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Ask HN: What are your favorite browser extensions?
My favorites are Wappalyzer (https://wappalyzer.com/) for peaking under the hood of my favorite sites, and vimium (https://vimium.github.io/) for faster browsing. What are yours?
- slingblade 10y agoPocket Grammarly LightHouse uBlock Origin
- mukeshm 10y ago- Authy - Session buddy - uBlock Origin - Privacy Badger - HTTPS Everywhere - Imagus - Momentum
- tgragnato 10y ago- AdBlock https://getadblock.com https://getadblock.com - Ghostery https://www.ghostery.com https://www.ghostery.com - uBlock Origin https://www.ublock.org https://www.ublock.org - Stylish http://sobolev.us/stylish/ http://sobolev.us/stylish/ - https://userstyles.org https://userstyles.org
- fwn 10y agoA correct URL to ublock Origin is: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/ https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/ The one you posted is an abandoned fork.
- PhantomGremlin 10y agoNoScript. By default I keep JavaScript disabled. Safer browsing, and, as a highly beneficial side effect, very few ads.
- dvko 10y ago- uBlock Origin (cosmetic filtering): https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/ https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/ - uMatrix (host-based filtering): https://github.com/gorhill/umatrix/ https://github.com/gorhill/umatrix/ - HTTPS Everywhere: https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere - Self Destructing Cookies (fine grained cookie control): https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/self-destructing-cookies/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/self-destruct..., the latest Chrome & FF have better settings for this built-in though.
- samblr 10y agoDoes anybody worry about extensions collecting data from your browsing ? Since most do read your website information ?
- jazoom 10y agoI don't worry about it but I don't install one if it requests permissions I don't think it should need.
- AlexAMEEE 10y agoIn my opinion, the best Vim implementation for the browser. I tried many .. but this one is incredible. https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/vimperator/ https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/vimperator/
- auganov 10y agoI'll list ones that haven't been mentioned yet: -Emoji Keyboard (2016) by EmojiOne -ImprovedTube for a default x2 playback on yt -Google translate, lets you select any text and get an instant translation -Octotree, a directory tree for github
- nsarafa 9y agoWow. Octotree is unreal. Thanks for the tip!
- shincert 10y agouBlock Origin Privacy Badger The Great Suspender No History HTTPS Everywhere Refined Wikipedia
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- replax 10y agoTried many extensions for vim-like control of my browser, but pentadactyl is by far the most usable. Even without any customisation, just pressing 's' and instantly being able to search with auto completion ('b' for the same across all open tabs) is incredibly useful. Hopefully it won't be discontinued soon..
- textread 10y ago- Bookmark Search , lets you type 'bm' + <space> and search any of your bookmarks in the omnibar
- md365 10y agoAdblock, similar web, Https everywhere, browsec, pocket, built with, evernote and mailtrack.
- wingerlang 10y agoGoogle Dictionary - Double click any word and it will define or translate it in a popup.
- jones1618 9y agoPostman - Chrome extension for testing Web APIs: GET, PUT, POST, DELETE. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/postman/fhbjgbiflinjbdggehcddcbncdddomop?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/postman/fhbjgbifli...
- nsarafa 9y agoI downloaded the Postman desktop app. Does more, or less the same thing, minus one injected script
- random_moonwalk 9y agoDisclaimer: Currently working at Canary Haz Canary Haz - One-click access to research papers https://canaryhaz.com https://canaryhaz.com
- kirankn 9y agoThe Great Suspender