Google Chrome Extension – Tab Statistics

Last weekend, I wasn’t feeling very well (and most of the last week too) – and I couldn’t concentrate on my work either. So I needed some mindless activity to distract myself – and because I had a bad headache to go with all this, I couldn’t resort to my normal escape of gaming on my XBox – besides, that is not so mindless. I needed something to give myself a break.

So, I decided to see how difficult it is to make a Google Chrome extension. It turned out that it is super easy to make one. So, I decided to make a very “Hello World” type extension which I would actually use as a fun tool in my current favorite browser: Chrome.

Presenting Tab Statistics:

So, what does this extension do? Not much really, but I see myself checking it out a few times a day. It sits in a corner of your browser, and counts the number of tabs you open.

Yes, that is it. Well, I wanted an escape, not another project, and so I tried to put together the simplest extension I could. The hardest part about coding this thing was actually creating the CSS for displaying the aggregated count, when you click on the button. So, a couple of hours of poking around later, I had my extension, which I tested for a few days on my browser. Then I decided that it’s worth the $5 that Google is charging me to place this extension out for the public to use. So, I did.

If you would like to install it, go to the Chrome Web Store. It’s available there. Below is a quick round up of what it does (not much):

As you can see in the screenshot, it does the following:

• Shows you a button in the toolbar which has the total number of tabs opened on the current day.


• Clicking the button shows you the total number of tabs that have been opened since the day of the install.


• And it also shows the largest number of tabs that were ever opened in a day.

Other than that, it doesn’t collect any personal data, and it doesn’t send any data out of your computer. All tab counts are stored locally on your computer. As I said, it’s more a fun app, than anything else.

If you would like to see improvements to this, then leave a comment on either this page or the Extension page on the Chrome Web Store. If you like it, please rate it on the store, and tell your friends about it.

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