Google Chrome is a great browser, but it gets slower over time. Various extensions can speed up its work. They will be especially useful on slow internet connections . These extensions do not speed up your computer. They change some of the characteristics of the browser that affect the speed of loading pages..
If the browser itself is slow and freezes frequently, it is best to buy more RAM. It is also worth remembering that extensions also consume computer resources, which slows down its performance. Therefore, the first thing to do is clear your cookies and browser history first.
FasterChrome
FasterChrome is an extension that can predict which page a user is going to visit. As a result, it starts loading even before the person clicks on the link. Sounds incredible? This is how it works..
The extension tracks the movement of the cursor in the browser. As soon as the cursor lingers on the link for more than 65 milliseconds, FasterChrome will start preloading the page. The developers have calculated that 65 milliseconds is the limit after which the probability of following a link increases to 50%. And that gives the extension about 300 extra milliseconds to preload. Only HTML is processed to save computing resources and not slow down your internet connection.
As a result, the browser starts to open sites much faster. The human brain perceives actions as instantaneous if they last less than 100 milliseconds. FasterChrome also knows how to detect and not load additional data when the user is about to close the site..
Web Boost
Instead of preloading specific pages, Web Boost uses a different strategy. The extension stores entire blocks of information - elements that are common to multiple pages.
For example, the social media buttons or the Google Adsense code used on many websites are the same. The developers decided that there was no need for the browser to download them again every time. By identifying common blocks of data and storing them, Web Boost dramatically speeds up page loading. This does not degrade the quality of images and videos.
AMP
AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) is a Google project. It was created specifically to speed up the loading of web pages on mobile devices. The AMP for Chrome extension brings this functionality to the desktop version of Google Chrome.
AMP parses and optimizes HTML, JavaScript and CSS pages, and adds them to the Google cache. When you click on a page from Google search results or news, it will open much faster. Some tests by independent developers have shown that using this extension can speed up page loading by 300-400%.
The user can quickly enable and disable AMP by clicking on the blue extension icon. Sites that use this technology will be highlighted in Google search results.
Please note that the extension has not been updated for a long time. But it still works exactly as planned. Developers are now trying to create a standalone AMP browser based on Chromium that not only makes pages load faster, but also reduces the amount of data transferred.
McAfee Web Boost
The most annoying new trend among sites is showing videos without the user's permission. These videos are played automatically as soon as you visit the site. This can slow down the loading of pages and make the browser less comfortable to use.
People find methods to block automatic video playback in Chrome, and site owners figure out how to bypass those methods. This is an eternal struggle. One of the easiest solutions so far is to install the McAfee Web Boost extension . It performs much better than many other competitors.
Shut up
Comments are often a temporary flop that you will inadvertently fall into. You forget that you were looking for some information, and enter into furious correspondence with other users. Shut Up blocks all comments on any site by default.
This is especially true on the websites of major news agencies, YouTube and Twitch, as well as other similar resources. While comments aren't necessarily bad, they are distracting and can negatively affect your mood. The Shut Up extension hides all comments on any web page. Therefore, you will not even be tempted to enter into a skirmish.
If you still want to see comments, you can specify sites on which the extension will not work.
