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This add-on is basically what Unityfox add-on once did - pass along info about download progress to KDE Plasma 5 and Unity. If you have none of these desktop environments, this add-on is not for you.

It shows overall download progress and active download counts in task bar.

IMPORTANT: Due to security restrictions of WebExtensions platform you need to place 2 files to your home folder. Place these files: https://github.com/kotelnik/firefox-extension-unity-launcher-api-e10s/tree/master/app-side ...to folder: ~/.mozilla/native-messaging-hosts/ ...and edit launcher_api_firefox_stdin.py.json so it contains proper absolute path to the python script, e.g. "/home/YOUR_USERNAME/.mozilla/native-messaging-hosts/launcher_api_firefox_stdin.py"

This add-on no longer requires libunity library to be installed because it calls dbus directly.

The code has around 150 lines (addon + app side combined) so you can quite quickly check what it really does. Interesting source code files:

background.js
launcher_api_firefox_stdin.py.

User reviews

by Mohamad Farhan Amir, 2020-08-08

by Firefox user 14544767, 2019-01-06

Not being a coder myself, I really don't understand where in the 762 lines of code in that .json file should I place the absolute path to the .py file... Couldn't instructions be more specific? Why are there no comments in the files themselves to guide a user?

by Firefox user 14310317, 2018-09-25

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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Unity Launcher API Addon e10s is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Unity Launcher API Addon e10s is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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