Merlin
Leaf Browser Alpha

Leaf Browser Alpha

An experimental browser that runs in chrome.

What is Leaf Browser Alpha?
Leaf Browser Alpha is a cutting-edge Chrome extension designed to revolutionize the way we think about and interact with our internet browsers. Tailored to enhance users' browsing experience, it features a tree-structure for tab management, elimination of distinction between bookmarks and tabs, customizable tabs with renaming and colour-code options, and better memory management by loading tabs only on demand. Also, it incorporates features to secure your tabs from accidental closure. This app is released as open source, inviting users and developers to contribute to its evolution.
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Stats
Users: 10,000+
Rating: 4.51 (82)
Version: 0.1.2 (Last updated: 2016-05-11)
Creation date: 2016-05-11
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • webview
  • audioCapture
  • videoCapture
  • fullscreen
  • pointerLock
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
Size: 228.35K
URLs: Website
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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 7427 ▼ 100

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Summary
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An Experimental Browser UI that runs in Google Chrome.

This App is mostly an experiment to think about web browser UIs in a bit of a different way.

Key Features:

• A tree structure for managing your tabs (that you can choose to hide) (like tree style tabs / treetabs for firefox). • No distinction between bookmarks and tabs. • Ability to rename tabs. • Ability to "pin" tabs to prevent accidentally navigating away / closing. • Not all tabs need to be loaded at once (they are loaded when you want them to be, and marked with a tick. You can also unload tabs to free up memory without fully closing them). • Ability to clour-code tabs. • Completely Open Source - https://github.com/samlanning/leaf-browser

User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Great alternative to Chrome on a Chromebook
  • Simple side-by-side web browser
  • Runs on the same user agent as your Chrome version
  • Faster than Google Chrome
  • Helpful for watching restricted content
Cons
  • Needs access to camera and microphone
  • Cannot bypass school restrictions
  • Enabled extensions are the same as in Google Chrome
  • Lacks bookmark functionality
  • Flash Player enabling not intuitive
Most mentioned
  • Great alternative browser
  • Same user agent as Chrome
  • Access to camera and microphone
  • Extensions are shared with Google Chrome
  • Restrictions bypassing
Recent reviews
Great... Just one thing... I use this browser for gaming sometimes, and I don't know how to enable Flash Player. Any help?
by A Google user, 2018-04-28
I really like it because I can do things on it thatthe school blocked but it wont let me enable the app. I dont know if its the app itself or my laptop
by A Google user, 2017-01-16
Great... Just one thing... I use this browser for gaming sometimes, and I don't know how to enable Flash Player. Any help?
by A Google user, 2018-04-28
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Safety
Risk impact

Leaf Browser Alpha is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Leaf Browser Alpha if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Leaf Browser Alpha has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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