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Chrome extension by Darryl Tam · Lifestyle · News

A Chrome extension in Lifestyle · News with 250 users, barely installed.

Specific sites only: 6 match patterns.

What the developer says, and 1 screenshot

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Users
250
Rating
4.6 (10 ratings)
Users, last 18 days
+8
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
0.5.0
Updated in the store
2024-06-27
Published
2015-03-02
Manifest
V3
Browser access
1 permission, 6 site patterns

How it has moved

Users
+8 since 31.08
242-256 · 10 readings
  1. 2026-08-31242
  2. 2026-09-03243
  3. 2026-09-04246
  4. 2026-09-05247
  5. 2026-09-06249
  6. 2026-09-08251
  7. 2026-09-09251
  8. 2026-09-13253
  9. 2026-09-15256
  10. 2026-09-17250
Rating
unchanged since 31.08
reviewsrating 4.60 · 10 readings
  1. 2026-08-31reviews10rating4.60
  2. 2026-09-03reviews10rating4.60
  3. 2026-09-04reviews10rating4.60
  4. 2026-09-05reviews10rating4.60
  5. 2026-09-06reviews10rating4.60
  6. 2026-09-08reviews10rating4.60
  7. 2026-09-09reviews10rating4.60
  8. 2026-09-13reviews10rating4.60
  9. 2026-09-15reviews10rating4.60
  10. 2026-09-17reviews10rating4.60
Users
+8 since 31.08
242-256 · 10 readings
  1. 2026-08-31242
  2. 2026-09-03243
  3. 2026-09-04246
  4. 2026-09-05247
  5. 2026-09-06249
  6. 2026-09-08251
  7. 2026-09-09251
  8. 2026-09-13253
  9. 2026-09-15256
  10. 2026-09-17250
Rating
unchanged since 31.08
reviewsrating 4.60 · 10 readings
  1. 2026-08-31reviews10rating4.60
  2. 2026-09-03reviews10rating4.60
  3. 2026-09-04reviews10rating4.60
  4. 2026-09-05reviews10rating4.60
  5. 2026-09-06reviews10rating4.60
  6. 2026-09-08reviews10rating4.60
  7. 2026-09-09reviews10rating4.60
  8. 2026-09-13reviews10rating4.60
  9. 2026-09-15reviews10rating4.60
  10. 2026-09-17reviews10rating4.60

A dot marks a day the store showed a different number. Between them the line carries the last one forward: we read every listing more than once a day and record a point only when something moves. History beyond ninety days is in the app.

What it can reach

Specific sites only: 6 match patterns.

  • http://www.newsblur.com/*
  • https://www.newsblur.com/*
  • http://newsblur.com/*
Show the remaining 3
  • https://newsblur.com/*
  • http://beta.newsblur.com/*
  • https://beta.newsblur.com/*
  • Store data in your browser storage

The full permission history for this extension

What changed recently

Nothing has moved on this listing since we started watching it.

The publisher

Darryl Tam.

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