SPOF-O-Matic

SPOF-O-Matic

Detects likely third-party single points of failure as you browse and allows you to Simulate 3rd party resources being unavailable.

What is SPOF-O-Matic?
SPOF-O-Matic is a Chrome extension that detects likely third-party single points of failure as you browse. It allows you to simulate the unavailability of third-party resources to see the impact on websites. Enhance website reliability and performance with SPOF-O-Matic.
Merlin
Stats
This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2021-07-13
Users: 1,702+
Rating: 4.22 (9)
Version: 0.8 (Last updated: 2012-09-12)
Creation date: 2012-09-12
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • webNavigation
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
Size: 17.45K
Price: Free
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Summary

Updates in 0.8:

  • Create a WebPagetest comparison video directly from the SPOF-O-matic results

Updates in 0.7:

  • Improved detection for domains with 3-tiers to the TLD (*.co.uk for example)

Updates in 0.6:

  • Fixed black-holing of font stylesheets

Updates in 0.5:

  • Added support for detecting external css files for fonts
  • Fixed URL parsing to detect more cases

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User reviews
really nice tool...
by Piyush Chandra Piyush Chandra, 2016-02-09

Great extension to test and showcase 3rd party dependencies.
by Sergey Chernyshev Sergey Chernyshev, 2015-05-24

great tool from patrick
by stephane bachelier stephane bachelier, 2012-10-04
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Safety
Risk impact

SPOF-O-Matic is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install SPOF-O-Matic if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

SPOF-O-Matic may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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