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Frankydan100

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Just wondering how many other people are using Chrome on their Macs?
Ive been using it for a while now but recently it had been hogging up the cpu quite abit, I just installed an extension though called Flashblock which seems to have made it alot more reliable.
What other extensions do fellow Chrome users use as I know there isnt as many as in Firefox?

Heres mine anyway.


1Password - Version: 3.5.8.30873
Password and identity manager for Mac, Windows, iOS and Android.

Facebook for Google Chrome - Version: 2.0.9
Extension which lets you read your Facebook news feed and wall. You can also post status updates.

Facebook Photo Zoom - Version: 1.1012.12.1
The best way to view photos on Facebook!

FastestChrome - Browse Faster - Version: 4.0.1
Save time and enhance your productivity! Get quick definitions, auto-load next pages, search faster, and more.

FlashBlock - Version: 0.9.31
FlashBlock for Chrome. Block them all, or be selective with the embedded whitelist manager

Hover Zoom - Version: 2.3
Enlarge thumbnails on mouse over. Works on many sites (Facebook, Twitter, Google, Flickr, Reddit, Amazon, etc).

Stop Autoplay for YouTube. - Version: 0.11.2.28
Stops YouTube autoplay but allows pre-buffering.

Turn Off the Lights - Version: 2.0.0.3
The entire page will be fading to dark, so you can watch the video as if you were in the cinema.

Wikipedia Companion - Mini Wiki Browser - Version: 1.7.0
Essential extension for any Wikipedia users. Full-featured: saves your recent wiki lookups, multi-lingual, back/forward and more!
 
I use Chrome now all the time, used to use Firefox and now only rarely use it. My MacBook is pretty old but Chrome seems to hold up just fine. Although, I don't use any extensions to my knowledge. I've only had a couple instances where Chrome seems to be bogged down and I'll force-quit it. I attribute it to having 20+ tabs unused for a few days, only putting the computer to sleep in between.
The past 6 months or so I think Chrome's been great on Mac and PC 🙂
 
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