What is ViewState Snail?

ViewState Snail is a Chrome extension developed by Mike W, and its main feature is "Helps ASP.NET developers improve performance via increased awareness of View State footprint.".

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Download ViewState Snail Extension CRX File

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Extension Usage Instructions

PURPOSE
- The idea is that you're a developer who wants to easily spot when a web page is using too much view state
- You want the information easily noticeable, rather than relying on you to click something to check view state.
- You want something your whole team can use, so you can share the responsibility.

Basic Functionality
- Counts HTML Length
- Counts VIEWSTATE Length
- Calculates a PERCENTAGE

UI
- PERCENTAGE displayed on the extension button
- Red-Amber-Green color based on thresholds you can configure

OPTIONS
- Threshold for Amber (Default 10,000 chars)
- Threshold for Red (Default 20,000 chars)

UPDATES
- v1.1 Added support for view state chunking
- v2.0 Migrated from Manifest V2 to Manifest V3

Extension Basic Information

Name	ViewState Snail
ID	gapjlpgdhmiblidalppgbbfgkmaoehhm
Official URL	https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/viewstate-snail/gapjlpgdhmiblidalppgbbfgkmaoehhm
Description	Helps ASP.NET developers improve performance via increased awareness of View State footprint.
File Size	56.45 KB
Installation Count	759
Current Version	2.0
Last Updated	2022-10-06
Publish Date	2017-03-09
Rating	4.60/5 Total 10 Ratings
Developer	Mike W
Email	[email protected]
Payment Type	free
Supported Languages	en
manifest.json
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