Firefox UI Sounds
This is a port of the UI Sounds extension to Mozilla Firefox. This extension plays sounds for important events in the browser, such as loading a page or opening a new tab.
| Tags | Firefox, WebExtension, JavaScript |
|---|---|
| Project started | September 2024 |
| Status | Active |
| Open source | Yes, MIT |
Introduction
This is a port of the UI Sounds extension to Mozilla Firefox. This extension plays sounds for important events in the browser, such as loading a page or opening a new tab.
If you’d like the browser to audibly notify you when things happen, then this extension is for you. Includes options to enable or disable individual sounds and change individual sound volume.
Background
At the start of 2024 I ran into some discussion on Mastodon about a Chrome add-on that plays sounds on specific tab actions and how its absence makes it difficult for some people to switch to Firefox. The add-on’s code was publicly available, but did not have an open source license attached, so I requested copyright clarification from the maintainer, LordLuceus. They licensed the code under MIT soon after, but I only found out by happenstance in September of 2024. I put together a port of the extension’s code to Firefox, submitted it to AMO, and here we are. Hopefully it will be useful to some.
License and Credits
This extension’s code is released under the MIT License. Other licenses apply to the included media files (see below).
This extension was originally developed for Chromium-based browsers by LordLuceus. It was released under the terms of the MIT License in February 2024. (Chrome Web Store, GitHub, PayPal for donations)
The creator of the sounds included with this extension, unchanged from the Chrome version, is Andre Louis. They were originally released as part of the 44.1k soundscheme and are redistributed here with permission. Please contact the creator for licensing concerns. (Website, Direct downloads)
The code was ported to Mozilla Firefox in September 2024 by Julian Fietkau. (Add-on download page, Project website)
This extension’s icon is a recolored version of “audio-volume-high” from the GNOME icon theme greated by the GNOME Project, using a version from 2008 licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States. Find the original file on Wikimedia Commons. You may reuse and redistribute this extension’s icon under the terms of the same license.
