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Reviews for Tab Counter Plus

Tab Counter Plus by Oriol Brufau

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  • by PERCE-NEIGE, 6 years ago
    It's good, it doesn't worth the "plus" in the name, as it's simply a tab counter, but it's the only one I've found that allows the customization of the background AND the customization of the font color, and the only one allowing the customization of the message it displays when you hover your mouse on the icon. Allows 2 modes, icon mode and badge mode. It's not the most customizable, but it's a good one.

    Developer response

    posted 6 years ago
    Thanks for your feedback! It's "plus" because it solves the performance and flickering problems that I encountered in other tab counters. I had to implement some new WebExtension features in order to do so, or rely on some non-trivial (and not completely perfect) tricks for older versions.

    For version 3.0 I'm working on a refactorization of the code that handles preferences. After this I plan to add more customization options, see for example https://github.com/Loirooriol/tab-counter-plus/issues/13
  • by Firefox user 14269091, 6 years ago
    EDIT: 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.

    Developer response

    posted 6 years ago
    Thanks 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
  • by tubeliar, 6 years ago
  • by Firefox user 14142584, 6 years ago
    love it :D

    *EDIT
    I have two Tab counter addons installed, one that shows th
    total open tabs
    and one that shows
    total open tabs in any window :D
    so that I do not have to click and check :D
    I am a bit lazy :p

    Developer response

    posted 6 years ago
    Glad to hear it! I'm thinking about ways to make it even better.

    *EDIT
    Being able to have multiple browser actions (i.e toolbar icons) per extension could be interesting, I will propose it if I can come up with a nice API.