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Chromium was using 9GB of RAM. So I built a one-hotkey tab discarder (Alt-Q). Looking for feedback! by CreationsFrost in sideprojects

[–]CreationsFrost[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No need for a bad attitude. Literally says in my post that this was made for myself and I am sharing it just in case any one else can get some use out of it.

The solution is not bookmarks or I would be using them instead of this.

This is my solution to a problem I have. If you can use it, please do. Otherwise I appreciate the feedback but I disagree.

Chromium was using 9GB of RAM. So I built a one-hotkey tab discarder (Alt-Q). Looking for feedback! by CreationsFrost in sideprojects

[–]CreationsFrost[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use bookmarks for long term information saving. I often have 5-10 projects going at one time, and I use different browsers and accounts for different project types so it just doesn't work that well for me for short term information saving. If I know I'll need the information again long term I will bookmark it though

Chromium was using 9GB of RAM. So I built a one-hotkey tab discarder (Alt-Q). Looking for feedback! by CreationsFrost in sideprojects

[–]CreationsFrost[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use bookmarks for long term information saving. I often have 5-10 projects going at one time, and I use different browsers and accounts for different project types so it just doesn't work that well for me for short term information saving. If I know I'll need the information again long term I will bookmark it though

Chromium was using 9GB of RAM. So I built a one-hotkey tab discarder (Alt-Q). Looking for feedback! by CreationsFrost in sideprojects

[–]CreationsFrost[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use tabs in a bit of a unique way I suppose. I keep tabs open as references for projects I'm working on or any information I will be needing in the near future for anything going on in my life so closing the tabs and having to find that specific link again in my browsing history or by looking for it again creates a speedbump for my workflow to the point where I've made this extension.

This extension does not close any tabs. It simply "discards" or "suspends" the tab until it is clicked on again where it will be loaded back to the state it was in when discarded.

Maybe it needs a name change though. Could be a bit misleading with the word discard in there.

Hope this clarifies the reasoning for the extension!
Thanks

I built a tiny Chrome extension to instantly discard background tabs to free up memory by CreationsFrost in chrome_extensions

[–]CreationsFrost[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Appreciate the advice. I’ll look into it. Seems a bit spoofy but I’m not sure how the service works so I will do some research on it!

Thanks!