Disable Page Visibility API

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Add-on to disable the Page Visibility API. This prevents conferencing systems from tracking if you are currently in another window.

Latest reviews

• (2024-02-26) It's going to be ok- Just Breathe: doesn't work on you tube with sound off, which is what i needed it for
• (2023-10-22) T K: does what it says but disables auto-play on the website i need it for.
• (2023-07-24) Lestairon Black: It does not work on Mozillas page. Perhaps there's a new implementation that sometimes breaks this extension? https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Page_Visibility_API
• (2023-07-19) T: While it does (mostly) prevent pages from tracking whether or not the tab is focused, it also prevents multi-textbox UI's from working. If you're inputting a form (like a matrix) with multiple textboxes, this extension causes all text boxes to be filled in at once. If you're using the find tool (ctrl + f) that is part of a webpage (not the chrome built-in one) then it will not allow you to use it until the extension is disabled. I don't know if there is any way around this for the developer, so 4 stars.
• (2023-07-07) Jiří Urban: You have to whitelist particular web where you want to use this extension since it breaks YouTube and Google Maps when turned on globally.
• (2023-03-29) Haofeng Li: One of the most useful yet simple extensions I've ever used.
• (2023-03-13) á̴̵̕: it works for what i need it to. now those annoying pages that force you to wait 5-10 seconds before a link is made clickable, which pause the countdown if you don't look at the tab with ads can no longer do it and are forced to continue.
• (2023-03-04) Andrew Ellis (Winston): Doesn't work.
• (2023-01-12) coderfin: This extension works for content in the main document. If there is content in an iframe it is unable to prevent the api from being used. This is likely a limitation of cross-domain access and not the extension itself. It would also be nice to have a badge count on the icon showing the number of api calls blocked or if any api calls were blocked. For those wanting to test to see if this extension works there are a couple of sites: - https://testdrive-archive.azurewebsites.net/Performance/PageVisibility/Default.html - This will show you a green or red line indicating if the page is visible or not. - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Page_Visibility_API#result - This page has an audio file streaming from an iframe. - The audio file is paused regardless of the extension. - If you open the iframe source in its own tab the extension works as expected (ie. the audio is not paused). - https://yari-demos.prod.mdn.mozit.cloud/en-US/docs/Web/API/Page_Visibility_API/_sample_.pausing_audio_on_page_hide.html
• (2022-11-05) Bob Dagot: I don't trust this extension. every time I re-install it, it turns on restricted mode on google. Nothing changes if I disable it. I'm pretty sure this is not a virus, but it is annoying. maybe a bad glitch?
• (2022-08-19) Dalius Kataržis: Works fine when I need it to, but breaks my internet bank functionality. Would be nice if we could get a "disable on this page" option, similar to what most adblockers have
• (2022-07-01) Titus Wingate: it works for the intended purposes HOWEVER do be aware it does break some websites where certain things won't load properly and you have to reload the website for it to load properly. tested extensively and confirmed it was caused by this extension.
• (2022-05-06) Eddie Rojas: It works but I did find an issue when it comes to this extension. The issue with this extension comes when you use google docs, while having this extension enabled it does not let you rename the paper. Everytime you try to rename the doc it just blanks out and when you save and download it, it comes out named as untitled
• (2022-05-04) connor: Works very well i love it
• (2022-04-26) Nathaniel Watson: I like the idea of this extension but it's not working for me on chrome only on Firefox
• (2022-03-17) Michael: Extension just works
• (2021-12-11) Carlos Olimpio: Funciona perfeitamente!
• (2021-10-16) Cairon Joseph Alonzo: Will this work in schoology??
• (2021-10-01) ̈: 100% works
• (2021-08-28) Marek Josef Švrčina: simple and works just as expected. Now a site doesn't know if I switch to another tab. Thank you!
• (2021-08-16) Little Case: It works, thank you so much.
• (2021-08-07) DEATHSPAWN: It works.
• (2021-06-15) Bhumik Kumar: Works perfectly