Reviews for Tab Counter Plus
Tab Counter Plus by Oriol Brufau
Review by Firefox user 14269091
Rated 5 out of 5
by Firefox user 14269091, 6 years agoEDIT: It appears the review was submitted before I had finished writing it. So I've deleted my original review and am re-posting it.
Unfortunately, there's less functionality than Michael Kraft's original. I vastly prefer this compared to the replacement suggested by Firefox, and I do enjoy the ability to click on the counter to view the total number of open tabs.
What this add-on does, it does well. However, providing font customisation would make it a perfect 5 star add-on. I rather liked using a bold text number to display the number of tabs but that's not possible with this add on. Some basic font customisation would be nice.
It's also a shame that the size of the text becomes very small when the number of open tabs increases to 3 or more digits, but I expect this is a limitation caused by Firefox (I think all toolbar icons must be the same size) so I haven't deducted a star for this. Still, it would be nice if you could find a workaround.
Regardless, thank you for taking your time to write this extension. Even if you're unable to include font customisation, it's still vastly better than not having a tab counter. Its funny how much you miss the little things in life when they're taken away from you!
EDIT #2: Thanks for getting back to me! It looks like you've basically done all you can within the limitations set by WebExtensions so I've upgraded the review to 5 stars. Hopefully font customisation works out, but I won't hold my breath as I'm not sure if you'll be able to do much within the 16 pixels available.
Unfortunately, there's less functionality than Michael Kraft's original. I vastly prefer this compared to the replacement suggested by Firefox, and I do enjoy the ability to click on the counter to view the total number of open tabs.
What this add-on does, it does well. However, providing font customisation would make it a perfect 5 star add-on. I rather liked using a bold text number to display the number of tabs but that's not possible with this add on. Some basic font customisation would be nice.
It's also a shame that the size of the text becomes very small when the number of open tabs increases to 3 or more digits, but I expect this is a limitation caused by Firefox (I think all toolbar icons must be the same size) so I haven't deducted a star for this. Still, it would be nice if you could find a workaround.
Regardless, thank you for taking your time to write this extension. Even if you're unable to include font customisation, it's still vastly better than not having a tab counter. Its funny how much you miss the little things in life when they're taken away from you!
EDIT #2: Thanks for getting back to me! It looks like you've basically done all you can within the limitations set by WebExtensions so I've upgraded the review to 5 stars. Hopefully font customisation works out, but I won't hold my breath as I'm not sure if you'll be able to do much within the 16 pixels available.
Developer response
posted 6 years agoThanks for your feedback!
Effectively, WebExtension APIs provide no way to increase the size of the icon. I only have 16 pixels, that's a bit too few for 3 digits, and totally insufficient for more digits.
I will consider adding some font customization, tracked in https://github.com/Loirooriol/tab-counter-plus/issues/13
Effectively, WebExtension APIs provide no way to increase the size of the icon. I only have 16 pixels, that's a bit too few for 3 digits, and totally insufficient for more digits.
I will consider adding some font customization, tracked in https://github.com/Loirooriol/tab-counter-plus/issues/13