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screenshotSystem Memory Usage  |  Download Monitor system's memory via toolbar popup or toolbar button's icon.

Some of the important features of the System Memory Usage addon are listed below. This is followed by an overview of this addon. This summary contains few words about the addon, its function, and its features. Next is FAQ, this section is useful to get information about how this addon works in your browser. If you couldn't find a specific answer, please fill the bug report form on this page or the contact form on the homepage to let us know about your question. Following the FAQ, is the bug report form. It is designed to collect user feedbacks and bugs about this addon. Users can suggest improvements or feature requests through this form too. The next section is for submitting comments about this addon which uses the Facebook comments plugin. The last section is dedicated to reports submitted through the GitHub website. We hope the information provided on this page, could help you get all the basics you need about this addon and enable you to have a better experience with System Memory Usage.

In short, System Memory Usage is a browser extension that inform you about the amount of memory your system is currently using. Please check the YouTube tutorial below to get an idea of how this addon works in your browser. If you want to contribute to the developement of this addon, please fork it on GitHub, and push your changes to a named branch. Moreover, you can review all the comments made on GitHub commits.

4 Reasons to Use System Memory Usage

  • Has a toolbar popup to monitor memory usage with grey color-bars and text.

  • Informs you about the total memory and also available memory.

  • Has a dynamic toolbar icon with color-bars.

  • Available for Chrome and Opera browsers on all operating systems.

YouTube Tutorial

This video gives you an idea of how the extension works in your browser.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • 1. What is System Memory Usage?

    System Memory Usage is a browser add-on that help you easily monitor memory usage in your system via your browser. Just open the toolbar popup UI and monitor the amount of memory which is currently used. Moreover, the color-bar shows you the active memory usage every second (updates itself every second). The UI is very simple and has no functions other than showing the active memory usage. Toolbar icon will also change dynamically according to the current memory usage. Please note that, color bars are random grey colors for both toolbar popup UI and toolbar icon.

  • 2. How can I work with this add-on?

    As mentioned above, simply open the app UI and start monitoring the memory usage. Within the popup you will see the amount of used memory, total, available memory and average used memory next to the color bars. On the right side, there is color bar with random grey colors, each bar shows the amount of active used memory in your system. The same color-bar but with a smaller size is placed as the toolbar icon. Please note that, random grey colors do NOT mean anything at all, they are just placed for aesthetic purposes.

  • 3. How can I download the source code for System Memory Usage?

    To download the source code for this extension from Chrome Web Store, it is recommended to use Extension Source Downloader. With this addon, you can download the source code as a ZIP or CRX format to your machine. If you want to download the source code from the Firefox addons store, please open the firefox download link (if available) in the Firefox browser and then right-click on the - Add to Firefox - button and select - Save Link As... - item. Choose the destination folder on your machine and then save the file in XPI format. You can then rename the XPI format to a RAR or ZIP file. Some extensions may have a GitHub repo address, which you can use to download the source code as well. But, it may not be the latest version of the addon. Therefore, downloading the source code from the official web stores is the best option as it always gives you the latest version of the addon.

  • 4. How do I turn the extension OFF?

    In order to turn off the extension, please head to the extensions tab in your browser and then click on the disable button from there.

  • 5. Is this extension available for mobile firefox (Firefox for android)?

    No, unfortunately this addon is not available for Firefox browser, neither mobile nor desktop.

  • 6. Why this addon is not available for Firefox?

    The system memory API which is used by this addon, is not currently available for Firefox browser (not written for Web Extensions API). In future, if the API becomes available, the addon will be released for Firefox browser as well.

  • 7. Can I monitor other factors such as CPU or Network usage with this addon?

    No, this addon is only design for system memory usage. For other factors in your system, please use other addons/apps.

  • 8. How often does this addon update itself?

    Toolbar icon updates every 1 second. When you open toolbar popup, the color bar and all the information are updated every 500 millisecond. Please note that, once the popup is closed, it wont be updated anymore. Therefore, no extra burden is placed on your system when the popup is closed.

  • 9. Is there any option or settings available for this addon?

    No, this addon has no option or settings to adjust, all you need is placed in toolbar popup UI.

  • 10. What information do I get via toolbar button?

    Toolbar icon is filled with color-bars based to the current memory usage in your system. Tooltip text for toolbar button shows you the current available, used and the total memory on your system. Once you click on the toolbar button, the popup will show up.

  • 11. Where can I find the privacy policy for System Memory Usage?

    Please read the privacy policy for this extension here.

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Reporting Bugs

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