Open in Helium
[Mac OS X only] The easiest way to open a webpage in Helium or HeliumLift.
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4.06
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Works great and is used daily by some users
- Saves the day after Chrome updates broke previous functionality
- Easy to set up with clear instructions provided
- Indispensable for users who appreciate using Helium or HeliumLift
- Free to use
Cons
- Frequently doesn't work or crashes Chrome
- Has been non-functional for some users for several months
- Requires manual copying and pasting of video links when it fails
- Reports of compatibility issues on certain macOS versions
- Performance issues compared to native picture-in-picture
Most mentioned
- Users encouraged to download Helium from the Mac App Store
- Crashing issues experienced with the extension
- Instructions for using the extension and Helium are provided
- Users wishing for better functionality express frustration
- Complaints about lack of recent updates or support
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| Date | Author | Rating | Lang | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-14 |  | | perfect | |
| 2019-12-14 |  | | en | perfect |
| 2019-10-11 |  | | Most recent chrome update broke what I was using before and this saved the day! Thanks Duder. | |
| 2019-10-11 |  | | en | Most recent chrome update broke what I was using before and this saved the day! Thanks Duder. |
| 2019-09-20 |  | | Works great! Use it daily. | |
| 2019-08-11 |  | | en | Works great! Use it daily. |
| 2019-08-02 | Emily Klassen | | Clicking the arrow button (yes, with helium installed from the app store), completely crashes chrome. | |
| 2018-12-10 |  | | Solution that I found through trial and error to get this to work: 1. Get this extension for chrome 2. Download Helium from App Store 3. Press the black arrow to on a youtube video page and it should launch it in Helium 4. If it doesn't, go to the URL on the youtube page and prepend `helium://` to it. It should open a new chrome tab asking for permission to open Helium app. Check the box to always allow. Then 3 should work. It worked for few of my macs but not the newest. Took a while to figure out why. Hope this helps. Note that the current version of Chrome also supports picture-in-picture natively but I find it way too resource hogging unlike Helium so this is still the optimal way to watch videos on the Mac. | |
| 2018-12-10 |  | | en | Solution that I found through trial and error to get this to work: 1. Get this extension for chrome 2. Download Helium from App Store 3. Press the black arrow to on a youtube video page and it should launch it in Helium 4. If it doesn't, go to the URL on the youtube page and prepend `helium://` to it. It should open a new chrome tab asking for permission to open Helium app. Check the box to always allow. Then 3 should work. It worked for few of my macs but not the newest. Took a while to figure out why. Hope this helps. Note that the current version of Chrome also supports picture-in-picture natively but I find it way too resource hogging unlike Helium so this is still the optimal way to watch videos on the Mac. |
| 2018-11-27 |  | | nice~ NOTE: download Helium from MacOS App Store first |
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