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Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?

I've had uBlock Origin and NoScript installed faithfully for the past few years at least... Kind of annoying having to whitelist every website I visit on NoScript these days but worth it imho. Just curious if there are any others out there I should check out.

lewisjoe 5y ago
https://closetab.email https://closetab.email - delivers a digest of your bookmarks to your inbox every monday. Helps me defer content from HN turning into a bunch of unclosed tabs in my browser.
lanamo 5y ago
Dynamo for Safari - slows down videos and lets you skip adds. https://dynamoformac.com https://dynamoformac.com Also: Dark Reader https://darkreader.org/safari/ https://darkreader.org/safari/
aikinai 5y ago
For iOS Safari (both iPad and iPhone) I recently found StopTheMadness which is amazing. It’s. grabbag of great features and make iOS browsing more like a desktop. Let you get the context menu for any image, show native video controls, stop sites from blocking right click or paste, etc.
abrowne 5y ago
Stylus!
nikivi 5y ago
https://github.com/televator-apps/vimari https://github.com/televator-apps/vimari, https://giorgiocalderolla.com/wipr.html https://giorgiocalderolla.com/wipr.html and https://github.com/shumbo/Svadilfari https://github.com/shumbo/Svadilfari (on iOS)
nathias 5y ago
Enhanced Firefox UX: - Vimium - Tree Style Tab - Dark Reader - Last Pass - Bypass Pywalls - Sponsor Block Privacy: - Ublock Origin - Privacy Badger Dev: - Wappalyzer - What Font - WAVE Web3: - Metamask - Phantom (adding more) Other: - Scrobbler for last.fm
aigo 5y ago
The web is now completely unusable without uBlock Origin and I Don't Care About Cookies. I honestly don't know how people go about their day without these things, especially on mobile.
Helmut10001 5y ago
I don't Care About Cookies and Privacy Redirect, ideally with a self hosted Invidious instance (and Nitter etc.).
Havelock 5y ago
- uBlock Origin - tabmanager.io - React Developer Tools
johnxie 5y ago
uBlock Origin, Stylus, and Dark Reader.
pjmlp 5y ago
None, I don't use any extensions.
nathanaldensr 5y ago
I stopped using NoScript because the micromanagement of domain names simply took too much time. I rely on Pi-hole to fill that gap somewhat. To answer your question (Firefox on desktop and mobile): - uBlock Origin - Privacy Badger - HTTPS Everywhere - Enhancer for YouTube - Multi-account Containers - Owl
- TomDavey 5y ago
  Also on Firefox. It appears that I'm not as privacy/security conscious as are most in this thread, but I heartily second HTTPS Everywhere. However, the single Firefox extension that's indispensable to me is Tree Style Tabs. See: https://github.com/piroor/treestyletab https://github.com/piroor/treestyletab. Is it possible (for a Web page hoarder like me) to organize and access 500+ tabs across seven Firefox windows? You betcha it is, with Tree Style Tabs.
  - syntheticnature 5y ago
    I've played with Tree Style Tabs, but it seems like there's some configuration required for the optimal result. So I ask: have you done any configuration changes to it?
    - gammarays_ 5y ago
      Also a TST user. It take some getting used to, I don't think I'll ever go back to using horizontal tabs. It is very much functional out-of-the box and it comes with a lot of preferences to choose from. However for a cleaner interface you'll have to customize your UserChrome.css. This is what I'm using right now - https://pastebin.com/bKHM8hp9 https://pastebin.com/bKHM8hp9
    - lordnacho 5y ago
      I edited userStyles.css to remove the browser tabs from the top of the browser so that only the tst tabs are visible, plus in the tst preferences I added some css to highlight certain tabs such as email and slack. I also added some styles for suspended tabs and removed the a scrollbars.
ackatz 5y ago
I use Safari with Adguard and 1Password. After using Bitwarden for about 2 years, I recently switched to 1Password and it blows Bitwarden out of the water. Far more efficient and easier to use. A bit more expensive though.
dktoao 5y ago
I like markdown here. Allows you to format you emails ( and other stuff ?? ) with markdown
tehnub 5y ago
- uBlock Origin for FF and Chrome. For Safari (on both macOS and iOS) I use wipr. - Dark Reader
- acheron 5y ago
  + to Dark Reader. Can’t stand most websites without it. Not sure how we switched from a dark screen to wanting everybody to stare into a bright lightbulb all day, but I’m glad things are finally going back.
  - jrockway 5y ago
    I was kind of forced into the Dark Reader way of life and I love it. I got a monitor with Adobe RGB color gamut. I have no use for this, and the OS doesn't understand it, so by default all colors are wrong. I know it's wrong and it makes me mad. So I put the monitor into sRGB mode. But in that mode, you can't adjust the brightness and so things are way too bright. I use dark mode for everything, though, so it's not too bad. The improved contrast ratio is actually excellent, and I much prefer a too-bright monitor in dark mode to a dim monitor in either bright or dark mode. Dark Reader was the missing link for web designers that won't make a dark mode. Honestly, in a lot of cases it does a nicer job than the designer, so for a few sites I opt out of dark mode and let Dark Reader do it for me. HN is one of the hardest sites to get right, however. It seems to change every version. My current configuration is: Dynamic, Contrast +20, Grayscale +100. I lose my topcolor, but everything else looks good. (This changed with a recent Dark Reader update. I had everything perfect, but the algorithm changed, and so I compromised on this. A few weeks in, and HN looks normal to me. If I saw the unmodified page, I don't think I'd know which site I was on!)
- hawski 5y ago
  Good thing about Dark Reader is, that it is available for Firefox for Android.
nichos 5y ago
I can't live without this one: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/i-dont-care-about-cookies/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/i-dont-care-a... Blocks the "consent to cookies" modal sites are required to have thanks to some terrible legislation.
- enriquto 5y ago
  Nice extension. But I'd say that the legislation is alright, it's these sites that are terrible. They put these modals because they want to.
  - deleted 5y ago
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  - DocTomoe 5y ago
    The legislation has the right heart, but its wording is problematic and leaves up too much on interpretation, so most sites who technically wouldn't need it just default to a cookie banner to be 'on the safe side'. Combine that with the zealots (I've had an user complain about the absence of a cookie banner on a site that clearly did not need one), them potentially becoming a lawsuit initiator, and you got the mess you have now. Writing good laws without unintended consequences is hard.
    - taxyz23 5y ago
      And sometimes impossible so in many instances better not to legislate at all and let people work out their issues without the big clumsy hand of government.
    - enriquto 5y ago
      Yes. Moreover this law, while good intentioned, seems like a somewhat misplaced effort against tracking. Cookie tracking is easy to disable and not really worrysome. The elephant on the room is google play services tracking all android users with no way to disable it. Now, that should be forbidden by law.
holonomically 5y ago
Vimium.
spindle 5y ago
I use a browser/OS combo that makes it very difficult to use any add-ons except for a DNS-based adblocker, and the only thing I miss is a password-filler-inner.
dartharva 5y ago
Bypass paywalls clean Ublock origin Decentraleyes Bitwarden Also, turn on the privacy.resistFingerprinting flag in Firefox about:config.
- invokestatic 5y ago
  resistFingerprinting has kind of a nasty side effect of making every website think you are in UTC. I put up with it, but I’m sure others may find it annoying.
  - treenurse 5y ago
    Ah, this explains why Uber Eats gives me ETA in UTC...
- invalidname 5y ago
  Bypass paywalls clean seems really nice. Thanks!
karaterobot 5y ago
Sponsorblock for Youtube: users mark segments of videos that have sponsored content, and the extension skips over them. It also skips past introductions and interaction reminders.
- PikachuEXE 5y ago
  For desktop users I suggestion trying FreeTube which also has this feature https://freetubeapp.io/#download https://freetubeapp.io/#download
- prohobo 5y ago
  I kind of object to this because it's directly messing with creators' efforts. Obviously I'm not telling people not to use it, but I think it's worth thinking about the channels/creators you enjoy - especially if they've been demonetized by Youtube.
  - Glench 5y ago
    The extension actually lets you customize the behavior based on the type of video segment. In your case you could configure it to not skip sponsored segments but skip other segments e.g. the non-music parts of music videos.
  - wildbook 5y ago
    I'm actually curious about this since I've never uploaded to youtube myself. Do the creators get statistics on segments that are commonly skipped, or is all information like that hidden?
    - prohobo 5y ago
      They know which parts people skip, the analytics is quite granular and viewable in their dashboards.
  - activitypea 5y ago
    Youtube already has ads. Yes, Youtube's revenue model is atrocious for creators, but running your own ads on top of their ads is really not the solution. LinusTechTips is the most egregious example of that. After sitting through two Youtube ads, I have to look at their preroll and postroll for sponsorships, as well as a midroll for another sponsor or their merch store. It just gets tiring after a while. I can't imagine how people who pay for Youtube Premium must feel.
decrypt 5y ago
Dark Reader, 1Password, uBlock Origin, Stylus, SpeedUp, CSS Scan, Privacy Redirect, DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials. These are must-use for me, both in terms of personal life and work.
whitepoplar 5y ago
Vimium! (x1000)
keithnz 5y ago
Vimium, uBlock Origin, Violent Monkey
rohfle 5y ago
uBlacklist by iorate (Firefox / Chrome) - hides google / ddg search results from unwanted domains (medium and pinterest) and highlights others (wikipedia and github)
- AHASIC 5y ago
  thank god, finally a way to block codegrepper from my searches. fuck that site
enriquto 5y ago
If you are not into whitelisting you'll hate uMatrix. But uMatrix is great.
- npteljes 5y ago
  uMatrix is also deprecated. https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uMatrix-issues/issues/291#issuecomment-694988696 https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uMatrix-issues/issues/291#is...
  - enriquto 5y ago
    This is really sad. I hope somebody will take on its development!
    - SAI_Peregrinus 5y ago
      uBlock Origin's advanced user mode does the same thing. Sometimes a bit more complicated (have to also add block rules), but I can see why he deprecated it. Why maintain two extensions that end up doing the same thing?
treenurse 5y ago
I only use extensions with low permissions: * Twitter to Nitter https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/nitter-redirect/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/nitter-redire... * Remove YouTube Suggestions https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/remove-youtube-s-suggestions/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/remove-youtub... * Reddit to Teddit https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/reddit-to-teddit-redirect/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/reddit-to-ted... I enable: * strict tracking protection * privacy.resistFingerprinting * First party isolation I'm considering using libreJS.
- ajot 5y ago
  You could replace two of those extensions with Redirector: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/redirector/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/redirector/
  - treenurse 5y ago
    That extension requires permission "Access your data for all websites". I prefer to avoid granting that permission.
detaro 5y ago
not mentioned yet: Switch to audible tab - button that jumps through all the tabs that are currently playing audio (optionally also through tabs you have muted). Very helpful for either a) finding the tab with the conf call again or b) quickly finding whatever suddenly makes noise
rektide 5y ago
Unmentioned so far: * Form History Control (rip Lazarus Forms Recovery, Seth plz come back & open source it). https://stephanmahieu.github.io/fhc-home/Manual/manual/ https://stephanmahieu.github.io/fhc-home/Manual/manual/ * Multi-Account Containers in Firefox. Absolutely critical to mixing work/personal computing. I used to use profiles to split stuff up but harder to maintain. (oops already mentioned) * React Developer Tools. Apollo Developer Tools. Instrumental to my development work. * ViolentMonkey. Before Chrome finally blows up freedom & expression on the web: ViolentMonkey is a pretty good userscripting tool. https://violentmonkey.github.io/ https://violentmonkey.github.io/ * Open in Sci-hub. I came very close to weaping out loud when I found that these papers I have forever clicked on & wanted are easily within reach. I now have access to humankind's wisdom. https://roiarthurb.github.io/Side-Auto_Sci-Hub/ https://roiarthurb.github.io/Side-Auto_Sci-Hub/ * Hypothesis. The greatest most pro-web tool humanity has ever imagined, by orders of magnitude. https://web.hypothes.is/start/ https://web.hypothes.is/start/ * Web Scrobbler. I love knowing what I listened to. Works great with usual suspects. So so results with individual online fm radio stations. https://web-scrobbler.com/ https://web-scrobbler.com/ I really want to get good at a vim<->browser extension. Ideally just using a real vim session. I use Dark Reader all the time & it's amazing, just fantastic. I want a replacement for Share-a-holic that I trust, that let's me bookmark/send-to across multiple services (pocket, pinboard primarily); I don't trust share-a-holic. "Switch to audible tab" is useful in critical moments, which thankfully are not often. Extensions I'd like to find & get good at: semantic web extractors/breadcrumbers.
neilparikh 5y ago
Unpinterested makes google image search a lot more usable, to the point that I get frustrated whenever I use image search on my phone now.
riffraff 5y ago
Calm Twitter: it hides the number of likes and the trending stuff. This greatly reduces the urge to get into Twitter arguments, and the aggravation the site induces, making it a pleasant pastime rather than a hate-inducing machine.
buro9 5y ago
NoScript
AHASIC 5y ago
Chrome extensions i use: adblock plus, google dictionary (just highlight a word and it will define it, or if it isn't an english word it will translate it to english), poper blocker, grammarly, "I don't care about cookies".
- _smky 5y ago
  > adblock plus i would suggest replacing that one with ublock origin since ABP has a very shady business model that directly interferes with their adblocking
julienpalard 5y ago
I also use Pricacy Badger from the EFF.
abhayhegde 5y ago
Vimium, uBlock Origin, Twitter to Nitter
dnautics 5y ago
I use cultivate to know country of origin on products I buy, though I am open to better alternatives, if someone knows one
- mrweasel 5y ago
  Is there a solution of other countries? Cultivate seems to focus on "Made in the US", which is great if you're in the US, but if you're in Europe you might prefer stuff made closer to you.
  - dnautics 5y ago
    exactly (though it does provide general COA) it would be nice for it to be more agnostic
magarnicle 5y ago
