What is Open in Helium?
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Extension summary
Helium and HeliumLift are both free apps for Mac OS X which allow you to open a webpage in an always-on-top floating window at your convenience. This extension is the best way to interact with these apps!
Simply click on the "Open in Helium" button in Chrome's toolbar to open the current page in Helium or HeliumLift. By right-clicking on elements in a page you can also directly open hyperlinks, page frames or multimedia files!
Open in Helium has several tricks up its sleeve, such as the ability to autoplay YouTube links where you left off, open Twitch.tv streams in different styles with or without chat, and more! Tailor the extension to your liking in the options page. Your settings will sync to your Chrome profile. Best of all, Open in Helium does NOT have a persistent background page that will slow down your computer, or any special permissions!
User reviews
- Works great for daily use.
- Saved users after Chrome updates broke other functionality.
- Helium is a resource-friendly alternative for video playback.
- Easy to setup with clear instructions.
- Hasn't worked for some users for six months.
- Crashes Chrome when clicking the arrow button.
- Requires manual link copying for some users.
- Not compatible with the newest Mac models.
- Solution found through trial and error.
- Download Helium from the Mac App Store first.
- Issues with recent Chrome updates.
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Extension safety
Risk impact
Open in Helium requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Open in Helium has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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