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Reviews for Google Lighthouse

Google Lighthouse by Google Lighthouse

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  • by Firefox user 18455908, 3 months ago
  • by The Elements, 6 months ago
    This extension does nothing so don't download
  • by exitnew, 8 months ago
  • by Pixelcode, 8 months ago
    The addon only redirects everything to https://googlechrome.github.io/lighthouse/viewer, so it doesn't even work with localhost. I installed Lighthouse specifically to improve my website's performance WHILE developing, which isn't possible. Most useless thing I've ever installed.

    Developer response

    posted 8 months ago
    This behavior is described in the "About this extension" section.
  • by GB, 8 months ago
    Much better under Google Chrome, basically glorified link generator for the website version, does not let you test localhost development under FireFox.

    Developer response

    posted 8 months ago
    This behavior is described in the "About this extension" section.
  • by Firefox user 14041421, a year ago
    doesn't work on firefox dev

    Lighthouse returned error: FAILED_DOCUMENT_REQUEST. Lighthouse was unable to reliably load the page you requested. Make sure you are testing the correct URL and that the server is properly responding to all requests. (Details: net::ERR_CONNECTION_FAILED)
  • by sumthinSumthin', a year ago
  • by degengineer, 2 years ago
    I normally don't give one star reviews (or any review for that matter), but just the fact that this extension doesn't work on localhost gave me the motivation to signup for a mozilla account to leave this review.
    I saw one of the devs reply something like "We recommend you use lighthouse for chrome"... doesn't that defeat the purpose of this extension even existing? I don't want chrome, or any of the skynet spyware that's embedded in its binaries. This is why we need to support open-source; these silicon valley monopolies got to go. Gee.

    Developer response

    posted 8 months ago
    This behavior is described in the "About this extension" section.

    You can use the CLI version if Lighthouse from npm to run a test locally. It's still going to need a Chromium browser - Ligththouse only works with Chromium's browser automation protocol.
  • by Shiro, 2 years ago
    Lighthouse returned error: ERRORED_DOCUMENT_REQUEST. Lighthouse was unable to reliably load the page you requested. Make sure you are testing the correct URL and that the server is properly responding to all requests. (Status code: 401)
  • by lukenofurther, 4 years ago
    Can't (or won't) analyse localhost
  • by Aaron Meese, 4 years ago
    The whole reason I tried this extension was to measure the performance of my app once I got past the login screen. The site didn't work but a Stack Overflow pointed me to this extension, which I assumed would get the job done.

    It did not, as it was still not able to analyze past the login screen. If you need to analyze something protected by authentication, look elsewhere.

    Developer response

    posted 4 years ago
    The extension used to work for that, but we made big changes in the latest update as part of some technical debt management, so the extension now uses PageSpeedInsights API which requires publicly accessible sites.

    For your use case, we recommend using the Lighthouse panel in Chrome DevTools. Be sure to disable the storage reset (click the settings gear);.
  • by denis1276, 5 years ago
    When i choose from ff options to block pop-up windows, the generate button from google lighthouse dont do anything. Other addons witch open result in new window work perfect. Please fix it.
    In addition... i choose desktop for device and after restart ff the default bullet turn back to mobile. It cant be save my choice.