn my opinion, this is one of the few proxy switcher add-ons that actually and clearly manages the network settings of the Firefox browser. It works simply and reliably, I recommend this add-on.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13477824, 8 months ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by Sergio, 2 years agoMode PAC Script Inline NO AVAILABLE. Chrome version, very good, Firefox versions very BAD.
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 17804535, 2 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17229354, 3 years agoGreat extension that works with PAC files. And open source too! (got to homepage link, and there is a link to the github repo in the upper right corner)
- Rated 5 out of 5by Rojackal, 3 years ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Black Platypus, 3 years agoAbsolutely unable to select or edit the inline option of the PAC script tab.
I tried importing my working config from Chrome, but no dice, still won't let me select that option.
I could use a file:// URI to refer to a file I can edit, but that adds several steps of inconvenience, since you still have to refresh reload the file after first editing it externally.
What gives? - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13767132, 4 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 16610737, 4 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by MLinux, 4 years agoUgly and has not all proxy options like proxy over dns. and socks options
- Rated 1 out of 5by Nick S., 5 years agohas not been updated in a year, shows error when switching/editing proxy servers
- Rated 5 out of 5by Hoo@, 5 years agoit's a good extension but on startup it doesn't have correct state and when it is on proxy mode the icon is grey
- Rated 5 out of 5by Dante Marshal, 5 years agoAwesome Extension. I have been using it for more than a year now.
- Rated 5 out of 5by OXYRY, 5 years agoExcellect addon!
It report "Cannot set this proxy type!" on firefox 75.
Can be solved by check "Allow this extension to run in private windows" option. - Rated 1 out of 5by id666, 5 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 12757444, 5 years agoPeople who have the "cannot set this proxy" message should uninstall and reinstall and check "Allow this extension to run in private windows".
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 12362519, 6 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15310873, 6 years agoDoesn't work. Doesn't remember proxy which was last selected. Shows some kind of error: "can't set this proxy type", don't know why. On the "direct" tab it shows some error regarding "proxy.settings", but the error message is truncated so I don't know what's wrong.
- Rated 1 out of 5by p1973, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15143808, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15021600, 6 years agoThank for great addon. I'm using truesocks proxy with password but add-on don't have place to enter user/passs
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15017289, 6 years ago