Google Chrome could soon banish one of our biggest browser frustrations

Date:
Tue, 21 Mar 2023 17:23:50 +0000

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Fed up with having to mess around with extensions in order to load some websites? Your nightmares may soon be over.

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Googles Chrome browser might soon offer a really smart feature for those who make use of web extensions, namely the ability to turn off all of those add-ons for any given site with just a click.

As a keen-eyed Twitter user tells us (via MS Power User ), Chrome just got this highly convenient extra in the Canary build (earliest testing channel). In Chrome Canary it is now possible to disable all extensions at the same
time with a single click (you have to reload the page for the changes to take effect): https://t.co/W7hLEzNRlqGoogle will soon add a dialog asking you to reload the page for the changes to take effect. pic.twitter.com/F2amW13gKB March 19, 2023 See more

The feature currently consists of a slider to choose whether extensions are allowed or blocked on any specific site. So, with just one click, you can choose to block all extensions, which may allow you to access a troublesome site that wont otherwise load due to one of those add-ons.

Granted, you have to reload the website after choosing to block (or allow) extensions, and Google is apparently going to add a prompt to this effect (theres nothing along these lines yet, so this looks like pretty early
testing still).

That means this functionality could take some time to come through to the release version of Googles browser, but the good news is that at least the ability isnt hidden behind a flag in Canary (which is the case when the groundwork is still being laid for a test feature).

Hopefully, given the usefulness of this change, itll come to the full incarnation of Chrome without too much of a wait. Analysis: Hurry up, Google, and get this feature live

So, whats the big deal here? Well, this is a really convenient touch when you run across problems loading websites due to the extensions you have
installed. It means that in order to access a certain site, rather than
having to go in and disable your pop-up blocker to take a common example of an extension that can cause issues and then reenable it when you finish browsing that site, all you have to do now is click that one button.

Moreover, you can leave that set for the given website so itll work in the future, too, while keeping all your extensions operational elsewhere on the web. Basically, any site you have trouble loading can be given a pass going forward to disable extensions and avoid any headaches.

This feature is also pretty handy in the event that you encounter a gremlin with a website, and have no idea whats causing it. Is it one of your many extensions, perhaps? With this slider, you can just turn them all off in a split-second, reload, and find out if this is the case. Pretty nifty.

Right, Google get on with bringing this one forward to the stable release of Chrome, please. But for now, if you want to use it, youll have to be running the Canary release of the browser (thatll likely have plenty of issues elsewhere, sadly, so only the brave need apply to test it).



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