ADP Project - Accelerated Desktop Pages

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What is ADP Project - Accelerated Desktop Pages?
ADP Project - Accelerated Desktop Pages is a Chrome extension that speeds up webpages on popular sites by using the available Accelerated Mobile Pages. It provides automatic redirection to the accelerated version, modifies links for faster loading times and supports BBC News, The Verge, The Guardian, and Buzzfeed.

Extension stats

Users: 38 ▼ -1
Rating: 3.00 (4)
Version: 1.0.1 (Last updated: 2015-10-10)
Creation date: 2015-10-10
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • tabs
  • http://*.adpproject.org/*
Size: 163.84K
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

The Accelerated Desktop Pages (ADP) extension speeds up web pages on sites like BBC News, The Guardian, Buzzfeed and The Verge.

The extension does this by using the available Accelerated Mobile Pages. These are web pages that have been generated to load much much faster. They're slimmed down versions of the desktop page and are cached by Google all around the world for even fast loading times.

Features

  • ADP toolbar icon displays blue when the current page has an accelerated version available. Click on the toolbar icon to be taken to the accelerated page
  • Automatic redirection on detecting that the current page has accelerated version available
  • Automatically modifying all links on the website to point to their accelerated version

Features can be enabled/disabled in the extension settings.

Currently Supports BBC News | The Verge | The Guardian | Buzzfeed

http://www.adpproject.org

User reviews

Detects only 1 out of 3 sample sites I used; I call 2 out of 3 "unreliable". This--is a joke. The one it finds, it loads a malformed URL which results in a 404. Oh, and the icon has some issues, too.
by Barbara Romanowska, 2016-12-22
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Extension safety

Risk impact

ADP Project - Accelerated Desktop Pages requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

ADP Project - Accelerated Desktop Pages is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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