download-notify

download-notify

Creates a notification for download start and finish events

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What is download-notify?

download-notify is a Firefox add-on by sealj553. This add-on has 88 daily active users and a perfect 5.0 rating. The latest version, 1.1, was updated 3 years ago.

Stats
Stats date:
Users: 88 ▼ -1
Rating: 5.00 (6)
Version: 1.1 (Last updated: 2020-06-15)
Creation date: 2019-01-21
Weekly download count: 3
Firefox on Android: No
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • downloads
  • notifications
Size: 11.49K
Email: Click to see
URLs: Website
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
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Other platforms

Not available on Chrome
Not available on Edge
Summary
This extension will create a notification when a download starts and when it finishes. That's it.

I created this because the Firefox download arrow was a bit too subtle for me, but using a download manager was overkill for this purpose.
Safety
Risk impact

download-notify requires very minimum permissions and is relatively safe to use.

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypass your security settings, and access your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Risk likelihood

download-notify has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Browser Add-ons, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on, especially ones with higher risk impact and/or higher risk likelihood.

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User reviews
by Sixu Hu, 2022-09-05
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