I have a web application.I want the browser window to blink in the taskbar when an activity occurs during minimize.
I do not want to blink the title using javascript(this is what I have seen in some websites and discussions)
I am only doing a research project, so I am not worried about having to install some code in the client machine. Is it possible that I allow the user to install something (like gmail notification) so that it provides the user a notification. The notification here is the blinking of the browser window.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Sukesh
You would need to write an extension for the browser. This isn't something that can be done from the web page, but once you create and install a browser extension then you could activate it from the web page. If your browser choice isn't limited, I'd suggest Chrome. The Chrome Extensions community can be very helpful.
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I am working on Google Cloud Platform to develop a project in API.AI, I have an integration (in API.AI) with Google Actions (for Google Home or Google Assistant), they provide me to see my progress as real time in web-simulator, that you can find here:
https://developers.google.com/actions/tools/web-simulator
I am trying to START the web-simulator clicking on START button, then I get a window pop-up but after open, it closes, I try and try again but I obtain the same result, I cannot open the web-simulator. I have allowed the popup windows in my browser.
Of course I have completed all steps to start web-simulator...
I don't know what is happening. Someone can help me? Thank you, have a good day.
First, are you using a compatible browser? Try it in Chrome if you're
not already using it, as Chrome is a Google product, and so is the
web simulator.
Next, are you using any Ad-Blockers or
Script-Blockers like NoScript? If so, try disabling them, as they
could interfere with the operation of the tool.
If it still doesn't work, try going to an Incognito Windows by pressing the
three dots button and opening a New Incognito Window. Go to the page, and log
in. This will ensure that no cookies are interfering.
At this point, if you're still having issues, try a different browser.
(Either Firefox or Opera)
In MacOS in the Activity Monitor Google Chrome extensions show as "Google Chrome Helper". These often take up much of the CPU time. Is it possible to determine which tab a given Google Chrome Helper process is running on?
Other people have suggested setting the plug-ins run mode to "Click to play". It seems that this doesn't cover all instances of the helper, since I already have it set to click to play. As you can see from the image below, there are MANY instances of this helper running. Anyway this doesn't get to the heart of the question- which tab is the process running on.
Chrome's built-in Task Manager (accessible from Menu > More tools > Task manager) will show you a per-tab resource utilization.
If case the culprit is extension code or a plug-in running in a normal tab, you won't be able to identify it with only that; extension entries in the Task Manager are only for background pages of extensions.
You may be able to investigate further with Dev Tools profiler.
I have quite a good experience with this "Google Chrome Helper" and how to debug the notorious problems on Mac.
1. CHROME EXTENSION
In this case go to the 3 dots you find on the right upper side of your browser and then More Tools > Extensions, here you can have an overview of all your extensions.
Deactivate all of them and relaunch Chrome.
If the issue is resolved we can now point out that the issue was related to one of your Extension. But what extension? You can now reactivate one by one while you have your Activity Monitor open and see when the "Google Chrome Helper" is trigged.
2. CHROME EXTENSION OR CHROME SYNC
Sometimes you can find the Chrome extension that is draining your CPU but you have to work and keep that Chrome Extension available. Or maybe that Extension is managed by your Company and you cannot disable it.
In this case you have to click on your Chrome account on your browser and sigh out from all of your Accounts.
Now close your browser, reopen it and "Google Chrome Helper" shouldn't bother you at all. Well, this is normal, because you are not signed in. Now Sign in into Gmail but don't never ever click on the "Turn on sync..." button
Now you can also install the Chrome Extension that was giving you pain and you shouldn't experience any problem. Just don't touch that "Turn on sync..." button.
3. I STILL HAVE PROBLEMS
Well, in this case you are facing something I haven't faced myself. The only suggest you I can give you is to debug the issue by yourself. When the CPU is spiking high open the Activity Monitor and target the "Google Chrome Helper", look at that line and take the PID number (in the picture that you can see in the question is 29048).
Now open a terminal and run:
killall -9 29048
This way you have now killed the process itself. Try to spot what has changed in your Chrome: maybe an Extension has been deactivated, maybe a tab was closed, maybe a webpage has become unresponsive. Dig and you will find the solution.
I have an application with web interface. Unfortunately, it has all disadvantages of being a web page:
It doesn't have a standalone window, so users cannot manage it via the taskbar.
Users see the address line with something like 'http://localhost:8080' that is not a good idea for home users.
If users click on a tray icon, there is no way to activate the tab in a browser, which contain the application interface.
So, it would be nice to have a wrapper application with a browser within.
In case of IE I know it's possible to create a window with Trident ActiveX component. But what if it's Windows XP with IE6 but installed latest Chrome? I'd like to prefer Chrome since it supports a lot more features which the user will never see.
So, is there a way to wrap a page into Chrome/Firefox and make it look like a standalone application, if one of them is presented in the user's system? (The application shouldn't install anything large, so Chromium build is not an option).
P.S. I'm not interested in supporting other platforms than Windows.
Regards,
Take a look at Chrome Apps.
I hope helps you.
I am creating an add-on for mozilla firefox using Add-on SDK. I have gone through https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/SDK regarding basics. However, I am now facing an issue with buttons. I want a button to be attached to the navigation toolbar. When I run the main.js file with "cfx run" the button shows up where it should until that firefox window is closed. If I create a .xpi file and open it in firefox it shows the button until we restart the browser. The bottom line is that add-on button vanishes after browser restart. Please, help me regarding this. Thanks in advance. The code is same as given in the mozilla developer tutorials.
Are there any errors? Can you show us some code so we can get a better idea of what you're doing?
To debug this sorts of initialization problems try this:
start the browser
open the browser console, then hit 'clear' to remove existing log entries so you can easily see which ones are caused by the add-on
install the add-on - any errors?
open the add-on manager, disable the add-on, then enable it - any errors?
restart the browser with the add-on installed, then open the browser console. any errors?
Can you reproduce this issue with a simple example add-on, for example this one?
Foxit Reader had a bug with the Firefox plugin that led to Firefox crashing when PDFs were opened. The Windows Action Centre was able to suggest a fix for the bug and link to a relevant thread in a forum. How can I similarly integrate my application with the Windows Action Centre?
This is done via registering your application with Windows Error Reporting. When you do this, you will have a dashboard of your most "popular" crashes, and if you find solutions to them, you can submit responses with links to how to fix it.