ViewState Snail

Helps ASP.NET developers improve performance via increased awareness of View State footprint.

ViewState Snail: Enhance ASP.NET Performance Awareness

"ViewState Snail" is a Chrome extension specially made for ASP.NET developers. The tool provides an easy-to-notice percentage display indicating the view state usage of a webpage. It is ideal for teams as it encourages shared responsibility in performance optimization. The extension allows for customization of amber and red thresholds for maximum view state length. Other features include HTML and ViewState length count. Supports view state chunking. The tool has been updated to Manifest V3.

Extension stats

Manifest V3
By: Mike W
Users: 758
Rating: 4.60
(10)
Version: 2.0 (Last updated: 2022-10-06)
Creation date: 2017-03-09
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • storage
Host permissions:
  • <all_urls>
Size: 57.80K
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge

User reviews

Spot on for what i need
by Colin Sanders, 2019-09-04

Simply reads the size of the first __Viewstate hidden form field. If you are using viewstate chunking this is worthless.
by Aaron Gibbs, 2016-10-28

Je weet meteen hoeveel procent van je pagina uit ViewState bestaat. Snel en simpel!
by Marc de Vries, 2015-10-19
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Extension safety

Risk impact

ViewState Snail requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
  • Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of ViewState Snail. Use it at your own risk.

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  • Critical This extension is not longer available in the store
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