Version 1.4.1 - Enhanced User Experience & Reliability Update

Key Improvements:

Added visual loading indicators during operations
Implemented error handling with user-friendly messages
Added debouncing for refresh interval changes to prevent rapid updates
Enhanced UI with better visual feedback for enabled/disabled states
Implemented proper state management for better reliability
Added input validation to prevent invalid settings
Improved error recovery and handling
Enhanced visual design with smoother transitions
Added documentation for message protocols
Optimized performance with better async operation handling
This update significantly improves the extension's reliability and user experience while maintaining all existing functionality. Users will now have better feedback about the extension's status and any potential issues that may occur.

Version 1.4.0 Changes:

Performance Improvements:
Added efficient message broadcasting system to reduce overhead when communicating with tabs
Implemented input validation for refresh intervals to prevent invalid values
Optimized tab communication to handle inactive tabs gracefully

Enhanced Error Handling:
Added comprehensive error catching for all async operations
Improved user feedback when errors occur
Silent failure handling for inactive tabs to prevent console errors

Code Quality Improvements:
Added constants for better maintainability and consistency
Implemented proper state management
Improved code organization with separate utility functions
Enhanced documentation and code readability

UI Improvements:
Better visual feedback for enabled/disabled states
Clearer status messages
More responsive toggle functionality

Stability Enhancements:
Added validation for stored settings
Improved initialization process
Better handling of browser storage operations
These improvements make the extension more reliable, maintainable, and user-friendly while maintaining all existing functionality.

Improved Tab Synchronization: The extension now broadcasts enable/disable and interval updates to all open tabs, ensuring consistent behavior across multiple tabs.
Enhanced Autoplay Compatibility: Adjusted the hidden video element to use muted, autoplay, and playsInline attributes to comply with modern browser autoplay policies.
Error Handling: Added try/catch blocks to handle messaging errors and autoplay failures gracefully, improving stability.
UI and Storage Updates: Improved popup UI responsiveness and ensured settings (e.g., refresh interval) are saved and applied correctly across sessions.
Code Cleanup: Refactored and optimized code for better readability and maintainability.

Added 2 additional options. 1 and 3 seconds. Nothing else in the code was changed.

Added a new feature to the extension that allows users to select a 5-second refresh interval in addition to the existing 15-second and 30-second options. This enhancement provides greater flexibility for users who require more frequent page activity. The feature was implemented by updating the dropdown menu in the popup interface and ensuring compatibility with the existing interval handling logic. No other functionality was altered.