OneTab. Good for saving tabs, but equally handy for opening a whole bunch of URLs at once.
thmt 5y ago
Video Speed Controller lets you speed up any HTML5 video. No more sitting through videos at 1x speed! Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-speed-controller/nffaoalbilbmmfgbnbgppjihopabppdk https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-speed-contro... Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/videospeed/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/videospeed/ Even for a site like YouTube that has built-in speed control settings, it's still useful since (1) you can make the speed exceed 2x and (2) you can use keyboard shortcuts to tune the speed easily.
- Cilvic 5y ago
  Video Speed Controller was an absolute revolution for me. No more switching tabs because the video is too slow.
- weedfroglozenge 5y ago
  Wow thanks! This is exactly what I need thanks to constant phone notifications which have reduced my attention span to.... that of something with a small attention span!
- mike_d 5y ago
  This extension is amazing if you have to do mandatory training videos at work and they speak at a snails pace.
  - lpapez 5y ago
    Multiple tabs of videos playing on 4x speed. We did speedrunning contests on these mandatory training videos in my previous company. Good times.
- GoblinSlayer 5y ago
  Can I now has 4x speedup for meetings?
  - petargyurov 5y ago
    Sure. You now have time for 4x more meetings! Enjoy!
yoaviram 5y ago
Opt-out - Send GDPR / CCPA data deletion or access requests to the website you visit. Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/opt-out-send-gdpr-and-ccp/dedldhojjkgbejnmmfpmbnbihmmpfbpd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/opt-out-send-gdpr-... Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/android/addon/opt-out/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/android/addon/opt-out/ Disclosure: I'm one of the creators.
kome 5y ago
I will write about Firefox extensions. Firefox is the only browser with some privacy potential. Chrome and Brave are spyware. * privacy / ads block: - uBlock Origin - Decentraleyes (against "free", centralized, content delivery): https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/decentraleyes/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/decentraleyes... - Disable-javascript (a simple javascript switch) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disable-javascript/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disable-javas... - Twitter (and Facebook) containers https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/twitter-container/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/twitter-conta... * bookmarking / organization: - Tab Session Manager https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-session-manager/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-session-m... (to save sessions) - Stringmark https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/stringmark-highlight-for-later/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/stringmark-hi... (simple bookmark manager, locally stored, that also save snipped of texts and with possibilities of creating separate lists, perfect for academic research) * to improve navigation - SponsorBlock https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sponsorblock/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sponsorblock/ (it help skipping annoying youtube content within popular videos)
- Lordarminius 5y ago
  > ...Chrome and Brave are spyware. I understand Chrome, but Brave ? Care to expatiate ?
  - kome 5y ago
    https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/brave.html https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/brave.html
raffraffraff 5y ago
I stopped trying to whitelist sites. Now I just use cookie autodelete and container tabs. Full list: - Joplin web clipper - BitWarden - Firefox containers - Containerise (choose tab container based on domain name or url regex) - Cookie autodelete (in case I ever accidentally log into something in the wrong container, this cleans it up) I also modify the search bar so it only suggests locations from my bookmarks, and I use separate bookmarks for each account, eg: - gmail [user@gmail.com] - gmail [other@work.com] - aws console [prod@work] - aws console [me@personal] - github [work] - github [personal] I type "gmail work", hit return and Firefox opens it in the correct container tab, already logged in. (Honestly, who uses bookmarks any more? They just turn into a bloated to-do list, hundreds of links you'll forget about until one day you try them and the domain no longer exists) Make Google results suck less with Greasemonkey and a script that blocks junk domains (I maintain my own block list). And I have a junk Google account just for random searches etc, and I leave that logged into the "default" container tab, so I'm not plagued by Google cookie / T&C pop-ups. Other Greasemonkey scripts, eg: make Reddit suck less by using old.reddit.com. I also log into Firefox and sync this stuff across all of my browsers. Unfortunately the setting per addon do not sync so I always export text configs to a Syncthing directory any time I make a change (eg: update containerise rules, blocklists, cookie autodelete settings)
- SahAssar 5y ago
  > Honestly, who uses bookmarks any more? They just turn into a bloated to-do list, hundreds of links you'll forget about until one day you try them and the domain no longer exists Use a service like pinboard and they instead turn into a searchable archive of things you like, archived so that they don't disappear/change. Sorta like a curated personal search engine.
  - ad404b8a372f2b9 5y ago
    I've always thought it a shame how primitive the history and bookmarks are in Firefox. They don't seem to have evolved at all in 20 years apart from the ability to sync them across devices.
sergiotapia 5y ago
Bitwarden - for passwords Brave - for adblock built in Sponsorblock - to cull all the youtube bullshit Imagus - to hover over images and see the content without having to open a new tab old reddit redirect - for the occasional google result that takes you to reddit reddit enhancement suite - to remove all custom css from old reddit
Cilvic 5y ago
If you are on gmail and want to learn more shortcuts try: https://github.com/janmechtel/shortcutsensei https://github.com/janmechtel/shortcutsensei
rado 5y ago
Hush for Safari (block cookie notices)
- cromka 5y ago
  Let me quote one of the comments in App Store: "It’s not clear what this does “ Now browsing without the…”. Without what? The app gives me one sentence of explanation, but it doesn’t fit on the screen. Why would I need to know what it does? I mean, does it say “ok” and accept the cookies on every page? How would I know?"
  - cromka 5y ago
    It's finally explained in FAQ on GitHub: https://github.com/oblador/hush#faq https://github.com/oblador/hush#faq
pvsukale3 5y ago
I recently built a browser extension and a web app to keep track of job applications. - With the browser extension (for Chrome and Firefox) you can add jobs from any website with a single click and that job will show up on your special Kanban board. - On the board you can add more information and keep track of your application through all the phases. You also get weekly reports with your progress. If you are looking for a job give it a try :) Link: https://profilehunt.net/job-application-tracker-web-extension https://profilehunt.net/job-application-tracker-web-extensio...
Jedd 5y ago
I have accumulated perhaps more than is healthy. Some that didn't appear on this page (yet) are: octotree - intercepts github (and ostensibly other repo site) pages and gives you a browseable file manager pop-out on the left. Once used, it's hard to live without. behind the overlay - lets you hide (most) popups and overlays with ctrl-shift-x, which regrettably quickly becomes an instinctive reaction jira assistant - nifty, if you spend a fair bit of time in jira tabs outliner - can be handy for recovering large bits of your (crashed) browser history, though I find ctrl-shift-T gets me most of the way there these days.
- spiralx 5y ago
  +1 for Octotree and Tabs Outliner from me.
- NylaTheWolf 5y ago
  I've been trying out Tabs Outliner. It seems exactly like something I'd need, and even works for Vivaldi, but it's a bit overwhelming haha. It's also a shame that the dev disappeared and there's no Firefox extension
  - Jedd 5y ago
    Over the past half dozen years I've found the developer fairly responsive, but we're in a catch-22 situation. My interest (I want to delete the several hundreds of 'pages' of previous tab details in my history before I'd consider this something I'd pay for) and the developers interest (this is too hard to do for a non-paying customer) have been at odds.
    - NylaTheWolf 5y ago
      Wait, they have? They haven't responded too any issues posted recently, and I heard from the guy who recommended this extension that you can't even pay for the premium anymore.
- Nezteb 5y ago
  I used Octotree for a long time but switched to https://github.com/EnixCoda/Gitako https://github.com/EnixCoda/Gitako because it’s open-source.
laxmena 5y ago
Toby - Bookmark and organize browser tabs Pocket/Instapaper - To save articles for offline use Video Speed Controller - Play videos at faster playback speed, time is precious Send to Kindle - To send articles to Kindle
kartoshechka 5y ago
uBlock - ad blocking Bitwarden - password manager Sidebery - a bit nicer Tree Style Tabs Tridactyl - vim shortcuts Tab Session Manager - manage multiple sessions of windows and tabs. Back in university I used it to have many "sessions" attached to assignments I'd been doing. Currently I have "work", "leisure" and "hobby" sessions with a bunch of various project sessions hopefully I'm gonna pick up someday :)
- OJFord 5y ago
  I use Sidebery for something like 'session' management - except all in one window: panels mapped to containers, and container per 'work'/'hobby'/etc.
Quodly 5y ago
hacker news enhancement suite
indianmouse 5y ago
- uBlock Origin - Bitwarden - Imagus - Session Buddy - Save Page WE - Unpaywall - Bypass paywall clean - CrxMouse Gestures - Ghostery - Firefox Containers These are across browsers (Firfox/Chrome and Opera) Occasionally use Brave for some casual browsing.
userhacker 5y ago
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/text-to-speech/bkjmiikejlljjmcmennfomjofojigefe https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/text-to-speech/bkj... has a nice text to speech software, something like what the edge browser has
tgv 5y ago
Another unmentioned one that's handy for web development: Offline QR Code Generator (for Firefox; probably there is one for Chromium as well). It shows a popup with the QR code for current URL, which makes it easy to test the same page on a mobile device.
- sofixa 5y ago
  I think Chrome(probably Chromium as well) do that natively, i've seen a menu option to show a QR code for the current page.
  - tgv 5y ago
    I've never seen it in Chromium (on macos); I don't use Chrome.
    - gadders 5y ago
      Not sure about Chrome/Chromium but Edge has it.
- koyote 5y ago
  Firefox has a 'send tab to device' feature if you are signed in. Really useful!
  - tgv 5y ago
    I'm no fan of Firefox' accounts, so I can't use this, but the extension also allows me to open a website in e.g. Edge Beta on Android.
kzrdude 5y ago
AutoTabDiscard, to save memory on many open tabs. (Firefox addon)
- mkl 5y ago
  It's good, but unfortunately it can only prevent a URL being suspended for the current session, not whitelist it forever like The Marvellous Suspender (Chrome). This is really annoying when working through an infinite-scroll page like a YouTube channel, which loses its place when it gets suspended.
  - Cyphase 5y ago
    In case you didn't know, and for anyone else, Auto Tab Discard has a permanent whitelist. There's a menu option to add a domain to the whitelist, and you can also add regular expressions. It's also on the preferences page of course.
    - mkl 5y ago
      > add a domain to the whitelist That's the problem though. I want to whitelist single URLs for particular YouTube channel video lists, not the whole of YouTube.
      - Cyphase 5y ago
        I understand. I also mentioned regular expressions. It's not as convenient as a menu option, but it's not too difficult and it works. For instance, you can add this rule to the whitelist to not discard any YouTube channel video lists: re:https://www.youtube.com/.*/videos https://www.youtube.com/.*/videos You said particular YouTube channels, so in that case you can just put the full URL for those channels, e.g. re:https://www.youtube.com/channel/SomeChannelABC123/videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/SomeChannelABC123/videos
vanviegen 5y ago
- Bitwarden - uBlock origin - Enhancer for Youtube - Joplin Web Clipper - Vimium, but I've configured it to disable vim key bindings, and just use ctrl-space (or ctrl-b for new window) to open a link or focus an input. Here's my Custom key mapping: unmapAll map <c-space> LinkHints.activateMode map <c-b> LinkHints.activateModeToOpenInNewTab
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khaled_ismaeel 5y ago
I'm surprised none of the top comments mention adblock; most of the article websites I visit (accessed through HN) would not be navigable without an ad blocker.
- hawski 5y ago
  Because the top text already mentioned uBlock Origin.
throwaway81523 5y ago
At the moment, just ublock origin. I think of writing a few special ones of my own, or mayb extending ublock origin. I haven't felt a need for any of the others mentioned here so far. This is in Firefox. I really just hate the web though. I have a few frequently used sites that ublock can't clean up enough, so I read those through special proxies that strip out pretty much everything.
taxyz23 5y ago
On Firefox for Keyboarders: Fast Tab Switcher little used but absolute best Firefox extension for navigating tabs. It shows all tabs for all windows in one drop down accessible by a keyboard shortcut (I use ctrl-q in windows) Tabs are filtered as you type.Tabs can be quickly closed by ctrl-del in drop-down. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fast-tab-switcher/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fast-tab-swit... Vimium-FF Must have for keyboard navigation. Hit escape key and every link on page is navigable by a key sequence. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/vimium-ff/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/vimium-ff/ Web Search Navigator. Easy keyboard navigation of search results. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/web-search-navigator/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/web-search-na...
hawski 5y ago
Simple Tab Groups - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/simple-tab-groups/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/simple-tab-gr... It is what Firefox Tab Group / Panorama should always had been. It makes tab groups backup periodically so you will not loose them. I used this once to move tabs to a different computer, but it's good to know it's there. It also integrates with Tab Containers if you want it.
Jaruzel 5y ago
