roll

roll

Roll any-sided dice in Chrome's Omnibox using dice notation.

What is roll?
Roll is a Chrome extension that transforms your Omnibox into a virtual dice roller. Using dice notation, it lets you roll any number of dice with any number of sides. With Roll, basic addition and subtraction can be realised post the dice roll. Roll is easy to use and supports features such as natural random numbers, roll shortcuts and errors display when parsing user input.
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By: cixzhang
Users: 599 ▼ -6
Rating: 3.85 (13)
Version: 2.4.0 (Last updated: 2017-08-01)
Creation date: 2017-07-31
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 60.03K
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Summary

Roll is a dice roll extension that lets you roll any-sided dice in Chrome's Omnibox using dice notation. Roll can roll multiple dice with any number of sides and can perform basic addition and subtraction after the dice rolls.

To use Roll:

  1. Type "roll" into Chrome's Omnibox (address bar).
  2. Hit TAB.
  3. Type in your dice notation ("2d6", for example).

Update v2.4.0:

  • You can now also use roll by clicking the extension icon in your toolbar
  • If you wait about a second, Roll will show the result of your roll in the search suggestions
  • Fixed an issue where the input did not stay focused, preventing enter from re-rolling

Update v2.3.2:

  • Fixed an issue where the stylesheet would not load.
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User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Simple and easy to use
  • Uses the omni-bar for access
  • Has responsive developer
Cons
  • Opens results in a new tab every time
  • No option to re-roll the same dice
  • Does not work for some users
Most mentioned
  • Easy to use
  • Responsive developer
  • No re-roll option
  • Issues with functionality
Recent reviews
to be perfect just needed to have an animation on the icon, to roll wihtou needing to open the bar and options
by Renan Oliveira Renan Oliveira, 2021-05-07

Simple, works
by Nils Meier Nils Meier, 2021-01-01

Very useful!
by Cameron MacKinnon Cameron MacKinnon, 2019-01-02
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Safety
Risk impact

roll is safe to use. It does not request any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

roll has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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