When comparing Iridium vs Momentum, the Slant community recommends Momentum for most people. In the question“What are the best Chrome add-ons?” Momentum is ranked 19th while Iridium is ranked 37th. The most important reason people chose Momentum is:
Momentum has a different, beautiful background image each day. It displays the time, a welcoming message and a reminder in the middle of the page and hides all other functionality out of focus.
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Pros
Pro The developer particlecore is a respected github open source programmer and he presents all the functionality for free
Keeps up with updating bugs regularly. Always comments on 'issues' on git.
Pro Lightweight youtube.com enhancer and user experience editor
It does not overwhelm you with too many options, so you do not have difficulty choosing or having to try loads of different setups to get it just right. However the most important features are there.
Pro The extensions from the chrome store is also available on firefox & waterfox
If using a script manager it is usable across a whole range of browsers. There is a free script available to be used in browser script managers like ''Tampermonkey" which includes all functions of the addon through the script injections.
Pro Beautiful design
Momentum has a different, beautiful background image each day. It displays the time, a welcoming message and a reminder in the middle of the page and hides all other functionality out of focus.
Pro Provides with weather information
Current temperature and weather conditions are shown in the top-right corner.
Pro Built-in to-do list
Momentum has a simple to-do list that can be accessed from the bottom-right corner of the page.
Pro Reminds of the day's goal
Momentum asks the user what's the focus of the day and then shows that information is each time a new tab is opened.
Pro Inspirational quote
Momentum shows you a new inspirational quote, once a day.
Pro Displays bookmarks nicely
It shows your bookmarks and most frecent sites in a really nice way
Cons
Con Iridium is currently on hold
The current build includes a bug which seems to break youtube functionality. However after a bit of searching, a solution can be found. Posted here to help others who might be debugging all their extensions for youtube not loading videos.
The solution for many seems to be to keep the autoplay function within Iridium settings ON.
Now your videos will most likely load and play again like they should.
Con Some basic features not free
It costs to use features like changing the background manually.
Con Can't add bookmarks
You can't add bookmarks to it
Con Can't be customized
There are no customization options. Existing items can't be turned off.
Con 4K images not available
When accessed from a 4K display, the images will be bad quality.