My de-facto set of extensions: - uBlock Origin - Cookie AutoDelete - "I Don't Care About Cookies" (It auto-OKs cookie consent banners) - Archive.org's Wayback Machine (A must have in this era of link rot) Optional: - Tablist (easily lets me copy out all the URLs of open tabs for 'later') - User Agent Switcher (Needed less these days, but useful for exploring the DOM of mobile versions of sites) Additionally, I have written a launcher for Chrome that creates shortcuts for Chrome with the --user-data-dir parameter[1] to enable me to have 100% isolated browser identities. I create and tear these down on regular basis. I started doing this, when I realised that multiple Incognito mode sessions running simultaneously actually share the same cookies and local storage. --- [1] https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/HEAD/docs/user_data_dir.md https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/HEAD/docs/u...
- ajvs 5y ago
  Your custom launcher is basically the manual version of using Multi-Account Containers and Temporary Containers for Firefox by the way.
  - selfhoster11 5y ago
    They do not cover the same use case. If you have 80 tabs each for 3 different topics, you end up managing 240 tabs. It's sometimes more manageable to split this off into entirely different browser profiles (or browsers, even).
    - abstract_put 5y ago
      > If you have 80 tabs each for 3 different topics, you end up managing 210 tabs Is this a typo (80 x 3 = 240), or are you suggesting 30 tabs are deduplicated in some capacity?
      - selfhoster11 5y ago
        It was a typo, thanks for pointing it out
avtolik 5y ago
I use a fairly standard suite of addons for Firefox, mainly for privacy and tab management: NoScript, uBlock Origin, Multi-Account Containers, Skip Redirect, Neat URL, Tabhunter, MoveTab, Foxy Gestures, Stylus
knbknb 5y ago
Edgar Dijkstra's 1988 Paper "On the Cruelty of Really Teaching Computer Science" It's just a paper, but still I'd recommend it, because it was highly influential. It was indeed so influential that it has its own Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Cruelty_of_Really_Teaching_Computer_Science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Cruelty_of_Really_Teach... In the paper he argues that - the computer industy has been progressing with exponential growth 1948-1988, - will continue to do so for decades (he was right in that) - this rate of progress is unprecedented, and the human brain is unfit to deal with such growth, thus - the only way to deal with such enormous mount of power is: Mathematics, because proofs are rigorous. (I'm simplifying a bit here.)
- m4lvin 5y ago
  Okay, but how do I get Edsger(!) Dijkstra as a Firefox add-on? ;-)
- ronyfadel 5y ago
  wrong thread?
pmlnr 5y ago
* ublock origin - doesn't need introduction * forget me not - cleans cookies * stylus - some sites are too bright * clearURLs - remove tracking from urls * I don't care about cookies - also gets rid a lot of popup annoyances * skip redirect - avoid going through 3rd party to get to a link * redirector - redirect sites to nitter, teddit, bibliogram, etc I also use firefox containers.
- _smky 5y ago
  > redirector seems to be out of date. a more up to date version would be "privacy redirect".
  - pmlnr 5y ago
    No, those two are not the same thing. Redirector can redirect anything based on regex, privacy redirect is for fixed services at the moment.
ioulian 5y ago
* SponsorBlock for YouTube - Skip Sponsorships
jcun4128 5y ago
Every time I setup a new computer/OS I always put Ublock and adblock plus (yes I use both) Also have my own extensions, in particular one that dumps all the active tab titles with urls for future lookup and a YT one that hides the homepage crap so I don't get distracted whenever I go on there to do something.
- gorhill 5y ago
  Using another ad blocker along uBO leads to worse results than using uBO alone, I keep warning people about this, see <https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/1033706103782170625 https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/1033706103782170625>.
  - jcun4128 5y ago
    My experience has been fine, is possible memory performance the main concern? I have been pretty happy with the ad blocking performance itself, seems to be working right. edit: I did check out your GitHub I see now why what you're saying has weight, okay I will go with just UBO.
squarefoot 5y ago
My list: The essential one: Ublock Origin of course; surfing the web without it is next to impossible today. -A bit less essential but very helpful: HTTPS Everywhere: forces the browser to connect to secure pages anyway. Privacy Badger: by the EFF. Blocks trackers. uMatrix: NoScript on steroids. Allows to turn off parts of the web page with deep granularity (filter by domain and type of data). Needs "training", not for new users, don't install on granma's PC. Duck Duck Go Privacy Essentials: Blocks trackers and other things. -Then among the useful albeit not essential: DownThemAll: to quickly download files (docs, images, pdfs etc) from sites. FeedBro: Feed reader. Featureful RSS, Atom, RDF Reader. Nitter Redirect: Redirects automatically Twitter links to Nitter, a Twitter front end that respects the users privacy. Redirect AMP to HTML: Redirects Google AMP pages to their original ones. Bypass Paywalls: to bypass many news sites paywalls. StartPage.com: Redirects searches to StartPage.com, which essentially is to Google what DuckDuckGo is to Bing. Livemarks: Restores RSS live bookmark support on Firefox after it was removed from Mozilla. Search By Image: a reverse image search addon which supports various search engines.
- ajvs 5y ago
  Privacy Badger is unnecessary, it's a worse version of uBlock. Also HTTPS Everywhere can be replaced with the Force HTTPS option natively implemented in Firefox.
  - AkshitGarg 5y ago
    Not only firefox, but edge, chrome and safari too. EFF is deprecating HTTPS everywhere. See https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/https-actually-everywhere https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/https-actually-everywh...
    - squarefoot 5y ago
      Thanks to both of you, too late to edit the post unfortunately.
- ragnese 5y ago
  I'm going to cry bitter tears when uMatrix eventually stops working on newer versions.
000000 5y ago
My list: - uBlock Origin - Bitwarden - Never-Consent - Decentraleyes - Privacy Badger - HTTPS Everywhere - clearURLs - Enhancer for YouTube - Twitter to Nitter
lemonade5117 5y ago
I think OP is asking for privacy related extensions but here’s a fun one that I use: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nicolas-cage/fjgbnnhgejbfgfbofeohlffjlpceejlm?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nicolas-cage/fjgbn... It replaces every instance of “god” on your current web page with “Nicolas Cage.” Gets me every time.
- jasonpeacock 5y ago
  Because there's no way that could ever go wrong... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28869819 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28869819
- superleo2020 5y ago
  I don't understand this. Why would you replace Nicolas Cage with Nicolas Cage?
  - robotmay 5y ago
    Sounds like the plot for Face/Off sequel where Nicolas Cage swaps his face with himself, Nicolas Cage.
- SamuelAdams 5y ago
  Reminds me of cloud to butt. https://github.com/panicsteve/cloud-to-butt https://github.com/panicsteve/cloud-to-butt
  - benttoothpaste 5y ago
    I don’t understand this. Why would you replace butt with butt?
jacek 5y ago
These are not that well known, but I highly recommend them (Firefox): * Bypass Paywalls Clean - the name says it all - https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clea... * Web Archives - easy access to cached websites, also useful for paywalls and sites heavy in JS - https://github.com/dessant/web-archives https://github.com/dessant/web-archives * Vimium - use keyboard for browsing - https://github.com/philc/vimium https://github.com/philc/vimium * SponsorBlock for YouTube - skip in-video ads - https://sponsor.ajay.app/ https://sponsor.ajay.app/ * Old Reddit Redirect - use old reddit design - https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect * Reddit Enhancement Suite - https://redditenhancementsuite.com/ https://redditenhancementsuite.com/
- aigo 5y ago
  How does 'bypass paywalls clean' differ from the 'original' one by github.com/iamadamdev?
cheeaun 5y ago
Don't see this mentioned here but recently I've been using this a lot: Kill-Sticky - Remove all elements with fixed or sticky positions https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kill-sticky/lekjlgffkaencjnlcmbgibodhechofdb https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kill-sticky/lekjlg...
habibur 5y ago
- Javascript switcher - YouTube in-video ad remover I have only the above two active.
- kulikalov 5y ago
  Why not just pay a few bucks for YouTube premium to get rid of the ad? I’m not judging, just genuinely curious. I’m hesitant to invest in YouTube ads for my project, because I assume that majority of high worth customers pay for the premium and would not see my ads.
james-redwood 5y ago
I'm surprised no one here has mentioned OneTab https://www.one-tab.com/ https://www.one-tab.com/ With a click of a button, it throws all of your current tabs open into a single page (via hyperlinks), from which you have a lot of capability on what to do with them (open, open selected, bookmark, delete, etc)
- ihateolives 5y ago
  Does it survive browser closing and reopening?
  - edanm 5y ago
    Yes.
  - james-redwood 5y ago
    Yes it does. You can even sync it across devices I think
nottorp 5y ago
Everyone seems to mention privacy extensions. I'd also add some tab suspender extension to the list to save ram/cpu, especially on battery.
npteljes 5y ago
My repertoire in Firefox: uBlock Origin, Multi-Account Containers, Temporary Containers, SponsorBlock, Decentraleyes.
Normille 5y ago
All the usual suspects named previously: uBlock Origin, Bitwarden, ViolentMonkey, Vimium, etc. Plus: * Buster Captcha Solver --Poetic justice in browser extension form! Uses Google's speech recognition software against Google's ReCaptcha to solve the captchas, This browser extension more than any other has probably saved me from going on a killing rampage against whoever invented ReCaptcha https://github.com/dessant/buster https://github.com/dessant/buster * Typio Form Recovery --Fantastic extension that allows you to recover the data you've just typed into a browser web form and which has been lost through browser crashing / page reloading / etc. Has saved me tearing what's left of my hair out on many occasions: https://typiorecovery.github.io/ https://typiorecovery.github.io/ * Shift Click --As the name suggests. Shift+Click on any image on a webpage and it will open the image in a new tab. Great for quickly getting the full-size version of images on web pages and more useful than it sounds, as it saves opening the browsers dev tools pane and source code diving. I use it all the time on eBay to inspect full size images of items I'm looking at and which eBay will only display at a certain size: https://shft.cl https://shft.cl * Country Flag & Whois --not exactly a necessity, but a fun extension anyway. Gives you a wee flag at the side of your address bar, showing you which country the server of the site you're visiting is hosted in. On a more practical note, you can click the flag to view the Whois info for that domain: https://add0n.com/country-flags.html https://add0n.com/country-flags.html * Asccidoctor.js Live Preview --A while back I started using AsciiDoc for all my text composing needs, after finding the limitations and ever-multiplying variants of MarkDown increasingly annoying. Unfortunately, while many text editors come with Markdown preview capabilities, I've yet to find one that can do AsciiDoc previews. So that's where this extension comes in. I open my AscciDoc files in my browser and this extension automatically generates a preview, which I can then 'print to PDF' to have a nicely formatted document created using AsciiDoc: https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor-browser-extension https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor-browser-extension * Stylebot --Inject custom CSS into any webpage. I use it on a couple of sites to fix annoying browser rendering quirks or remove irritating content [with display:none;]. https://stylebot.dev https://stylebot.dev * FireNvim --a nice accompaniment to Vimium. This extension turns text entry windows in web forms into NeoVim edit bufffers, allowing you to edit text using an embedded NeoVim instance. I don't actually use this as much as I thought I might, as I nearly always forget I have it installed: https://github.com/glacambre/firenvim https://github.com/glacambre/firenvim These last two aren't browser extensions as such. But I can't imagine using my browser without these. So I think they deserve an honourable mention: * Pinboard bookmarklet --I use Pinboard to save all my bookmarks. So they're accessible across all my browsers and all my devices. I have the Pinboard bookmarklet on the browser address bar on my desktop machines [and use the 'Share' menu on Android] to quickly bookmark pages from wherever I'm browsing. * Telegram --One step down from permanent bookmarking via Pinboard, I use Telegram as my messenger app and avail of this facility all the time on Android to quickly stash links I want to take a look at later on a 'proper' computer --either to view on a larger screen, or because [as with this post] I want to compose a reply, without wrestling with a crappy touchscreen keyboard. Telegram has a 'Saved Messages' chat. So, on an Android device, I hit the 'Share' icon beside the URL on a page I want to save for later and then in the Share window that pops up, I send the URL to Telegram 'Saved Messages' where I can grab it later, when I'm on a real computer. For anyone using Yandex Mail; Yandex also have a Telegram Bot which provides a similar function but also emails you the link as well. I used to use this til I realised the emails where pretty superfluous and just started sending links to my Telegram 'Saved Messages' instead: https://t.me/YandexMail360_bot https://t.me/YandexMail360_bot EDIT: A couple more I found in my browser's preferences but which I forgot about because you don't directly interact with them: * Redirect AMP to HTML --as the name suggests, tells servers you want to be served up the HTML version of a page rather than the AMP version because... fuck Google, basically. https://www.daniel.priv.no/web-extensions/amp2html.html https://www.daniel.priv.no/web-extensions/amp2html.html * Nimbus Screenshot --Comes in handy sometimes when you want to grab a screenshot of part of a webpage which is too big to fit in the browser window without scrolling. Nimbus Screenshot has various capturing modes including 'Select and Scroll' which allows you to do this. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nimbus-screenshot-screen/bpconcjcammlapcogcnnelfmaeghhagj https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nimbus-screenshot-... * Chrome Extension Source Viewer --Allows you to download Chrome extensions as CRX files from the Chrome Webstore. Thus allowing you to manually install them on browsers which refuse to install them directly. I've used this to successfully install a couple of Chrome extensions on Yandex Browser in Android, which the browser refused to install, telling me they were incompatible. https://github.com/Rob--W/crxviewer https://github.com/Rob--W/crxviewer
TheWellKnownEIP 5y ago
To add to the list of great extensions mentioned here: - News Feed Eradicator Inspired from "Indistractible" by Nir Eyal, I found it very useful in removing unnecessary visual noise and distractions when I check my messages on Facebook.
jcmontx 5y ago
Ublock origin, Mercury Reader
dulus21 5y ago
