It was quite popular among those trying to trim down Chrome's memory footprint, especially for RAM-limited Chromebooks or older and slower computers.
#Chrome suspender code#
The extension is also being remotely disabled on customer's devices, with a warning that it is "dangerous" and "may contain malware." Reportedly, this is because of some sketchy changes that happened when the extension traded hands last year, including tracking code discovered in the extension.įor those who are unfamiliar, The Great Suspender was an open-source Chrome extension that automatically suspends open tabs that haven't been used for a while. If the thought of automatic updates scares you, then there is nothing stopping you from downloading the github repo/release or cloning it, and installing from there.The popular Chrome extension The Great Suspender has been itself suspended from Google's Chrome Web Store.
#Chrome suspender install#
If you install from the webstore then you're trusting the developer to keep the code identical to what's publicly posted, and you're also trusting the webstore reviewers to pick out anything obviously bad. Yes that is possible, look at what happened to bring us to the point of needing to ask. On the question of an owner being able to be nasty. Waiting on the webstore to approve the latest code right now so it can be identical to the GitHub. Here are some helpful issues you can read through to make yourself more familiar with what's going on over there: It takes around 2.5 hours to read through, but if I can then someone else can as well. I read through all of the code and I'm satisfied with it. Questions? Problems? Submission not showing up? Spot a spammer or a troll? Message #chrome If you think you found a bug, please report it at If you see a spammer, troll, or shill commenter, please use the report option and/or message the mods. Posting tip: check the new queue for your submission after posting. Posting the same links multiple times, or posting them as comments on posts that have nothing to do with your extension is considered spamming, and you will be banned for such actions. We welcome you to post links to any Chrome extensions that you have created, within reason. If you are unable to abide by this simple request, or if your only submissions are to the same sites over and over, or to your personal site(s), you will be banned. Post directly to the original article or source whenever possible.
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