Stop Smooth Scrolling

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Stop Smooth Scrolling Chrome Extension

Stop Smooth Scrolling is a lightweight Chrome extension designed to completely disable smooth scrolling on websites. While users can turn off smooth scrolling via Chrome's native flags (chrome://flags), many websites still implement smooth scrolling through JavaScript, which can be annoying or distracting. This extension effectively blocks that JavaScript-driven smooth scroll, giving you immediate and consistent control over your scrolling behavior.

Whether you prefer abrupt scroll jumps or want to improve browser performance by avoiding smooth scrolling animations, this extension offers a straightforward solution. It is open-source and available on GitHub for transparency and community contributions.

GitHub Repository

By:: Gea-Suan Lin
Users:: 510 -4
Rating:: 4.39

(33)
Version:: 0.2024.1230.0 (Last updated: 2024-12-31)
Creation date:: 2018-10-17
Risk:: Moderate risk impact Low risk likelihood
Permissions:: http://*/*
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storage
Size:: 74.44K
Email:: da*****@gmail.com
URLs:: Privacy policy
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Updated:: a day ago

Ranking

# 39,860 ▼ 105

Other rankings

#7502 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 11 #28 in stop keyword 14 ▼ 4 #98 in scroll keyword 17 ▼ 1

User reviews

The Stop Smooth Scrolling Chrome extension is praised for effectively disabling smooth scrolling and improving usability on most sites, while being simple and open source. However, multiple users report issues like broken arrow key navigation in Google Sheets, disabled mouse zoom on Google Maps, and loss of space key control on YouTube videos. The whitelist feature helps mitigate some issues but requires manual configuration. Overall, it works as described for many, but compatibility problems on key sites are notable.

Pros

Effectively disables smooth scrolling, resulting in a more immediate and responsive scroll experience.
Easy to use and simple, doing exactly what it promises without unnecessary features.
Works well on most websites and improves usability where smooth scrolling is problematic.
Open source and appreciated by users who dislike JavaScript smooth scrolling implementations.
Whitelist feature allows users to exclude specific websites from the extension’s effects.

Cons

Causes issues with Google Sheets, breaking up and down arrow key navigation within cells.
Disables mouse-wheel zoom functionality in Google Maps by default, requiring manual whitelisting.
Disables space key functionality (play/pause) on YouTube videos for some users.
Whitelist feature needs to be manually set by the user to allow normal behavior on certain sites like maps.google.com and docs.google.com.
Does not completely eliminate all delay in scrolling for some users, leading to perceived ineffectiveness.

Recent reviews

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Peter Amir, 2024-07-25

I had to remove this extension. It worked fine on one website, but then it stopped map zoom function all maps using mouse scroll. It also disabled the space key to toggle play and pause on YouTube videos.

Sonny D, 2023-09-24

Wanted to love it but It broke my google sheets up/down arrows and trackpad function. Even when adding https://docs.google.com/ to the whitelist...

Riley Petersen, 2023-08-23

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Stop Smooth Scrolling requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

Stop Smooth Scrolling has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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