To be fair, when I needed to use Edge for work I only searched for three out of four extensions I have on personal Firefox: 1) - uBlock Origin 2) - Hover Zoom+ 3) - Limit Tabs Couldn't find the last one, or something similar at least. There is one extra addon which I don't need on my work computer, but use it on Firefox personal computer: Update Scanner (you can scan webpages for changes, or use it like an RSS feed) LE: i think i will increase the list after reading this thread, HTML5 playback speed does sound usefull.
zczc 5y ago
Firefox extensions: - uBlock Origin - Firefox Multi-Account Containers - Tree Style Tab - Context Search Origin - Allows searching from bookmarked search providers, killer feature is "Search All in Tabs" option which opens a tab for every provider in bookmark folder - FoxyProxy - I've defined rules for blocked sites to open in Tor, much more usable than using Onion Browser, though less privacy
Jaxtek 5y ago
I use Chrome Cookie AutoDelete uBlock Dark Mode LastPass SiteBlocker (Blocks certain URLs / sites from being visited.I use it to block URLs (articles ,etc) I found useless so that I don't have to read them again) Channel Blocker ( removes videos of certain channels from YouTube - I use it to block certain channels that are clickbait but top the YouTube results) Bypass Paywall Nimbus Screenshot Clear NewTab
y7 5y ago
Firefox Multi-Account Containers and Temporary Containers are an ideal combo. By default, every tab opens in a new temporary container. You can create named containers for (groups of) sites you frequently visit so you don't have to login each time. It's a bit hard to find: to pin a site to a container, visit it and then click the Multi-Account Container icon in the toolbar -> Always Open This Site In...
drumhead 5y ago
uBlock Origin and NoScript are my essentials, those two can take care of most things.
_wycp 5y ago
For Chrome: * Authy (2FA) * Rofocus [1] - productivity extension that's free and gets me into flow (ambient music + pomodoro timers) * Loom - moved almost 100% to asynchronous 'meetings' and I regularly record tutorials for documentation purposes [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/rofocus-increase-your-foc/olomkelphccokjjidpagjpihlnemlpng?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/rofocus-increase-y...
Rayan_NM 5y ago
I have a shitload of free and useful extensions I use often (Chrome): ORGANIZATION: - SimpleExtManager "A simple menu to enable, disable and access options of extensions". This allows me to have a zillion extensions and not be all active all the time. - OneTab "Save up to 95% memory and reduce tab clutter". I use that to not have 30 tabs open when I'm researching a given subject. They're all saved as neatly organised links. It's super useful to quickly share a group of tabs (links) to a friend. - Raindrop.io "All-in-one bookmark manager". Prettiest and most useful bookmark manager, automatically takes thumbnails, tags and meta info from a website. They also have desktop and mobile apps so all my bookmarks are super available. It's my default window when I open a new tab. - Save to Notion "Save links to your Notion databases". For saving website pages as part of a given workflow because Notion is where I manage my work (freelance & indie projects). You can save pages in templated formats, it's really neat. Basically I use OneTab for saving, reopening and sharing groups of tabs of a given work session, I use Raindrop for saving bookmarks of my favourite websites (dev & design tools for example), and I use Save to Notion to save pages as part of a project workflow (landing page of a potential partner for a project or linkedin profile of a potential client). - 1Password That's just my password manager. I think it works great, on all devices. ---- CONVENIENCE: - Google Translate "View translations easily as you browse the web. By the Google Translate team." I translate stuff often, English isn't my native language. - I don't care about cookies Auto-removes cookie banners and auto-accepts them if it's the only way to remove the banners. - uBlock Origin "Finally, an efficient blocker. Easy on CPU and memory". I think everybody already has that haha. - Dark Reader "Dark mode for every website. Take care of your eyes, use dark theme for night and daily browsing." So my girlfriend doesn't kill me when I open super bright tabs at 2am in bed. --- DECONSTRUCTING PRODUCTS (to learn how to build them) - Wayback Machine "Reduce annoying 404 pages by automatically checking for an archived copy in the Wayback Machine." I love seeing how some websites evolved over time to learn about their owners' decisions. - CSS Peeper "Extract CSS and build beautiful styleguides." Getting color HEX codes from existing websites or deconstructing how they set up their paddings, margins etc is always neat. - Wappalyzer "Identify web technologies". I like to use it to see if something is built in no-code with a webflow CMS for example. But you really see everything someone's used to build a website. I've tried multiple tools like this one and I think this is the simplest one to understand. Builtwith has too much info to my taste. Then there's a few other extensions that I'm trying now but I'm not sure I'll keep so I won't recommend them yet. Mostly work-related for specific tools I use.
tugberkk 5y ago
In addition to previously mentioned, I also download tampermonkey. I can make use of several websites by fiddling with js code.
anotheryou 5y ago
All firefox: --- Must have: - uBlock Origin --- Must have for me: - I wrote a "mark seen" add-on for HN (and a few other sites). And I'm the only user :): https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/seen-it-all/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/seen-it-all/ - ScrollAnywhere (drag right click to scroll; if I wasn't using this I'd have rocker gestures instead, also nice but incompatible with my setup :) ) - SponsorBlock (in-video adblock working for bigger youtube channels) - Dark Reader (best global dark mode) - Some password manager - Sidebery (tabs in sidebar. slickest app, but sometimes a bit bugged...) --- Nice to haves: - Tapermonkey for userscripts (js injection) - Stylish for custom CSS - Saka Key (non-intrusive keyboard shortcuts for everything in the browser) - Textarea Cache (form did not submit or you accidentally closed the tab before sending? This is the rescue) - Auto Tab Discard (If I opened way too many tabs) - Translate Web Pages (most like the chrome version) - Open in PDF Reader (I like sumatra over the js in browser one)
alfiedotwtf 5y ago
Anyone else not use browser extensions for various reasons?
- mrweasel 5y ago
  I do use a browser extensions, but nearly to the extend others apparently do. For both Firefox and Safari I use exactly two extensions: Duck Duck Go Privacy Essentials and Lastpass. I don't really see the point in maintaining a long list of extensions or try to customize the browser. Long term I believe it's easier to just learn to use and accept the browser as is.
loufe 5y ago
I've seen all of my used addons recommended by others but here's what hits it for me: -SponsorBlock (incredible boost to Youtube tolerability) -uBlock Origin (created and maintained by a Québecois!) --Don't forget to addd annoyances and malware lists to configuration! -Refined hacker news (small nice changes for the site). -cookies auto-delete.
- plibither8 5y ago
  Refined Hacker News [0] author here, thanks for the mention :) [0]: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
  - jlkuester7 5y ago
    Another happy user checking in. Thanks for the plugin!
  - DavideNL 5y ago
    An iPad extension would be cool too :) (like Refined Github https://github.com/refined-github/refined-github#install https://github.com/refined-github/refined-github#install)
timdaub 5y ago
- adnauseam - Facebook Container
swissfunicular 5y ago
Privacy - uBlock Origin (block ads and trackers) - Decentraleyes (locally emulate CDN) - Privacy Badger (from EFF) - AdNauseam (in conjunction with uBlock) - Canvas Blocker (Fingerprint Protect) - Privacy Redirects (redirect social media sites to their privacy friendly front ens, eg twitter --> nitter) Other Privacy tools - Tracking Token Stripper (removes tracking part from URL) - minerBlock (blocks miners from using your CPU for cryptos) - WebRTC Leak Prevent - Location Guard (spoof location, not very effective) - Agentium (User Agent Switcher) From Google - Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on - IBA Opt-out Convenience - Password Manager (I use Bitwarden) - Dark Reader - Save Webpages Offline As MHTML (saves as single file) Not an extension - In-built DNS-over-HTTPS (I use BlahDNS/NextDNS as additional layer for adblocking and privacy)
genidoi 5y ago
FakeSpot - filters out amazon / ebay search results that have high rates of fake reviews
kilroy123 5y ago
Here is my list: - uBlock Origin (blocks ads) - Privacy Badger (blocks trackers and what not) - I don't care about cookies (I'm in Europe where it's cookie banner hell) - 1pass or lastpass (password manger) - SponsorBlock for YouTube (skip YouTube promotion sections) - Bypass Paywalls Clean (skip the payways on many different sites)
- timbit42 5y ago
  Europe has caused cookie banner hell globally. It's not just in Europe.
penjelly 5y ago
brave browser, brave search - vimium for keyboard browser control - darkreader makes all sites dark - ublock origin - tab redirect, force new tabs to hit a page i specified - password manager - instapaper, clips webpages/links for later
- hank_z 5y ago
  Just curious - have you tried Surfingkeys (an alternative to vimium)?
  - penjelly 5y ago
    I've not. I'll give it a look thanks
luke2m 5y ago
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bypass-paywalls-clean/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bypass-paywal...
sf_rob 5y ago
* Stylus - super useful. I auto color my dev/qa/prod environments so I don't do anything stupid. I color code the stocks in my brokerage account by strategy. I fix some of the terrible pastel colors in Microsoft products. * Tab ReTitle+ - useful when you have multiple tabs open with identical titles. * Zoom Tab auto-close+ - Closes Zoom tabs once opened. * ColorZilla - A quick color-picker. I do some light web-dev and it's marginally more convenient than inspecting. * Firefox Color - Quick browser changes, also do some custom stuff in UserChrome.css * History Cleaner - Deletes my history after x weeks. * LastPass - Just what I thought was best in 2016, not sure what's best these days but I'm somewhat satisfied I find Firefox's built-in tracker blockers adequate for my usage these days (used to use uBlock Origin). Also, Firefox containers is a game changer for isolating work/personal or dev/qa. I would also recommend learning how to write/use Bookmarklets and edit UserChrome.css for greater productivity/customization. [+]Some of the above are not large enough to be audited by Mozilla, but the source code is on Github.
- gaws 5y ago
  > LastPass - Just what I thought was best in 2016, not sure what's best these days but I'm somewhat satisfied 1Password
2-718-281-828 5y ago
My Firefox extensions: - Vimium - uBlock Origin - Clickbait Remover for Youtube - Enhancer for Youtube - Exif Viewer - ClearURLs (have to disable it, though, most of the time as it breaks sites)
HonestIsNow 5y ago
We would humbly suggest you to try https://www.honest.is/ https://www.honest.is/
revorad 5y ago
I love Momentum Dash - https://momentumdash.com https://momentumdash.com And Control Space - https://controlspace.app https://controlspace.app
instagraham 5y ago
OneTab UBlock Origin No Coin
instagraham 5y ago
Wanted to post a complete list. But have also considered that your browser extensions really do help in making your digital fingerprint unique. This thread is a doxxers (not quite gold but perhaps bronze) mine, perhaps.
- gaws 5y ago
  > This thread is a doxxers (not quite gold but perhaps bronze) mine, perhaps. Please elaborate.
Glench 5y ago
Lots of good extensions in this thread. Here are some optional extensions I like: - Twemex - https://twemex.app/ https://twemex.app/ - Adds a really useful sidebar to Twitter. - Recipe Filter - https://github.com/sean-public/RecipeFilter https://github.com/sean-public/RecipeFilter - Focuses recipes front and center on food blogs - Notion Boost - https://gourav.io/notion-boost https://gourav.io/notion-boost - Adds a lot of really nice features to Notion - Tampermonkey - https://www.tampermonkey.net/ https://www.tampermonkey.net/ - Lets you create your own JS customizations on web pages without needing to make a whole browser extension. I really wish it was far easier for everyday people to make their own personal browser extension-like functionality and share it with others. Extending the apps we use feels really empowering and can help people transition from helpless consumers of apps to authors of how their computer works. Here's an essay I like detailing this view: https://www.geoffreylitt.com/2019/07/29/browser-extensions.html https://www.geoffreylitt.com/2019/07/29/browser-extensions.h... And while I'm here I'd also like to plug a service I wrote that lets you easily add paid features to extensions you develop: https://extensionpay.com https://extensionpay.com I made it to use myself but lots of developers have found it useful in monetizing their extensions without ads or selling user data. And even to my surprise, users are actually willing to pay for browser extensions! The service has made devs over $13k since I launched earlier this year!
- fancy_pantser 5y ago
  https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/recipe-filter/ahlcdjbkdaegmljnnncfnhiioiadakae?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/recipe-filter/ahlc... I made the recipe-filter extension you mentioned, which has the source available on GitHub at the link you gave and thus is trivial for others to fork, modify, install locally, and so on. All extensions wind up as an archive with JS that one could modify, but I've made this one especially transparent. With your ExtensionPay, I could add a check to see if someone has a subscription for some new features I'm working on, but it feels like something's missing checking in that code into a public repo with no server necessary for the processing the extension requires. The trust is handled in the JS running on the users' browsers. > As Mozilla recommends, it's better to focus on making a good product for the majority of users that won't hack your extension. It's fairly popular (a bit over 58K active users) and someone already forked+modified the extension for another browser. It seems like if I charge some amount for the new features, it would be trivial for someone to fork it, remove the subscription check, and distribute it as a new extension. Similarly, they could add their own payment system and charge for the clone by changing just a few lines. As it stands, giving it away for free means there's nothing at stake. Adding a payment check in plain JS feels like it would generally work but incentivizes other putting in the time to crack it or clone it for profit and there's no great way back from that point.
gorhill 5y ago
> Kind of annoying having to whitelist every website I visit on NoScript these days but worth it imho In case you didn't already know, uBO does integrate a script blocker, with the advantage over NoScript that it supports per-site rules. I wrote a Twitter thread about this as an introduction a while ago: <https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/1379819815657996290 https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/1379819815657996290>. Also, a negative interference when using another script blocker extension along uBO is that these can prevent uBO from redirecting blocked resources to local neutered ones[1], beside making managing rules more complicated since the ruleset of two extensions have to be investigated when trying to unbreak a site. * * * [1] Redirecting to neutered local resources is useful to prevent site breakage and also to defuse anti-content blocker mechanisms.
