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Bring some ‘life’ back to your neglected browser tabs.

Developer Charlie Gerard has released a fun Chrome extension that makes digital plants grow over your tabs when you’re not actively looking at them, at a timescale of your choosing. Once a page is more than 5 percent overgrown, you can’t click, select, or drag anything until you clear the vines.

A screenshot of the Overgrown chrome extension.
The extension is called “Overgrown,” and lets you clear the vines by using your mouse as a rusty machete, chainsaw, or flamethrower.
Image: Charlie Gerard
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