Reviews for ReloadMatic: Automatic Tab Refresh
ReloadMatic: Automatic Tab Refresh by pylo
161 reviews
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 13055912, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14063504, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by GaryK, 7 years agoI really appreciate the time you've spent developing this extension because it has far more functionality than the other reloading extensions I've tried since moving to Quantum. I look forward to seeing how you can improve it even more once the APIs support it.
- Rated 4 out of 5by Ahmed, 7 years agoNeeds a button for the menu-bar, preferably something similar to the current reload button that way we can just replace it.
- Rated 5 out of 5by jowwww, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13877808, 7 years agoBest Reloader that I have found. All the after thoughts are considered.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13822278, 7 years agoVery useful, specially for someone trying to scape from Venezuela and having to watch the gov pages for when they are open to ask for your papers. I use it to reload the page until it loads successfully.
Could you please include a function for a sound, be it a really loud one or a custom one once the page is successfully loaded? - Rated 4 out of 5by syldub, 7 years agoCould you integrate the addon into the tab context menu? (Like FoxyTab for instance).
Could you modify the tab look or color to identify that a timer is running? (I don't know if it is possible with WebExtensions)Developer response
posted 7 years agoHello, although I also want to add context menus to the tabs, I will only do it if it is possible to set checked/unchecked/selected states there too. This is not the case with current Firefox versions, but it will be in the future, and I will be one of the firsts to support it.
As for the tab colors, I cannot modify it (WebExtension limitation), but I already set a small icon in the beginning of the tab title to mark tabs that are set to reload. - Rated 2 out of 5by nishtyak, 7 years agoI literally downloaded this add-on just for the randomize function, because there seems to be no other sensible options on the web. And it used to be great! But lately(for the past 1 month or so) it stopped functioning properly, it stops reloading after a while(15min-2hours?) and it's gone! That is a crucial part of this extension, no matter how cool other functions are, without being automatic it all makes no sense any more.
I really can't get it, what's changed? My friend is using it too and there is the same issue happening, so it's the add-on, not my computer that's malfunctioning!
I'll have to keep looking for a satisfactory add-on all over again if the developer doesn't fix this bug. Hope to hear your feedback.
Regards.Developer response
posted 7 years agoHello, can you tell me which URL stops reloading after a while? I'd be happy to take a look at it and see what's wrong. - Rated 5 out of 5by jimfbk, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13780116, 7 years agoLong time reloadevery user. Stopping the reload before being able to read the new info and/or make selections and submit was a problem. By tracking whether i'm moving the mouse on the webpage and disabling the reload during mousing seems to make manually shutting off reload unnecessary.
I would think this is a better default behavior for most. When new data comes in, I, as a human, need time to process it. Also, in my case i have to decide if there is a item i want to grab.
A 6th star if there is a way to sound an alarm whenever new data is available. I used to be familiar with greasemonkey and i don't even remember how to do better than an annoying alert button after some convoluted logic when the web page wasn't a match to last reloaded. They've deprecated some of the functions i used so my old scripts don't work.
I'm really looking for a "new data!" voice notice or a beep or anything audible when new data is available.
Whether this can be done in this addon i don't know. Seems like it would be a very useful feature for many.
If there is a greasemonkey solution or the like, would appreciate being pointed to it. Thanks! - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13759953, 7 years agodoesn't work. won't keep the time you set between sessions. if you close firefox it defaults to none. pretty worthless actually since it doesn't do anything else.
Developer response
posted 7 years ago"Worthless" is pretty subjective, there are countless other users who'd testify differently. It is not appropriate to downvote an addon just because it is not useful to you personally, whereas it works as intended. Nevertheless, the Remember Page option might do what you want. - Rated 5 out of 5by Ni10God, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13725736, 7 years agoReally good and helpful. I used a previous / different plug-in which does not work / is not maintenad for the newer Firefox and this one come just in handy! Only problems I sometimes have is with Web-addresses which uses a "TOC2 Window" design, when auto-reloading the left panel disappear, but this can be worked arround with a "Back" action on the Browser. Still way better and simple than loggin in again.
- Rated 3 out of 5by count_zer0, 7 years agoThis keeps losing its settings. I set a particular page for 15 minutes, go back, see it has not reloaded, check and the setting is gone.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13698959, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13671982, 7 years agoAmazing extension, but what would make it really outstanding is the option send an email to alert of every page change. They would certainly kill some business there... ;)
- Rated 4 out of 5by loozrman, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13483593, 7 years agoGreat add on. The only funny thing is I do NOT have disable cache selected, but it's reloading as if I do, with all images loading fresh. I hope you can fix this, as I'm sure it's making things use more resources than needed.
Developer response
posted 7 years agoEDIT: Hi! As promised I uploaded 1.5.2 with the fix for the caching problem. It should be visible on AMO in a couple of minutes.
Oh, you're right, I haven't noticed this. Thanks for letting me know, I will publish a hotfix for this in the next 24 hours. This is a regression in the 1.5 series, used to work before that. - Rated 5 out of 5by miguelk, 7 years agoWhen I close Firefox 57 and restart where I left off, I have to reconfigure every page again with RealoadMatic. Isn't there a way so the settings stick...? Thanks.
Thanks! Yes, I missed this setting. (I already have the latest version). Cheers.Developer response
posted 7 years agoHi! There is a setting already you might have missed. Turn on "Remember page" and the addon will remember the settings for the URL where you enabled it. Note it remembers URLs, not tabs. If you don't see this option, then you do not have the latest version of ReloadMatic, so make sure you check for updates first. - Rated 5 out of 5by Anax, 7 years ago