- fodmap 5y ago
  I just want to say thank you for your amazing work.
- skrowl 5y ago
  uBlock origin in "Medium mode" does most of what you're hoping to get out of NoScript. Enabling it is basically just turning on advanced mode and setting 2 rules to block 3rd party scripts and rules - https://github.com/gorhill/ublock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium-mode https://github.com/gorhill/ublock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium... I combo it with Decentraleyes to get rid of most CDN (tracking) traffic.
- runjake 5y ago
  Thanks for all your work and troubles over the years.
- joshxyz 5y ago
  I wanna thank you for blocking ads on each newssite pornsite and pirate movie site i visited, uBlock Origin is a gift that keeps on giving haha.
akoster 5y ago
Export Tabs URLs https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/export-tabs-urls-and-titles/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/export-tabs-u... Used to dump tab URLs into a text file for later use. Has the option of selecting and editing the text of the file before saving, filtering the file contents, only selecting tabs from the current window in Firefox, and adding the title of each tab above its URL.
- folmar 5y ago
  Tab Session Manager will export tabs and much more (but the export is json).
hagbard_c 5y ago
The line of defence - for that is what most extensions are used for - actually starts much earlier, in the router. Using iptables and ipset it blocks known nefarious network ranges. On that same router lives the DNS proxy which, fed using the same filter lists as used by blocking extensions, relegates unwanted domain names to a local address which serves nothing. Once past the router there are a few application proxies which take care of search (using the Searx meta-search engine, replies are proxied), Youtube (proxied through invidious), Twitter (proxied through nitter) and Reddit (libreddit - hardly ever used here). Then, on browsers: - uBlock Origin blocks unwanted content - Privacy Redirect redirects Youtube, Twitter and Reddit to the aforementioned local proxies - Containers with Transitions (a forked version of Multi-Account Containers) is used to separate a number of well-known data-hoarding services (e.g. anything owned by AlphabetGoogle, anything owned by FaceMetaBook) by owner - SwitchyOmega is used to choose one of several Tor instances in case I need to appear to come from a different IP address. - IPFS Companion makes it easier to access ipfs:// and ipns:// links - Open With to open links in other tools - this can be anything you like, I'm e.g. using this to mirror material likely to be censured, feed magnet: links to the server-resident Transmission daemon, command the local netcast (which is also called 'podcast') instance to create audio-only versions of material I want to listen to while working outside, etc. All these are used on Firefox on Linux, some on Firefox on Android. I hardly ever use Chromium but for those times I do I have most of them installed there as well except for Containers with Transitions which is Firefox-only.
pabs3 5y ago
There is one extension that doesn't exist yet but I want: The right solution to using the modern web is an allow-list based approach. Let the user be in control of the details of every request and response and action taken by the browser. Then people who want to can choose their own way to interact with the web.
- aembleton 5y ago
  Sounds like uMatrix
  - pabs3 5y ago
    uMatrix can be configured similarly, but it is extremely limited. I am thinking something more like the Firefox/Chrome DevTools. Also uMatrix is no longer maintained.
spookyuser 5y ago
Okay one I haven't seen mentioned that I have been using a lot: Chrome Currency Converter, you can have it configured that when you press a shortcut all currencies on a page are converted to your local one. For me, when I press Alt-c the whole page changes from $ to my currency https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-currency-converter/anbfhidldjknonaihbalghlebaijealk?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-currency-co...
- cloogshicer 5y ago
  I wish something like this existed but with time zones. For example, any time a website mentions "Tuesday 10AM PST", I want to be able to hover over it to reveal the time/date in my own timezone. Have looked but couldn't really find anything.
  - spookyuser 5y ago
    That's a great idea! I never knew i wanted this until now! Edit: Just found this: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/time-zone-converter/eojaekhfpeakafmjnmkpkccjlmbkmceg/related?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/time-zone-converte... seems to work great not hover but right click and select
    - cloogshicer 5y ago
      Thanks for the link!
silverlake 5y ago
Shutup removes comments from sites. It’s made the web much more pleasant.
- _smky 5y ago
  sadly this doesnt seem to work on sites outside the US(?). I've tried it on spiegel.de and still see comments.
ilian 5y ago
For saving web pages, parts of them or bookmarks as plain files, I can recommend the TagSpaces Web Clipper https://www.tagspaces.org/products/webclipper/ https://www.tagspaces.org/products/webclipper/
ntc2008 5y ago
I recommend Vimium C and Ublock Origin.
- ntc2008 5y ago
  And Ncage lol
ntc2008 5y ago
Vimium C
shaicoleman 5y ago
Here are a few Chrome extensions you can check out: * Improve YouTube! - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/improve-youtube-video-you/bnomihfieiccainjcjblhegjgglakjdd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/improve-youtube-vi... * Reader Mode - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/reader-mode/llimhhconnjiflfimocjggfjdlmlhblm https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/reader-mode/llimhh... * Google Images Restored - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-images-restored/ncndcebmkibkhopclfdjfacgfholcghi https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-images-rest... * Intention - Stop Mindless Browsing - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/intention-stop-mindless-b/dladanhaondcgpahgiflodhckhoeohoe https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/intention-stop-min... * Video Speed Controller - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-speed-controller/nffaoalbilbmmfgbnbgppjihopabppdk https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-speed-contro... * New Tab Changer - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/new-tab-changer/occbjkhimchkolibngmcefpjlbknggfh https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/new-tab-changer/oc... * JSON Lite - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/json-lite/acacmjcicejlmjcheoklfdchempahoag https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/json-lite/acacmjci... * streamkeys - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/streamkeys/ekpipjofdicppbepocohdlgenahaneen https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/streamkeys/ekpipjo... * AutoFormer+ - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/autoformer%20/cjefgijpbofijpnfpncbjajignkcbbod https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/autoformer%20/cjef... * Pushbullet - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pushbullet/chlffgpmiacpedhhbkiomidkjlcfhogd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pushbullet/chlffgp... * AutoScroll - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/autoscroll/occjjkgifpmdgodlplnacmkejpdionan https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/autoscroll/occjjkg... * No Mouse Wheel Zoom - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/no-mouse-wheel-zoom/ckhlfagjncfmdieecfekjbpnnaekhlhd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/no-mouse-wheel-zoo...
webwanderings 5y ago
Winger has been a great productivity booster. No relationship. Just a happy user. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/winger/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/winger/
thomcano 5y ago
I think uBlock Origin is definitely a must-have as a browser extension.
servytor 5y ago
I recommend Falcon[0][1], I wish Firefox had an equivalent. It basically does full-text search of any website visited. I discovered it via HN[2]. [0]: https://github.com/lengstrom/falcon https://github.com/lengstrom/falcon [1]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/falcon/mmifbbohghecjloeklpbinkjpbplfalb https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/falcon/mmifbbohghe... [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12479977 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12479977
jslakro 5y ago
I use and recommend Session Buddy. I don't agree with all the ad blockers extensions because of course ads are annoying, but a big part of the content in the internet would not be available without them
SAI_Peregrinus 5y ago
uBlock Origin, Firefox Multi-Account Containers, Temporary Containers, Containerise, and Tree Style Tabs for me. I also quite like Tab Session Manager, and get a decent amount of use out of QR Code Generator. uBlock Origin is an ad blocker, and script blocker, with per-site rules. I use it in "Advanced User" mode. Multi-Account Containers allows isolating sites to containers, all cookies, local storage, etc, are kept within that container only (but all addons work across all containers). So my HN container saves my HN login, my Stackexchange container saves my stackexchange login, etc. Temporary containers makes sites that aren't assigned to a permanent container get assigned to a temporary container that gets deleted shortly after they're closed. So anything that doesn't have a permanent assignment gets something akin to a Private Browsing tab. Containerize allows wildcard matching for domains to permanent containers. So sites with logins that have a bunch of subdomains & redirects can match all of them to the same container. EG *.jetbrains.com opens in a container for Jetbrains, so their redirect-to-login flow works. Tree-style tabs provides better organization of things I'm working on than flat tabs without a hierarchy. Tab Session Manager lets me save and load entire sessions of tabs at once, or just single windows from a session, and give those sessions names. QR Code Generator is handy for exactly what the name says.
- blindmute 5y ago
  How is this container strategy different from just disabling third-party cookies?
  - SAI_Peregrinus 5y ago
    Containers isolate more than just cookies, they isolate all local storage. So each container acts like 3rd-party cookies are enabled, they get saved, everything works even when silly website authors use 3rd-party services for authenticaton, etc. But it's all isolated, so the sites in one container don't see any of the storage in another.
eduardosasso 5y ago
I’m going vanilla. My only default extension is a json viewer. Everything else I toggle on/off when needed.
Egoist 5y ago
One less popular extension to add to others list: ublacklist Helps you exclude any site from your search engine easily.
sebazzz 5y ago
Firefox Multi-Account Containers
user_agent 5y ago
Some less obvious ones for Chromium based browsers I use: - Privacy Redirect [redirects you on the fly to custom frontedns for popular services like YT, Reddit, Wiki, etc.] - Buster: Captcha Solver For Humans [solves captchas for me] - WebRTC Control [I don't like an idea of leaking IP over WebRTC when I don't use it] - Change Geolocation [forces a certain coordinates as a response to websites asking about your location] - Disable HTML5 Autoplay [kind of obvious] - PocketTube: Youtube Subscription Manager [I can't find anything on YT in the channels I subscribe to without it!]
seFausto 5y ago
I use on Firefox: - Bitwarden - Toggle Reddit Sidebar - uBlock Origin - Gramarly - Reddit Enhancement Suite - Gesturefy On Edge (along with compatible Firefox Add-ons) - CrxMouse - SwiftRead (for speed reading any site or text. if you pay for Pro you can also speed read PDFs) - Scribe (to create step by step tutorials automatically: https://scribehow.com/signup?affiliate=2fe22b23-335a-4f91-bdd2-ccd2ac80908f https://scribehow.com/signup?affiliate=2fe22b23-335a-4f91-bd...)
edelind 5y ago
I am looking and I don't see my preferred extensions without which I cannot live (I won't repeat the already mentioned ones): - Selection Context Search - very extensible addon which will allows you to select in page and use that for opening an URL: search in any engine, add to search strings in Wikipedia, IMDB, torrents, almost anything - Ant Video Downloader - downloads any video from page - Bookmark Tab Here - bookmark by right clicking directly on bookmark folder - HistoryBlock - blocklists sites from history (for example google.com, your search history)
mekster 5y ago
Not a browser extension but I use Adguard Home hosted on my server to have all ads resolve with non existent IP and it can work network wide, so I don't really need to install ad blockers on every device. But the difference is, since it can't touch the page itself like extensions, you can't get rid of the ad space if it's pre occupied as empty space.
kf6nux 5y ago
Just Brave browser. It has built-in ad-blocking and good defaults. It even has ad-hoc TOR if needed.
m9731526 5y ago
(Firefox) - Sidebery: Vertical tabs, personally feels it's better then TreeStyleTabs - Enhancer For Youtube - Custom Scrollbars - Decentraleyes: Use local javascript libs over remote ones - Dark Reader: Dark mode for pages without dark mode - To DeepL
joveian 5y ago
For me my most essential ones (Firefox) are: uBlock Origin (advanced mode, RIP uMatrix), Right Click Search (lets you right click search using all available search engines), ClearURLs (mostly to make it a bit easier to copy the useful part of URLs, might help avoid some tracking), and SingleFile (downloads a page into one file using data URLs for images).
- gaws 5y ago
  > Right Click Search (lets you right click search using all available search engines) You can do this in Firefox without an extension.
  - joveian 5y ago
    How? It is certainly not possible by default. You can set the right click search to be any particular one in the preferences but you can't, as far as I know, get a list so that you can search any particular text from any available search engine, which is what Right Click Search does. I did a quick search for "search" in about:config and didn't see anything that looked related.
edgartaor 5y ago
Imagus is a must for me https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/imagus/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/imagus/
atsaloli 5y ago
Vimium if you're a "vi" user. :) Keyboard-driven control of the Web browser. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vimium/dbepggeogbaibhgnhhndojpepiihcmeb?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vimium/dbepggeogba...
Hakashiro 5y ago
https://www.no-thanks-extension.com https://www.no-thanks-extension.com Paid extension, and I'd happily pay 10x the price. It is an incredible timesaver and the developer is super responsive when you report sites.
XCSme 5y ago
https://unhook.app/ https://unhook.app/ - Remove recommandations from YouTube (so you can still used and watch it without getting into rabbit holes or end up procrastinating) Colour Contrast Checker - Good when developing, always being able to check contrast between text/background to keep it accessible LeechBlock - Limit the time on specific websites BitWarden - Password manager TextBlaze - Canned messages, good if you often respond to emails with the same message.

