Browser extension
Randomizer Widget for Chrome
A small always-on-top readout showing a random number from 0 to 100 on a timer you set. Runs entirely on your device.
What it does
- Shows a random whole number from 0 to 100 in its own small window, which stays on top of your other windows.
- Draws a new number on a timer you set, from 1 to 60 seconds. There is no button to roll again, so a number cannot be shopped for.
- Uses your browser’s cryptographic random source, with no seed and no weighting.
- Looks like a piece of hardware: a seven-segment or fourteen-segment display, with three presets or your own colors.
It is useful anywhere you need a fair number in view: for classroom picks, games and breaks, or for executing a mixed strategy you have already decided on, in poker or any other game.
How to use it
- Add it to Chrome. Its settings tab opens by itself, pinned. If you close it, click the toolbar icon to reopen it.
- Click Open readout. The small window appears.
- Drag the dotted strip along its top to move it, and drag the window’s edge to resize it. It reopens where you left it.
Keep the settings tab open: closing it closes the readout.
Questions
Can the number change every second, or every 5 seconds?
Yes. Randomizer Widget for Chrome shows a new number on a timer you set, anywhere from 1 to 60 seconds. The default is 3 seconds.
Is it 0 to 100 or 1 to 100?
0 to 100, inclusive. Randomizer Widget for Chrome shows one of 101 whole numbers, and each is equally likely.
Can I set my own range, or roll again on demand?
No, by design. The range is always 0 to 100, and there is no button to roll again: a new number arrives only when the timer runs out, so a number cannot be shopped for.
Privacy
It asks for one permission, storage, to remember your settings on this device. It cannot read or change any website, it makes no network requests of its own, and it has no account and no analytics. The privacy policy has the details.
Support
Questions or problems? Email hello@randomizerwidget.com.
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