Pretend that all browser windows are active by spoofing the visibility state event
Manifest V3
- By:
- Brian
- Daily users:
- 4,311+ -51
- Rating:
- 4.05 (38)
- Version:
- 0.4.3.1 Last updated: 2025-01-16
- Version code:
- 5876457
- Creation date:
- 2019-10-12
- Risk:
- Moderate risk impact Moderate risk likelihood
- Permissions:
- storage
- scripting
- storage
- Host permissions:
- *://*/*
- *://*/*
- Size:
- 57.18K
- URLs:
- Website ,Privacy policy
- Full description:
- See detailed description
- Source:
- Firefox Browser Add-ons
- Updated:
- a day ago
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User reviews
Pros
- Effectively prevents auto-refresh on certain websites like Facebook and Coursera courses.
- Useful for managing online lessons and courses that have auto-refresh issues.
- Simple and addresses a niche need for users wanting to disable page visibility changes.
- Enhances user experience when downloading multiple custom content in games like Sims.
Cons
- Does not work consistently on all websites; fails on Facebook and Instagram for disabling auto-refresh.
- Causes issues with certain site functionalities, such as posting errors on Instagram web.
- Sometimes the add-on appears greyed out or unusable.
- May invert the visibility issue causing higher power consumption and unintended side effects.
Recent reviews
Does not work to stop Facebook auto refresh.
by StardewChicken, 2025-04-30
It used to work great. I don't know if it is because of Firefox or Facebook changes, but it just does not work on Facebook any longer.
by Firefox user 18959574, 2025-04-26
very nice extension
by burner, 2025-03-31
Extension safety
Risk impact
Always active Window (Always Visible) requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
- Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
Risk likelihood
Always active Window (Always Visible) is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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