lewisjoe 5y ago

https://closetab.email https://closetab.email - delivers a digest of your bookmarks to your inbox every monday. Helps me defer content from HN turning into a bunch of unclosed tabs in my browser.

lanamo 5y ago

Dynamo for Safari - slows down videos and lets you skip adds. https://dynamoformac.com https://dynamoformac.com Also: Dark Reader https://darkreader.org/safari/ https://darkreader.org/safari/

aikinai 5y ago

For iOS Safari (both iPad and iPhone) I recently found StopTheMadness which is amazing. It’s. grabbag of great features and make iOS browsing more like a desktop. Let you get the context menu for any image, show native video controls, stop sites from blocking right click or paste, etc.

abrowne 5y ago

Stylus!

nikivi 5y ago

https://github.com/televator-apps/vimari https://github.com/televator-apps/vimari, https://giorgiocalderolla.com/wipr.html https://giorgiocalderolla.com/wipr.html and https://github.com/shumbo/Svadilfari https://github.com/shumbo/Svadilfari (on iOS)

nathias 5y ago

Enhanced Firefox UX: - Vimium - Tree Style Tab - Dark Reader - Last Pass - Bypass Pywalls - Sponsor Block Privacy: - Ublock Origin - Privacy Badger Dev: - Wappalyzer - What Font - WAVE Web3: - Metamask - Phantom (adding more) Other: - Scrobbler for last.fm

aigo 5y ago

The web is now completely unusable without uBlock Origin and I Don't Care About Cookies. I honestly don't know how people go about their day without these things, especially on mobile.

Helmut10001 5y ago

I don't Care About Cookies and Privacy Redirect, ideally with a self hosted Invidious instance (and Nitter etc.).

Havelock 5y ago

- uBlock Origin - tabmanager.io - React Developer Tools

johnxie 5y ago

uBlock Origin, Stylus, and Dark Reader.

pjmlp 5y ago

None, I don't use any extensions.

nathanaldensr 5y ago

I stopped using NoScript because the micromanagement of domain names simply took too much time. I rely on Pi-hole to fill that gap somewhat. To answer your question (Firefox on desktop and mobile): - uBlock Origin - Privacy Badger - HTTPS Everywhere - Enhancer for YouTube - Multi-account Containers - Owl

TomDavey 5y ago
Also on Firefox. It appears that I'm not as privacy/security conscious as are most in this thread, but I heartily second HTTPS Everywhere. However, the single Firefox extension that's indispensable to me is Tree Style Tabs. See: https://github.com/piroor/treestyletab https://github.com/piroor/treestyletab. Is it possible (for a Web page hoarder like me) to organize and access 500+ tabs across seven Firefox windows? You betcha it is, with Tree Style Tabs.
- syntheticnature 5y ago
  I've played with Tree Style Tabs, but it seems like there's some configuration required for the optimal result. So I ask: have you done any configuration changes to it?
  - gammarays_ 5y ago
    Also a TST user. It take some getting used to, I don't think I'll ever go back to using horizontal tabs. It is very much functional out-of-the box and it comes with a lot of preferences to choose from. However for a cleaner interface you'll have to customize your UserChrome.css. This is what I'm using right now - https://pastebin.com/bKHM8hp9 https://pastebin.com/bKHM8hp9
  - lordnacho 5y ago
    I edited userStyles.css to remove the browser tabs from the top of the browser so that only the tst tabs are visible, plus in the tst preferences I added some css to highlight certain tabs such as email and slack. I also added some styles for suspended tabs and removed the a scrollbars.

ackatz 5y ago

I use Safari with Adguard and 1Password. After using Bitwarden for about 2 years, I recently switched to 1Password and it blows Bitwarden out of the water. Far more efficient and easier to use. A bit more expensive though.

dktoao 5y ago

I like markdown here. Allows you to format you emails ( and other stuff ?? ) with markdown

tehnub 5y ago

- uBlock Origin for FF and Chrome. For Safari (on both macOS and iOS) I use wipr. - Dark Reader

acheron 5y ago
+ to Dark Reader. Can’t stand most websites without it. Not sure how we switched from a dark screen to wanting everybody to stare into a bright lightbulb all day, but I’m glad things are finally going back.
- jrockway 5y ago
  I was kind of forced into the Dark Reader way of life and I love it. I got a monitor with Adobe RGB color gamut. I have no use for this, and the OS doesn't understand it, so by default all colors are wrong. I know it's wrong and it makes me mad. So I put the monitor into sRGB mode. But in that mode, you can't adjust the brightness and so things are way too bright. I use dark mode for everything, though, so it's not too bad. The improved contrast ratio is actually excellent, and I much prefer a too-bright monitor in dark mode to a dim monitor in either bright or dark mode. Dark Reader was the missing link for web designers that won't make a dark mode. Honestly, in a lot of cases it does a nicer job than the designer, so for a few sites I opt out of dark mode and let Dark Reader do it for me. HN is one of the hardest sites to get right, however. It seems to change every version. My current configuration is: Dynamic, Contrast +20, Grayscale +100. I lose my topcolor, but everything else looks good. (This changed with a recent Dark Reader update. I had everything perfect, but the algorithm changed, and so I compromised on this. A few weeks in, and HN looks normal to me. If I saw the unmodified page, I don't think I'd know which site I was on!)
hawski 5y ago
Good thing about Dark Reader is, that it is available for Firefox for Android.

nichos 5y ago

I can't live without this one: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/i-dont-care-about-cookies/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/i-dont-care-a... Blocks the "consent to cookies" modal sites are required to have thanks to some terrible legislation.

enriquto 5y ago
Nice extension. But I'd say that the legislation is alright, it's these sites that are terrible. They put these modals because they want to.
- deleted 5y ago
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- DocTomoe 5y ago
  The legislation has the right heart, but its wording is problematic and leaves up too much on interpretation, so most sites who technically wouldn't need it just default to a cookie banner to be 'on the safe side'. Combine that with the zealots (I've had an user complain about the absence of a cookie banner on a site that clearly did not need one), them potentially becoming a lawsuit initiator, and you got the mess you have now. Writing good laws without unintended consequences is hard.
  - taxyz23 5y ago
    And sometimes impossible so in many instances better not to legislate at all and let people work out their issues without the big clumsy hand of government.
  - enriquto 5y ago
    Yes. Moreover this law, while good intentioned, seems like a somewhat misplaced effort against tracking. Cookie tracking is easy to disable and not really worrysome. The elephant on the room is google play services tracking all android users with no way to disable it. Now, that should be forbidden by law.

holonomically 5y ago

Vimium.

spindle 5y ago

I use a browser/OS combo that makes it very difficult to use any add-ons except for a DNS-based adblocker, and the only thing I miss is a password-filler-inner.

dartharva 5y ago

Bypass paywalls clean Ublock origin Decentraleyes Bitwarden Also, turn on the privacy.resistFingerprinting flag in Firefox about:config.

invokestatic 5y ago
resistFingerprinting has kind of a nasty side effect of making every website think you are in UTC. I put up with it, but I’m sure others may find it annoying.
- treenurse 5y ago
  Ah, this explains why Uber Eats gives me ETA in UTC...
invalidname 5y ago
Bypass paywalls clean seems really nice. Thanks!

karaterobot 5y ago

Sponsorblock for Youtube: users mark segments of videos that have sponsored content, and the extension skips over them. It also skips past introductions and interaction reminders.

