Connection Monitor

About

Stay informed about your website's health with Connection Monitor! This simple yet powerful Chrome extension continuously checks the connectivity and response time of a specified URL right from your browser toolbar.

✨ Key Features:

⏱️ Real-time Monitoring: Automatically checks the specified URL at a user-defined interval (in seconds).
🚦 Visual Status: The extension's icon changes color to instantly indicate the website's status:
    🟢 Green: OK - Fast response.
    🟠 Orange: OK (Slow) - Response time exceeds your set threshold.
    🔴 Red: Error - Cannot reach the URL (network issue, timeout, or redirect).
    🔵 Blue: Checking - Currently performing a check.
    ⏸️ Gray: Idle/Stopped - Monitoring is not active.
📊 Average Response Time Badge: The extension badge displays the average response time (in milliseconds) over the last 3 seconds, giving you a quick overview of performance.
📋 Detailed Logs: Open the popup to view a history of recent checks, including timestamps, status messages, and response times.
⚙️ Customizable Settings: Configure the URL to monitor, the checking interval, the timeout duration, and the threshold for considering a response "slow."
🔔 Notifications: Optionally receive desktop notifications when connection errors occur.
🗑️ Clear Log: Easily clear the monitoring log from the popup.
💾 Persistent Settings: Your monitoring settings are saved locally and will be restored when you reopen Chrome.

🚀 How it Works:

📥 Install the extension.
🖱️ Open the extension's popup by clicking on its icon in the Chrome toolbar.
⌨️ Enter the URL you want to monitor.
🔧 Adjust the check interval, timeout, and slow threshold to your preferences.
▶️ Click "Start" to begin monitoring.
👀 The icon will update in real-time to reflect the website's status, and the badge will show the average response time.
📄 View detailed logs in the popup.
⏹️ Click "Stop" to halt monitoring.

🎯 Use Cases:

✅ Monitor the uptime and performance of your critical websites.
✅ Quickly identify network issues or server problems.
✅ Track the responsiveness of web applications.
✅ Get alerted to slow loading times.

Keep a watchful eye on your important connections with Connection Monitor! 👁️✨