![]() ![]() I know that for many of you, The Great Suspender holds a special place in your heart as you’ve used it for so long, but their shiny new coat of paint can’t excuse the mismanagement and abuse of user data. I, myself, still use things like Toby, which has a better interface and more modern features, but Google really is starting to bake a lot of these things right into the browser nowadays, so I’m a big fan of that. For the majority of users, having a tool for this built right into Chrome out of the box makes it something they just pick up and use. ![]() Ever since Chrome 87 has made significant improvements to performance and memory management, Google released their popular Tab Groups feature and even added freezing and collapsing capabilities to them, tab management extensions have drastically fallen in popularity. We probably won’t find out whether or not The Great Suspender was actually compromised or simply mishandled, but what is clear is that many Chrome users have already moved on. Needless to say, we’re all becoming quite weary of these types of situations and it needs to stop. Technically, Tab Groups aren’t a Chrome tab extension at all they're built into your browser if you’re on a recent version of Chrome. You can also choose to suspend an entire Window, All tabs other than the current one. Whitelist specific urls or domains that you do not want to suspend Optionally show screen capture of. 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. ![]() Perfect if you have a lot of tabs open at the same time. All of this comes as 15 Chrome extensions were recently found to be abusing their userbase and stealing their data. The best alternative to The Great Suspender so far This extension is truly powerful Precisely what I wish web browsers had all along Chrome Tab Groups - Best tab manager for simplicity. The Suspend option allows you to suspend a tab when you want it manually. A lightweight extension to reduce chrome's memory footprint. Google recently declared war on the free reign that extensions have had on user data and has a plan for 2021 to force developers to be more transparent by issuing a ‘seal of approval’ for those that follow strict guidelines about how they’re utilizing a user’s data. The concern here is that while this mysterious new owner is just using additional tracking for analytics in the extension, it could potentially be used for malicious intent, especially since it’s using suspicious code from other suspicious extensions. I wonder if the there is a way to recover all of them. He said he suspects the owner intends to wait for the online controversy to die down and then subvert the code through further changes. Hi I accidentally disabled for just a second this extension and lost all my tabs. ![]()
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