PikachuEXE 5y ago
For desktop users I suggestion trying FreeTube which also has this feature https://freetubeapp.io/#download https://freetubeapp.io/#download
prohobo 5y ago
I kind of object to this because it's directly messing with creators' efforts. Obviously I'm not telling people not to use it, but I think it's worth thinking about the channels/creators you enjoy - especially if they've been demonetized by Youtube.
- Glench 5y ago
  The extension actually lets you customize the behavior based on the type of video segment. In your case you could configure it to not skip sponsored segments but skip other segments e.g. the non-music parts of music videos.
- wildbook 5y ago
  I'm actually curious about this since I've never uploaded to youtube myself. Do the creators get statistics on segments that are commonly skipped, or is all information like that hidden?
  - prohobo 5y ago
    They know which parts people skip, the analytics is quite granular and viewable in their dashboards.
- activitypea 5y ago
  Youtube already has ads. Yes, Youtube's revenue model is atrocious for creators, but running your own ads on top of their ads is really not the solution. LinusTechTips is the most egregious example of that. After sitting through two Youtube ads, I have to look at their preroll and postroll for sponsorships, as well as a midroll for another sponsor or their merch store. It just gets tiring after a while. I can't imagine how people who pay for Youtube Premium must feel.

decrypt 5y ago

Dark Reader, 1Password, uBlock Origin, Stylus, SpeedUp, CSS Scan, Privacy Redirect, DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials. These are must-use for me, both in terms of personal life and work.

whitepoplar 5y ago

Vimium! (x1000)

keithnz 5y ago

Vimium, uBlock Origin, Violent Monkey

rohfle 5y ago

uBlacklist by iorate (Firefox / Chrome) - hides google / ddg search results from unwanted domains (medium and pinterest) and highlights others (wikipedia and github)

AHASIC 5y ago
thank god, finally a way to block codegrepper from my searches. fuck that site

enriquto 5y ago

If you are not into whitelisting you'll hate uMatrix. But uMatrix is great.

npteljes 5y ago
uMatrix is also deprecated. https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uMatrix-issues/issues/291#issuecomment-694988696 https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uMatrix-issues/issues/291#is...
- enriquto 5y ago
  This is really sad. I hope somebody will take on its development!
  - SAI_Peregrinus 5y ago
    uBlock Origin's advanced user mode does the same thing. Sometimes a bit more complicated (have to also add block rules), but I can see why he deprecated it. Why maintain two extensions that end up doing the same thing?

treenurse 5y ago

I only use extensions with low permissions: * Twitter to Nitter https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/nitter-redirect/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/nitter-redire... * Remove YouTube Suggestions https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/remove-youtube-s-suggestions/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/remove-youtub... * Reddit to Teddit https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/reddit-to-teddit-redirect/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/reddit-to-ted... I enable: * strict tracking protection * privacy.resistFingerprinting * First party isolation I'm considering using libreJS.

ajot 5y ago
You could replace two of those extensions with Redirector: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/redirector/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/redirector/
- treenurse 5y ago
  That extension requires permission "Access your data for all websites". I prefer to avoid granting that permission.

detaro 5y ago

not mentioned yet: Switch to audible tab - button that jumps through all the tabs that are currently playing audio (optionally also through tabs you have muted). Very helpful for either a) finding the tab with the conf call again or b) quickly finding whatever suddenly makes noise

rektide 5y ago

Unmentioned so far: * Form History Control (rip Lazarus Forms Recovery, Seth plz come back & open source it). https://stephanmahieu.github.io/fhc-home/Manual/manual/ https://stephanmahieu.github.io/fhc-home/Manual/manual/ * Multi-Account Containers in Firefox. Absolutely critical to mixing work/personal computing. I used to use profiles to split stuff up but harder to maintain. (oops already mentioned) * React Developer Tools. Apollo Developer Tools. Instrumental to my development work. * ViolentMonkey. Before Chrome finally blows up freedom & expression on the web: ViolentMonkey is a pretty good userscripting tool. https://violentmonkey.github.io/ https://violentmonkey.github.io/ * Open in Sci-hub. I came very close to weaping out loud when I found that these papers I have forever clicked on & wanted are easily within reach. I now have access to humankind's wisdom. https://roiarthurb.github.io/Side-Auto_Sci-Hub/ https://roiarthurb.github.io/Side-Auto_Sci-Hub/ * Hypothesis. The greatest most pro-web tool humanity has ever imagined, by orders of magnitude. https://web.hypothes.is/start/ https://web.hypothes.is/start/ * Web Scrobbler. I love knowing what I listened to. Works great with usual suspects. So so results with individual online fm radio stations. https://web-scrobbler.com/ https://web-scrobbler.com/ I really want to get good at a vim<->browser extension. Ideally just using a real vim session. I use Dark Reader all the time & it's amazing, just fantastic. I want a replacement for Share-a-holic that I trust, that let's me bookmark/send-to across multiple services (pocket, pinboard primarily); I don't trust share-a-holic. "Switch to audible tab" is useful in critical moments, which thankfully are not often. Extensions I'd like to find & get good at: semantic web extractors/breadcrumbers.

neilparikh 5y ago

Unpinterested makes google image search a lot more usable, to the point that I get frustrated whenever I use image search on my phone now.

riffraff 5y ago

Calm Twitter: it hides the number of likes and the trending stuff. This greatly reduces the urge to get into Twitter arguments, and the aggravation the site induces, making it a pleasant pastime rather than a hate-inducing machine.

buro9 5y ago

NoScript

AHASIC 5y ago

Chrome extensions i use: adblock plus, google dictionary (just highlight a word and it will define it, or if it isn't an english word it will translate it to english), poper blocker, grammarly, "I don't care about cookies".

_smky 5y ago
> adblock plus i would suggest replacing that one with ublock origin since ABP has a very shady business model that directly interferes with their adblocking

julienpalard 5y ago

I also use Pricacy Badger from the EFF.

abhayhegde 5y ago

Vimium, uBlock Origin, Twitter to Nitter

dnautics 5y ago

I use cultivate to know country of origin on products I buy, though I am open to better alternatives, if someone knows one

mrweasel 5y ago
Is there a solution of other countries? Cultivate seems to focus on "Made in the US", which is great if you're in the US, but if you're in Europe you might prefer stuff made closer to you.
- dnautics 5y ago
  exactly (though it does provide general COA) it would be nice for it to be more agnostic

magarnicle 5y ago

OneTab. Good for saving tabs, but equally handy for opening a whole bunch of URLs at once.

thmt 5y ago

Video Speed Controller lets you speed up any HTML5 video. No more sitting through videos at 1x speed! Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-speed-controller/nffaoalbilbmmfgbnbgppjihopabppdk https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-speed-contro... Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/videospeed/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/videospeed/ Even for a site like YouTube that has built-in speed control settings, it's still useful since (1) you can make the speed exceed 2x and (2) you can use keyboard shortcuts to tune the speed easily.

Cilvic 5y ago
Video Speed Controller was an absolute revolution for me. No more switching tabs because the video is too slow.
weedfroglozenge 5y ago
Wow thanks! This is exactly what I need thanks to constant phone notifications which have reduced my attention span to.... that of something with a small attention span!
mike_d 5y ago
This extension is amazing if you have to do mandatory training videos at work and they speak at a snails pace.
- lpapez 5y ago
  Multiple tabs of videos playing on 4x speed. We did speedrunning contests on these mandatory training videos in my previous company. Good times.
GoblinSlayer 5y ago
Can I now has 4x speedup for meetings?
- petargyurov 5y ago
  Sure. You now have time for 4x more meetings! Enjoy!

yoaviram 5y ago

Opt-out - Send GDPR / CCPA data deletion or access requests to the website you visit. Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/opt-out-send-gdpr-and-ccp/dedldhojjkgbejnmmfpmbnbihmmpfbpd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/opt-out-send-gdpr-... Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/android/addon/opt-out/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/android/addon/opt-out/ Disclosure: I'm one of the creators.

kome 5y ago

I will write about Firefox extensions. Firefox is the only browser with some privacy potential. Chrome and Brave are spyware. * privacy / ads block: - uBlock Origin - Decentraleyes (against "free", centralized, content delivery): https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/decentraleyes/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/decentraleyes... - Disable-javascript (a simple javascript switch) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disable-javascript/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disable-javas... - Twitter (and Facebook) containers https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/twitter-container/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/twitter-conta... * bookmarking / organization: - Tab Session Manager https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-session-manager/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-session-m... (to save sessions) - Stringmark https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/stringmark-highlight-for-later/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/stringmark-hi... (simple bookmark manager, locally stored, that also save snipped of texts and with possibilities of creating separate lists, perfect for academic research) * to improve navigation - SponsorBlock https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sponsorblock/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sponsorblock/ (it help skipping annoying youtube content within popular videos)

Lordarminius 5y ago
> ...Chrome and Brave are spyware. I understand Chrome, but Brave ? Care to expatiate ?
- kome 5y ago
  https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/brave.html https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/brave.html

raffraffraff 5y ago

I stopped trying to whitelist sites. Now I just use cookie autodelete and container tabs. Full list: - Joplin web clipper - BitWarden - Firefox containers - Containerise (choose tab container based on domain name or url regex) - Cookie autodelete (in case I ever accidentally log into something in the wrong container, this cleans it up) I also modify the search bar so it only suggests locations from my bookmarks, and I use separate bookmarks for each account, eg: - gmail [user@gmail.com] - gmail [other@work.com] - aws console [prod@work] - aws console [me@personal] - github [work] - github [personal] I type "gmail work", hit return and Firefox opens it in the correct container tab, already logged in. (Honestly, who uses bookmarks any more? They just turn into a bloated to-do list, hundreds of links you'll forget about until one day you try them and the domain no longer exists) Make Google results suck less with Greasemonkey and a script that blocks junk domains (I maintain my own block list). And I have a junk Google account just for random searches etc, and I leave that logged into the "default" container tab, so I'm not plagued by Google cookie / T&C pop-ups. Other Greasemonkey scripts, eg: make Reddit suck less by using old.reddit.com. I also log into Firefox and sync this stuff across all of my browsers. Unfortunately the setting per addon do not sync so I always export text configs to a Syncthing directory any time I make a change (eg: update containerise rules, blocklists, cookie autodelete settings)

SahAssar 5y ago
> Honestly, who uses bookmarks any more? They just turn into a bloated to-do list, hundreds of links you'll forget about until one day you try them and the domain no longer exists Use a service like pinboard and they instead turn into a searchable archive of things you like, archived so that they don't disappear/change. Sorta like a curated personal search engine.
- ad404b8a372f2b9 5y ago
  I've always thought it a shame how primitive the history and bookmarks are in Firefox. They don't seem to have evolved at all in 20 years apart from the ability to sync them across devices.

sergiotapia 5y ago

Bitwarden - for passwords Brave - for adblock built in Sponsorblock - to cull all the youtube bullshit Imagus - to hover over images and see the content without having to open a new tab old reddit redirect - for the occasional google result that takes you to reddit reddit enhancement suite - to remove all custom css from old reddit

Cilvic 5y ago

If you are on gmail and want to learn more shortcuts try: https://github.com/janmechtel/shortcutsensei https://github.com/janmechtel/shortcutsensei

rado 5y ago

Hush for Safari (block cookie notices)

cromka 5y ago
Let me quote one of the comments in App Store: "It’s not clear what this does “ Now browsing without the…”. Without what? The app gives me one sentence of explanation, but it doesn’t fit on the screen. Why would I need to know what it does? I mean, does it say “ok” and accept the cookies on every page? How would I know?"
- cromka 5y ago
  It's finally explained in FAQ on GitHub: https://github.com/oblador/hush#faq https://github.com/oblador/hush#faq

pvsukale3 5y ago

I recently built a browser extension and a web app to keep track of job applications. - With the browser extension (for Chrome and Firefox) you can add jobs from any website with a single click and that job will show up on your special Kanban board. - On the board you can add more information and keep track of your application through all the phases. You also get weekly reports with your progress. If you are looking for a job give it a try :) Link: https://profilehunt.net/job-application-tracker-web-extension https://profilehunt.net/job-application-tracker-web-extensio...

Jedd 5y ago

I have accumulated perhaps more than is healthy. Some that didn't appear on this page (yet) are: octotree - intercepts github (and ostensibly other repo site) pages and gives you a browseable file manager pop-out on the left. Once used, it's hard to live without. behind the overlay - lets you hide (most) popups and overlays with ctrl-shift-x, which regrettably quickly becomes an instinctive reaction jira assistant - nifty, if you spend a fair bit of time in jira tabs outliner - can be handy for recovering large bits of your (crashed) browser history, though I find ctrl-shift-T gets me most of the way there these days.

spiralx 5y ago
+1 for Octotree and Tabs Outliner from me.
NylaTheWolf 5y ago
I've been trying out Tabs Outliner. It seems exactly like something I'd need, and even works for Vivaldi, but it's a bit overwhelming haha. It's also a shame that the dev disappeared and there's no Firefox extension
- Jedd 5y ago
  Over the past half dozen years I've found the developer fairly responsive, but we're in a catch-22 situation. My interest (I want to delete the several hundreds of 'pages' of previous tab details in my history before I'd consider this something I'd pay for) and the developers interest (this is too hard to do for a non-paying customer) have been at odds.
  - NylaTheWolf 5y ago
    Wait, they have? They haven't responded too any issues posted recently, and I heard from the guy who recommended this extension that you can't even pay for the premium anymore.
Nezteb 5y ago
I used Octotree for a long time but switched to https://github.com/EnixCoda/Gitako https://github.com/EnixCoda/Gitako because it’s open-source.

laxmena 5y ago

Toby - Bookmark and organize browser tabs Pocket/Instapaper - To save articles for offline use Video Speed Controller - Play videos at faster playback speed, time is precious Send to Kindle - To send articles to Kindle

kartoshechka 5y ago

uBlock - ad blocking Bitwarden - password manager Sidebery - a bit nicer Tree Style Tabs Tridactyl - vim shortcuts Tab Session Manager - manage multiple sessions of windows and tabs. Back in university I used it to have many "sessions" attached to assignments I'd been doing. Currently I have "work", "leisure" and "hobby" sessions with a bunch of various project sessions hopefully I'm gonna pick up someday :)

OJFord 5y ago
I use Sidebery for something like 'session' management - except all in one window: panels mapped to containers, and container per 'work'/'hobby'/etc.

