The Great Suspender: Make Your Computer Run Smoothly
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A lightweight extension to reduce chrome's memory footprint. Perfect if you have a lot of tabs open at the same time. Tabs that have not been viewed after a configurable length of time will be automagically suspended in the background, freeing up the memory and CPU being consumed by that tab.
➤ Whitelist specific urls or domains that you do not want to suspend ➤ Optionally show screen capture of tab before it was suspended ➤ Vastly improves performance when restarting chrome with a large number of open tabs ➤ Detects tabs playing audio and can prevent them from suspending ➤ Detects tabs that contain forms with user input and can prevent them from suspending ➤ Configurable behaviour when browsing offline or on battery power ➤ Built from open source code for full transparency
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- Saves processing power by suspending tabs
- Allows for session management within the extension
- Customizable settings
- Useful for users with many tabs open at once
- Contains malware and redirects to other sites
- Has caused users to lose tabs or sessions
- Outdated or buggy versions
- Default tab suspending method is flawed
- Suspends tabs
- Contains malware
- Session management
- Customizable settings
- Saves processing power
- Redirects to other sites
- Loses tabs or sessions
- Outdated or buggy
- Default tab suspending method is flawed
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Extension safety
Risk impact
The Great Suspender requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
The Great Suspender is very likely to contain malware and should not be trusted. Avoid installing.
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