Update Scanner

Update Scanner

Monitors web pages for updates. Useful for websites that don't provide Atom or RSS feeds.

Total ratings for Update Scanner
3.97 (Rating count: 187)
Merlin
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Useful for tracking changes on websites
  • Reliable for long-term use
  • Integrates with Notification Sound add-on
  • Provides functionality for free that would normally require payment
Cons
  • Limited minimum autoscan time (5 minutes)
  • Issues with fetching empty pages
  • Randomly deletes added alerts
  • No response to security-related pull requests
Most mentioned
  • Reliable
  • Useful
  • Limited autoscan time
  • Integration with Notification Sound add-on
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Recent reviews for Update Scanner
Recent rating average: 4.20
All time rating average: 3.97
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Rating filters
5 star
62% (86)
4 star
19% (27)
3 star
9% (13)
2 star
3% (4)
1 star
6% (9)
Date Author Rating Comment
2024-04-27 Firefox user 14643647 WOW! I've been searching for tool like this for a long time. Thank you!
2024-03-30 Zaltys Used to work, but just fetches empty pages...? And worse, randomly deletes the alerts that I've added with no apparent cause.
2024-02-29 nihy999
2023-12-13 Firefox user 15728110
2023-12-12 Firefox user 18192326
2023-09-28 WHRoeder "Click this Panel" Doesn't work in Win11/FF117
2023-07-20 AQUA
2023-06-14 Firefox user 12773223
2023-06-09 Firefox user 17519858 Sadly, given the lack of response to any of the security related pull requests, I have to conclude this once useful extension has been abandoned. Thanks for years of usefulness.
2023-02-28 ROMUALD Cherifle
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