On: A simple Chrome extension that replaces your New Tab page with a to-do list

[paraschopra]

7.5 mb download for this app. Looks rather heavy to me for a simple app.

[decklin → paraschopra]

I was curious, so I downloaded it and ran unzip -l.

It contains the contents of the .git directory and another copy of the .crx file, inside itself (who knows how many levels this goes down). Actual code (almost entirely jQuery and .psd "source" for the icons) looks to be ~100kb.

Authors, don't do this. git-archive is your friend.

[dannyr → paraschopra]

I know. I wanted to use it but it's just huge. Does the file size have an impact on Chrome's speed even if you are not using the extension?

[pavs → dannyr]

> Does the file size have an impact on Chrome's speed even if you are not using the extension?

No. Unlike Firefox, all extensions and tabs has their own processes. Go to about:memory on chrome too see the processes running