This extension shows a visual notification when inactive tab plays sound.
Visual notifications - Chrome extension
Visual notifications is a simple Chrome extension that provides visual notifications when inactive tabs start playing sound. It works only with Linux operating system and is useful for users who want to have a visual notification in addition to sound notification for web chat clients or to quickly find tabs that are playing sound.
Extension stats
This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on
2024-05-24
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Size: 12.26K
Email: ch*****@birnenlabs.com
Other platforms
Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary
This is a simple extension that is monitoring tab activity. When the tab state was changed to audible (i.e. when tab started to play sound), tab's window will be notified with "drawAttention: true", operating system will mark the window state as URGENT and the button in a task bar will start blinking.
Usage:
- when there is a web chat client (e.g. whatsapp) and user wants to have visual notification in addition to sound notification,
- when some tab starts playing sound and user wants to find it quickly.
Note that this extension works only with Linux operating system.
User reviews
It doesn't do anything for me. I'm using standard Chrome on Linux Mint 20.3 Cinnamon. However Sound Found works, so I'm going with that.
I have multiple tabs open with the web app "textfree.us" I installed this extension and it does not seem to work?
Any ideas or can you point me in the right direction? This is exactly what I need. I will have a dozen tabs open and one will play a sound and I have to look through them all.
EDIT: The extension is grayed out. I will troubleshoot and report back.
Thank you
Extension safety
Risk impact
Visual notifications does not require any sensitive permissions.
Risk likelihood
Visual notifications may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.
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