Initial commit to github

Author: stormsaber

LICENSE.md

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+Error Reloader
+==============
+
+# Overview
+On slow and unreliable connections it's common for page loads to fail after low-level transport errors, socket errors and general timeouts. Even reliable connections can fail if the host suffers contention-related problems. Since there is no way for the browser to tell that the resource is actually available, common browser functionality is to stop after presenting an error to the user. On unreliable networks such as the internet this behaviour is a mistake. This browser extension will automaticly reload the page if a transient error occurs.
+
+# Browser Support
+The extension was designed in Opera and works in both Chrome and Opera desktop editions.
+
+# Installation
+For most users, it is sufficient to drag the relevent packed browser extension into the browser extensions management page. The packed extensions live in the "extensions" directory in this repository. For Opera, use error_reloader.nex. For Chrome, use error_reloader.crx.
+
+# Privacy Information
+As any page on the internet could in principal experience a transient error, this extension needs permission to operate on all URLs. However, users should rest assured that at no point will the extension ever communicate in any way with any process outside of the requested page's host.
+
+# Mechanism of Operation
+Currently, the extension sends a tab reload event after three seconds to the browser in the following instances: If the page's HTTP status code is any of 324, 408, 502, 503, 504, 522, 524, 598, or 599; or if the "net::ERR_ABORTED" socket error has occurred. However, this will not happen if the following resource types are interupted: "stylesheet", "script", "image", or "xmlhttprequest". Having sent a reload instruction to the tab, the extension increments a badge counter so that the user can keep track of how many times the tab has been reloaded so far.
+
+# Documentation and Further Information
+https://github.com/stormsaber/error-reloader-extension. Do you know of any other socket errors or general transport problems which this extension fails to operate on? Please submit all bug reports in a timely manner so that this extension can be improved.
+
+# Licence
+All code and icons are licenced under the GPLv2.

README.md

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 /** Set defaults **/
 status_codes = [324, 408, 502, 503, 504, 522, 524, 598, 599];
-socket_errors = ["net::ERR_ABORTED", "net::ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT"];
+socket_errors = ["net::ERR_ABORTED"];
 ignore_types = ["stylesheet", "script", "image", "xmlhttprequest"];
 enabled = true;
 wait_timer = 3000; // ms (3 seconds before page reloads)
-chrome.browserAction.setBadgeText({text: "ON"});
 
 tab_list = {};
 
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ function incrementTabCounter(tabId) {
 
 function reloadTab(tabId) {
 	if (tabId > -1) {
-		console.log("Reloading..");
 		chrome.browserAction.setBadgeText({text: ""+incrementTabCounter(tabId)+""});
 		chrome.tabs.reload(tabId);
 	}
@@ -68,24 +66,20 @@ chrome.webRequest.onErrorOccurred.addListener(
 chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(function() {
 	if (enabled) {
 		enabled = false;
-		alert("Reloader disabled");
-		chrome.browserAction.setBadgeText({text: "OFF"});
+		chrome.browserAction.setIcon({path:"icons/reloader-disabled.png"});
+		chrome.browserAction.setTitle({ "title": "Enable Error Reloader"});
 	} else {
 		enabled = true;
-		alert("Reloader enabled");
-		chrome.browserAction.setBadgeText({text: "ON"});
+		chrome.browserAction.setIcon({path:"icons/reloader-19.png"});
+		chrome.browserAction.setTitle({ "title": "Disable Error Reloader"});
 	}
 });
 
+/** Sets the icon badge text for the extension to be the
+number of times the current tab has been reloaded, if it has been reloaded
+at all.**/
 chrome.tabs.onActivated.addListener(function(activeInfo) {
-	chrome.browserAction.setBadgeText({text: ""});
 	if(tab_list[activeInfo.tabId]) {
 		chrome.browserAction.setBadgeText({text: ""+tab_list[activeInfo.tabId]+""});
-	} else {
-		if (enabled) {
-			chrome.browserAction.setBadgeText({text: "ON"});
-		} else {
-			chrome.browserAction.setBadgeText({text: "OFF"});
-		}		
 	}
 });