Reviews for SiteMacro
SiteMacro by Andreas Schierl
15 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by Mark Wright, a month agoUPDATE: Author responded promptly. I was able to get it working right for me. Very happy.
ORIGINAL REVIEW: I'd easily give this 5 stars if I could get it to do what I'm aiming for:
It would be perfect for me, except for the message "skipped automatic macro execution; page repeated too quickly" which ends up "not automatically" performing the macro upon page load (I can still manually run the macro, but that's more work than not using the macro at all).
Would having an option for me to add a time delay after loading the webpage before the macro performs the click allow it to work for me?
What I see when I first load the webpage is very briefly see a red "x" on your extension icon, which is replaced with a red "||" (pause?) symbol.
Here is what I want to do:
1. Click a bookmark to load a webpage.
2. Optionally have the macro wait x.x seconds before clicking a button on the page.
3. Click on a button in the webpage (which in my case ends up taking me to another webpage (but not via a "link").
ps - During my recording process, I think that when I click the button which takes me to the other webpage, the recording "stops" (because the webpage changed) and I'm done creating the macro I want, correct?
Note: You allow me to export to a .json file, but I see no choice to import from that .json file. If I could import a version of that .json (one that I've edited) perhaps I could get it to do what I need. So, please also add an import option. If that allows me to succeed, I'd also rate 5 stars. Thanks.Developer response
posted a month agoThe latest version limits throttling to the current tab, so if you open the bookmark in a new tab, the macro will always be executed.
You can add a delay while recording by clicking "add step" in the bottom red bar and selecting "Insert Delay".
Any action that leads to leaving the current webpage will end macro recording.
You can import the exported JSON file by clicking "Import Macro" on the top of the "Manage Macros" page. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18857754, a month agoThis almost works for what I want, but the automatically stopping macros if they repeat too often is stopping me from using it. Love that I can edit the url the macro is triggered on to account for different endings but I would love a way to stop it from turning itself off to just mass repeat a tedious 1 second action!
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13694206, 5 months agoI absolutely love it and am grateful for having such an easy to use extension, works especially well on phones.
I would love however a way to edit macros after they were created (moving/removing actions, adding delays, etc) as well as allowing wildcards in urls.
I would also love to have a repeatable macro (with a toggle) (for a number of times or indefinitely)
But overall really nice extension, thank you - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15124846, 6 months agoThe new update fixed the issue where it would randomly forget the last action of the macro.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Iman, a year agoA Good and handy extension.
Needs a delay mechanism before selecting a field that depends on another field.Developer response
posted a year agoYou can add a delay by selecting "Insert Delay" in the bottom red bar. - Rated 5 out of 5by Steve, 5 years agoReally enjoy using this Add-on, saves the few vital seconds when filling in repetitive forms on frequently used web pages.
One improvement would be to enable the user to edit the macros with a simple text based approach.
Currently if you need to edit some text the Macro is entering you need to recreate the whole Macro. - Rated 5 out of 5by David Rowlinson, 5 years agoGreat for my particular needs. Also Developer has been very responsive. Would just like the option to allow Permissions on complete website, i,e, "Https://Example."
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15216117, 6 years agoThis extension is really useful for filling forms. I have a suggestion; I combine this extension with another (Snap Link) which allows me to enter say 15 of the links to different forms. However, SiteMacro states this: "SiteMacro did not execute a macro: Page repeated too quickly." Is there a way to get around it or reduce the timer? By default, snaplink opens a new link every 50 ms, and I increased it to 500 ms, yet there is still the same issue. Is there something I am missing (like reducing the delay required for the macro)? Also, can it close a tab after it is done executing a macro?
Edit: I looked at the source code and found the throttle limit to be 10 seconds, so for now I downloaded it and built it again (with the change of 10000 to 25) - Rated 5 out of 5by Mark, 6 years agoSitedMacro works very well and exactly as described.
One feature request: I am using it sometimes on captive portals where the URL ends in a "?" and then has a custom generated random string like "234522345" appended at the end. On these sites the macro doesn't trigger because the URL after the "?" doesn't match. Is there anyway to get this kind of site to work? Maybe a checkbox to ignore anything after a "?" or way to edit the URL and put a wildcard into the name.
Thanks for the nice plug-in!
EDIT TO ADD: Thanks for implementing the feature I requested!Developer response
posted 6 years agoThe latest version (0.4) allows to apply macros to URLs that start with a given prefix. - Rated 5 out of 5by mdiv666, 6 years agoDo what it should do. For next updates please reconsider to add time delay for executing macro and if it is based on some JS or Jquery some kind of export of data. Great addon.
- Rated 5 out of 5by loki, 6 years ago