Merlin
WX Download Status Bar

WX Download Status Bar

Adds a bar to show the status of your downloads

What is WX Download Status Bar?
'WX Download Status Bar' is a Firefox add-on that effortlessly integrates a status bar at the bottom of any page you visit, showcasing the progress and status of your downloads. It also includes controls to manage downloads, a choice of light or dark themes, an option for theme customization, settings to auto-hide downloads, customize the type of files to handle, sound notifications for completed downloads and a feature to preview image downloads.
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Rating: 3.93 (187)
Version: 1.13 (Last updated: 2024-04-01)
Creation date: 2017-11-25
Weekly download count: 76
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • downloads
  • downloads.open
  • storage
  • webNavigation
Size: 408.08K
URLs: Website
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# 1166
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Summary
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WX Download Status Bar adds a bar to the bottom of each page showing the progress and status of your downloads.

Features Include:

  • Show progress/status of downloads
  • Reveal download in Explorer/Finder
  • Pause/Resume/Cancel/Delete Downloads
  • Clear all/individual downloads from the bar
  • Light and dark themes built in
  • Custom themes
  • Auto hide downloads after a specified amount of time
  • Ignore files by type/extension/pattern
  • Play a sound when a download finishes
  • Preview image downloads
The addon will need permission to access all sites because it has to inject a bit of HTML into each page you visit to display the download bar.
User reviews
User reviews summary
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
  • Useful tool
  • Customization features
Cons
  • Double-clicking to open file is not intuitive
  • Occasional issues with closing the bar
  • Inability to open files directly from the status bar
Most mentioned
  • Inability to open files directly from the status bar
  • Double-clicking to open file is not intuitive
  • Occasional issues with closing the bar
Recent reviews
Excellent plugin. And love the latest (Mar 31, 2024) customization features! Amazing.
by Sizemic-HUGE!, 2024-04-03
Not bad but it isn't working sometimes
by Mia Adamson, 2024-03-11
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Safety
Risk impact

WX Download Status Bar 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 add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install WX Download Status Bar if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

WX Download Status Bar is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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