The Great Discarder
Automatically discards unused tabs to free up system resources
What is The Great Discarder?
The Great Discarder is a Chrome extension developed by suspensionlabs, and its main feature is "Automatically discards unused tabs to free up system resources".
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Extension Usage Instructions
Suspend tabs to reduce chrome memory usage. Uses chrome's native tab discarding.
Advantages over The Great Suspender:
- More memory savings
- Compatible with chrome tab syncing
- Super lightweight extension that uses no content scripts or persistent background scripts
Disadvantages over The Great Suspender:
- No visibility on which tabs have been suspended
- Unable to prevent a tab from reloading when it gains focus
Please post all bug reports here: https://github.com/deanoemcke/thegreatdiscarder/issues Extension Basic Information
| Name |  The Great Discarder |
| ID | jlipbpadkjcklpeiajndiijbeieicbdh |
| Official URL | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/jlipbpadkjcklpeiajndiijbeieicbdh |
| Description | Automatically discards unused tabs to free up system resources |
| File Size | 235 KB |
| Installation Count | 35,894 |
| Current Version | 0.1.2 |
| Last Updated | 2017-06-08 |
| Publish Date | 2017-06-08 |
| Rating | 4.27/5 Total 133 Ratings |
| Developer | suspensionlabs |
| Payment Type | free |
| Supported Languages | en |
| manifest.json | |
{
"update_url": "https:\/\/clients2.google.com\/service\/update2\/crx",
"name": "The Great Discarder",
"description": "Automatically discards unused tabs to free up system resources",
"version": "0.1.2",
"permissions": [
"tabs",
"storage",
"unlimitedStorage",
"contextMenus",
"alarms",
"system.memory"
],
"background": {
"scripts": [
"js\/db.js",
"js\/storage.js",
"js\/tabStates.js",
"js\/eventPage.js"
],
"persistent": false
},
"content_scripts": [],
"browser_action": {
"default_title": "The Great Discarder",
"default_icon": "img\/icon19.png",
"default_popup": "html\/popup.html"
},
"options_page": "html\/options.html",
"icons": {
"16": "img\/icon16.png",
"48": "img\/icon48.png",
"128": "img\/icon128.png"
},
"content_security_policy": "script-src 'self' https:\/\/www.google-analytics.com; object-src 'self'",
"incognito": "split",
"manifest_version": 2,
"minimum_chrome_version": "54",
"commands": {
"1-discard-tab": {
"description": "Discard active tab",
"suggested_key": {
"default": "Ctrl+Shift+S"
}
},
"3-discard-active-window": {
"description": "Discard all tabs in active window"
},
"4-reload-active-window": {
"description": "Reload all tabs in active window"
},
"5-discard-all-windows": {
"description": "Discard all tabs in all windows"
},
"6-reload-all-windows": {
"description": "Reload all tabs in all windows"
}
}
} | |
