Download Notifications
Native notification integration for completed downloads.
Download Notifications - Firefox Add-on
"Download Notifications" is a Firefox add-on that generates native notifications when your downloads complete, allowing deep customization of notification behavior, sounds, and the option to skip certain file patterns. Open source and MIT licensed, it enhances your browsing experience by ensuring you never miss a completed download notification. For suggestions or bug reports, visit our GitHub page.
Add-on stats
Weekly download count: 3
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Low risk impact 
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
- downloads
- storage
- notifications
Size: 65.66K
URLs: Website
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Add-on summary
This add-on creates native notifications when a download is completed in the browser. The frequency and persistence of these notifications is highly customizable in the addon's preferences page which can be found by navigating to about:addons, selecting the Download Notifications addon, and opening the "Preferences" tab.
Features:
- Customize when notifications should be automatically dismissed from the system tray or not
- Selectively skip notifications for temporary or other user-customizable file patterns
- Customizable sound cues to play when a download is completed
This project is open source and MIT licensed. For bug reporting and feature requests, please create an issue on this project's github page: https://github.com/ion201/gnome-download-notify
User reviews
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews.
Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate,
spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Works well with the latest version of Firefox
- Provides notifications for downloads
- Helpful for users who want visible download notifications
Cons
- Does not work on Firefox Nightly
- Lacks sound notifications for download success or failure
- Missing features like a click-to-open option for downloaded files
Most mentioned
- Notifications for downloads are useful
- Needs improvement for multiple screen support
- Requests for additional features like ignore file types and automatic hiding of notifications
User reviews
by Tempdirz, 2024-12-25
I couldn't get it to work at all.
by Wisco, 2024-12-08
Cute, works fine with Firefox 129.0.2 [64-bit]. Thanks!
by Bout's Morgan, 2024-08-31
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Download Notifications requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Download Notifications is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.
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