Homestuck Notifier

Notifies you of updates to Homestuck.com (such as The Epilogues) & keeps track of your progress.

What is Homestuck Notifier?

'Homestuck Notifier' is a Chrome extension designed to enhance your reading experience on Homestuck.com. It automatically keeps track of your progress in any story on the site and provides instant updates about new entries. Additionally, the extension allows users to customize notification sound and icon, and to access the number of pages left to read at a click. Known formerly as 'MSPA Notifier'.

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By: Jared Tyler

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Users: 718 ▼ -4

Rating: 4.85 (95)

Version: 2.0.1 (Last updated: 2020-05-06)

Creation date: 2020-05-06

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

contextMenus
gcm
notifications
tabs
https://www.homestuck.com/*

Size: 99.30K

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 33490 ▼ 152

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#7603 in Just for Fun ▲ 5

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Summary

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Automatically tracks your spot as you read through Homestuck (or any other story on that site: Problem Sleuth, The Homestuck Epilogues, etc.) and brings you back to the last page you've read at the click of a button. No more needing to edit bookmarks manually, or struggling to remember your last page when you forgot to edit the bookmark.

It will also pop-up a notification whenever there is a new update on Homestuck.com. If there are ever any additions to the epilogues, or if a brand new story gets posted, you'll know right away with this extension!

On the Options page, you can:

turn notifications on or off
upload a custom notification icon
upload a custom sound clip to play when there are updates
turn the page count on or off (if enabled, the button in the toolbar will show how many pages you have left to read)

You can find all the source code for this extension here: https://github.com/JMTyler/homestuck-notifier

The simplified Sburb house icon was created by Chris Howlett: https://howlettstudios.com

Homestuck itself and all related trademarks belong to Andrew Hussie & VIZ Media. The green house-like icon for this extension was inspired by the Homestuck Sburb icon, which belongs to Andrew Hussie & VIZ Media.

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Helpful in notifying about new updates
Assists in keeping track of pages
Served well over the years

Cons

Issues with the 'Mark as last read' feature
After a certain update, it started showing wrong page count
Doesn't work with certain websites

Most mentioned

Desire for compatibility with Homestuck 2 website
Attachment to the app due to nostalgia and memories
Icon changes leading to confusion

Recent reviews

I love this! But, for some reason, it's stuck on pumpkin and the notification number won't go away. Also, whenever I click it, it doesn't send me to MSPA. I think it's broken. ._.

a c, 2013-09-14

Heya..this extension has served an amazing purpose, and it should continue to do so with homestuck^2. for some reason homestuck^2 (a direct continuation of the candy route (that frequently jumps into the meat timeline) of the..gonna butcher the spelling, epilogues.) isnt connected to the homestuck site directly, but it would still serve a great purpose if the notifyer worked with that to! (since it will be updated over tim just like homestuck and the epilogues.)

That One Snazzy Artist, 2019-12-30

Will it be updated so it'll work for Homestuck 2? This would be very useful.

Rose Lalonde, 2019-11-23

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Safety

Risk impact

Homestuck Notifier may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.