![]() ![]() ![]() Like The Great Discarder, Auto Tab Discard would automatically select tabs to close for users to free up memory and boost the speed of the Google Chrome browser despite multiple open tabs. The Great Discarder selects the least used tabs and frees memory as such. While this tab would be fairly new and have only 20,000+ users, it is still highly rated with 4.5 stars and helps in automatically discarding tabs that are not in use. It can close and open tabs, and retain the original text that the user is currently in, for later uses with the browser. Tabs Outliner is also available in the Chrome Webstore, and it is a "Session Manager" that helps on organizing the web browser whenever a user opens or uses it. The extension has more than 2 million users and has been highly rated with 4.5 stars. One Tab is a Google Chrome extension that "consolidates all tabs into a list" that effectively claims to reduce 95 percent of data and memory usage while browsing the internet. However, the existence of the Chrome extension is unknown as its current version was already removed from the Chrome web store, and might soon be blacklisted on it. ![]() The Great Suspender Pre-Malware Version (Old)Īccording to GitHub, there is a tracking and malicious-free old version of The Great Suspender that is still available for users to download and use. Head to the settings of the extension and "Unsuspend" all of the open tabs, then feel free to uninstall and discard the malware extension. This could lend an opportunity for phishing campaigns to make fake sites even more believable.įirst and foremost, MSN (via the Life Hacker), reported that there is one thing to do before uninstalling The Great Suspender extension tool in one's Google Chrome to fully stop it from accessing one's browser. There's room for improvement but in the end it does its job well.An exploit found on Chrome for Android can replace the address bar with a fake one. I get it's there for a reason so I assume Safari does something that other browsers don't? After the great extension massacre I appreciate more the ones that survived it so I won't punish the rating for this. Its not a Great Suspender alternative While the built-in tabs manager makes the browser feel lighter and cleaner, with more room to breathe, the tabs are still running and loaded even if. There's this message "Restoring tabs" that shows up every time you start Safari, it's a bit annoying if you restart often. On the other hand, all free options are fine for most users plus if you do go premium, it's a one time payment and you get it for less than $1 Premium: I'm used to free extensions in Chrome so this got my attention. Dark mode! It's useful to scroll through the tabs at night without getting temporary blindness It has some interesting configuration options I don't know if it reaches the claimed "60%", but, there is a noticeable difference It does in fact reduce the ram and cpu used by Safari. After seeing "Webpage using significant energy" all the time and moving and clicking the mouse felt like I'm in a slow-motion video, I decided to install the Great Suspender that Chrome has and I use every day at work, but, lo and behold another extension that does not exist anymore in Safari thanks to their excellent decision of killing all the existing Safari extensions made until 2018?.Īfter googling for a while I found myself here, so while I did not have the issue the previous user mentions, there are a couple of gotchas, especially if you are used to the Great Suspender.
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