Open in Helium

[Mac OS X only] The easiest way to open a webpage in Helium or HeliumLift.

What is Open in Helium?

'Open in Helium' is a Mac OS X Chrome extension designed to interact seamlessly with Helium and HeliumLift apps. It opens current webpages in always-on-top floating windows for easy access and allows direct opening of hyperlinks and multimedia files. Other features include YouTube video playback from last stop point, customisation of Twitch.tv streams, options page for personal preferences, all without slowing down your computer or needing special permissions.

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By: Ben Cheshire

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Users: 2,000+

Rating: 4.11 (18)

Version: 1.6.3 (Last updated: 2019-08-26)

Creation date: 2019-08-25

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

contextMenus
storage
notifications
activeTab

Size: 39.63K

Email: be*****@benchesh.com

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 19902 ▼ 222

Other rankings

#11897 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 2

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Summary

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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!

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Pros

Works great and is used daily by some users
Seen as a solution when other options break due to Chrome updates
Optimal way to watch videos on Mac due to less resource hogging compared to Chrome's native picture-in-picture