Quodly 5y ago

hacker news enhancement suite

indianmouse 5y ago

- uBlock Origin - Bitwarden - Imagus - Session Buddy - Save Page WE - Unpaywall - Bypass paywall clean - CrxMouse Gestures - Ghostery - Firefox Containers These are across browsers (Firfox/Chrome and Opera) Occasionally use Brave for some casual browsing.

userhacker 5y ago

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/text-to-speech/bkjmiikejlljjmcmennfomjofojigefe https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/text-to-speech/bkj... has a nice text to speech software, something like what the edge browser has

tgv 5y ago

Another unmentioned one that's handy for web development: Offline QR Code Generator (for Firefox; probably there is one for Chromium as well). It shows a popup with the QR code for current URL, which makes it easy to test the same page on a mobile device.

sofixa 5y ago
I think Chrome(probably Chromium as well) do that natively, i've seen a menu option to show a QR code for the current page.
- tgv 5y ago
  I've never seen it in Chromium (on macos); I don't use Chrome.
  - gadders 5y ago
    Not sure about Chrome/Chromium but Edge has it.
koyote 5y ago
Firefox has a 'send tab to device' feature if you are signed in. Really useful!
- tgv 5y ago
  I'm no fan of Firefox' accounts, so I can't use this, but the extension also allows me to open a website in e.g. Edge Beta on Android.

kzrdude 5y ago

AutoTabDiscard, to save memory on many open tabs. (Firefox addon)

mkl 5y ago
It's good, but unfortunately it can only prevent a URL being suspended for the current session, not whitelist it forever like The Marvellous Suspender (Chrome). This is really annoying when working through an infinite-scroll page like a YouTube channel, which loses its place when it gets suspended.
- Cyphase 5y ago
  In case you didn't know, and for anyone else, Auto Tab Discard has a permanent whitelist. There's a menu option to add a domain to the whitelist, and you can also add regular expressions. It's also on the preferences page of course.
  - mkl 5y ago
    > add a domain to the whitelist That's the problem though. I want to whitelist single URLs for particular YouTube channel video lists, not the whole of YouTube.
    - Cyphase 5y ago
      I understand. I also mentioned regular expressions. It's not as convenient as a menu option, but it's not too difficult and it works. For instance, you can add this rule to the whitelist to not discard any YouTube channel video lists: re:https://www.youtube.com/.*/videos https://www.youtube.com/.*/videos You said particular YouTube channels, so in that case you can just put the full URL for those channels, e.g. re:https://www.youtube.com/channel/SomeChannelABC123/videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/SomeChannelABC123/videos

vanviegen 5y ago

- Bitwarden - uBlock origin - Enhancer for Youtube - Joplin Web Clipper - Vimium, but I've configured it to disable vim key bindings, and just use ctrl-space (or ctrl-b for new window) to open a link or focus an input. Here's my Custom key mapping: unmapAll map <c-space> LinkHints.activateMode map <c-b> LinkHints.activateModeToOpenInNewTab

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khaled_ismaeel 5y ago

I'm surprised none of the top comments mention adblock; most of the article websites I visit (accessed through HN) would not be navigable without an ad blocker.

hawski 5y ago
Because the top text already mentioned uBlock Origin.

throwaway81523 5y ago

At the moment, just ublock origin. I think of writing a few special ones of my own, or mayb extending ublock origin. I haven't felt a need for any of the others mentioned here so far. This is in Firefox. I really just hate the web though. I have a few frequently used sites that ublock can't clean up enough, so I read those through special proxies that strip out pretty much everything.

taxyz23 5y ago

On Firefox for Keyboarders: Fast Tab Switcher little used but absolute best Firefox extension for navigating tabs. It shows all tabs for all windows in one drop down accessible by a keyboard shortcut (I use ctrl-q in windows) Tabs are filtered as you type.Tabs can be quickly closed by ctrl-del in drop-down. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fast-tab-switcher/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fast-tab-swit... Vimium-FF Must have for keyboard navigation. Hit escape key and every link on page is navigable by a key sequence. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/vimium-ff/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/vimium-ff/ Web Search Navigator. Easy keyboard navigation of search results. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/web-search-navigator/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/web-search-na...

hawski 5y ago

Simple Tab Groups - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/simple-tab-groups/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/simple-tab-gr... It is what Firefox Tab Group / Panorama should always had been. It makes tab groups backup periodically so you will not loose them. I used this once to move tabs to a different computer, but it's good to know it's there. It also integrates with Tab Containers if you want it.

Jaruzel 5y ago

My de-facto set of extensions: - uBlock Origin - Cookie AutoDelete - "I Don't Care About Cookies" (It auto-OKs cookie consent banners) - Archive.org's Wayback Machine (A must have in this era of link rot) Optional: - Tablist (easily lets me copy out all the URLs of open tabs for 'later') - User Agent Switcher (Needed less these days, but useful for exploring the DOM of mobile versions of sites) Additionally, I have written a launcher for Chrome that creates shortcuts for Chrome with the --user-data-dir parameter[1] to enable me to have 100% isolated browser identities. I create and tear these down on regular basis. I started doing this, when I realised that multiple Incognito mode sessions running simultaneously actually share the same cookies and local storage. --- [1] https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/HEAD/docs/user_data_dir.md https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/HEAD/docs/u...

ajvs 5y ago
Your custom launcher is basically the manual version of using Multi-Account Containers and Temporary Containers for Firefox by the way.
- selfhoster11 5y ago
  They do not cover the same use case. If you have 80 tabs each for 3 different topics, you end up managing 240 tabs. It's sometimes more manageable to split this off into entirely different browser profiles (or browsers, even).
  - abstract_put 5y ago
    > If you have 80 tabs each for 3 different topics, you end up managing 210 tabs Is this a typo (80 x 3 = 240), or are you suggesting 30 tabs are deduplicated in some capacity?
    - selfhoster11 5y ago
      It was a typo, thanks for pointing it out

avtolik 5y ago

I use a fairly standard suite of addons for Firefox, mainly for privacy and tab management: NoScript, uBlock Origin, Multi-Account Containers, Skip Redirect, Neat URL, Tabhunter, MoveTab, Foxy Gestures, Stylus

knbknb 5y ago

Edgar Dijkstra's 1988 Paper "On the Cruelty of Really Teaching Computer Science" It's just a paper, but still I'd recommend it, because it was highly influential. It was indeed so influential that it has its own Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Cruelty_of_Really_Teaching_Computer_Science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Cruelty_of_Really_Teach... In the paper he argues that - the computer industy has been progressing with exponential growth 1948-1988, - will continue to do so for decades (he was right in that) - this rate of progress is unprecedented, and the human brain is unfit to deal with such growth, thus - the only way to deal with such enormous mount of power is: Mathematics, because proofs are rigorous. (I'm simplifying a bit here.)

m4lvin 5y ago
Okay, but how do I get Edsger(!) Dijkstra as a Firefox add-on? ;-)
ronyfadel 5y ago
wrong thread?

pmlnr 5y ago

* ublock origin - doesn't need introduction * forget me not - cleans cookies * stylus - some sites are too bright * clearURLs - remove tracking from urls * I don't care about cookies - also gets rid a lot of popup annoyances * skip redirect - avoid going through 3rd party to get to a link * redirector - redirect sites to nitter, teddit, bibliogram, etc I also use firefox containers.

_smky 5y ago
> redirector seems to be out of date. a more up to date version would be "privacy redirect".
- pmlnr 5y ago
  No, those two are not the same thing. Redirector can redirect anything based on regex, privacy redirect is for fixed services at the moment.

ioulian 5y ago

* SponsorBlock for YouTube - Skip Sponsorships

jcun4128 5y ago

Every time I setup a new computer/OS I always put Ublock and adblock plus (yes I use both) Also have my own extensions, in particular one that dumps all the active tab titles with urls for future lookup and a YT one that hides the homepage crap so I don't get distracted whenever I go on there to do something.

gorhill 5y ago
Using another ad blocker along uBO leads to worse results than using uBO alone, I keep warning people about this, see <https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/1033706103782170625 https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/1033706103782170625>.
- jcun4128 5y ago
  My experience has been fine, is possible memory performance the main concern? I have been pretty happy with the ad blocking performance itself, seems to be working right. edit: I did check out your GitHub I see now why what you're saying has weight, okay I will go with just UBO.

squarefoot 5y ago

My list: The essential one: Ublock Origin of course; surfing the web without it is next to impossible today. -A bit less essential but very helpful: HTTPS Everywhere: forces the browser to connect to secure pages anyway. Privacy Badger: by the EFF. Blocks trackers. uMatrix: NoScript on steroids. Allows to turn off parts of the web page with deep granularity (filter by domain and type of data). Needs "training", not for new users, don't install on granma's PC. Duck Duck Go Privacy Essentials: Blocks trackers and other things. -Then among the useful albeit not essential: DownThemAll: to quickly download files (docs, images, pdfs etc) from sites. FeedBro: Feed reader. Featureful RSS, Atom, RDF Reader. Nitter Redirect: Redirects automatically Twitter links to Nitter, a Twitter front end that respects the users privacy. Redirect AMP to HTML: Redirects Google AMP pages to their original ones. Bypass Paywalls: to bypass many news sites paywalls. StartPage.com: Redirects searches to StartPage.com, which essentially is to Google what DuckDuckGo is to Bing. Livemarks: Restores RSS live bookmark support on Firefox after it was removed from Mozilla. Search By Image: a reverse image search addon which supports various search engines.

ajvs 5y ago
Privacy Badger is unnecessary, it's a worse version of uBlock. Also HTTPS Everywhere can be replaced with the Force HTTPS option natively implemented in Firefox.
- AkshitGarg 5y ago
  Not only firefox, but edge, chrome and safari too. EFF is deprecating HTTPS everywhere. See https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/https-actually-everywhere https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/https-actually-everywh...
  - squarefoot 5y ago
    Thanks to both of you, too late to edit the post unfortunately.
ragnese 5y ago
I'm going to cry bitter tears when uMatrix eventually stops working on newer versions.

000000 5y ago

My list: - uBlock Origin - Bitwarden - Never-Consent - Decentraleyes - Privacy Badger - HTTPS Everywhere - clearURLs - Enhancer for YouTube - Twitter to Nitter

lemonade5117 5y ago

I think OP is asking for privacy related extensions but here’s a fun one that I use: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nicolas-cage/fjgbnnhgejbfgfbofeohlffjlpceejlm?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nicolas-cage/fjgbn... It replaces every instance of “god” on your current web page with “Nicolas Cage.” Gets me every time.

jasonpeacock 5y ago
Because there's no way that could ever go wrong... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28869819 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28869819
superleo2020 5y ago
I don't understand this. Why would you replace Nicolas Cage with Nicolas Cage?
- robotmay 5y ago
  Sounds like the plot for Face/Off sequel where Nicolas Cage swaps his face with himself, Nicolas Cage.
SamuelAdams 5y ago
Reminds me of cloud to butt. https://github.com/panicsteve/cloud-to-butt https://github.com/panicsteve/cloud-to-butt
- benttoothpaste 5y ago
  I don’t understand this. Why would you replace butt with butt?

jacek 5y ago

These are not that well known, but I highly recommend them (Firefox): * Bypass Paywalls Clean - the name says it all - https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clea... * Web Archives - easy access to cached websites, also useful for paywalls and sites heavy in JS - https://github.com/dessant/web-archives https://github.com/dessant/web-archives * Vimium - use keyboard for browsing - https://github.com/philc/vimium https://github.com/philc/vimium * SponsorBlock for YouTube - skip in-video ads - https://sponsor.ajay.app/ https://sponsor.ajay.app/ * Old Reddit Redirect - use old reddit design - https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect * Reddit Enhancement Suite - https://redditenhancementsuite.com/ https://redditenhancementsuite.com/

aigo 5y ago
How does 'bypass paywalls clean' differ from the 'original' one by github.com/iamadamdev?

cheeaun 5y ago

Don't see this mentioned here but recently I've been using this a lot: Kill-Sticky - Remove all elements with fixed or sticky positions https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kill-sticky/lekjlgffkaencjnlcmbgibodhechofdb https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kill-sticky/lekjlg...

habibur 5y ago

- Javascript switcher - YouTube in-video ad remover I have only the above two active.

kulikalov 5y ago
Why not just pay a few bucks for YouTube premium to get rid of the ad? I’m not judging, just genuinely curious. I’m hesitant to invest in YouTube ads for my project, because I assume that majority of high worth customers pay for the premium and would not see my ads.

james-redwood 5y ago

I'm surprised no one here has mentioned OneTab https://www.one-tab.com/ https://www.one-tab.com/ With a click of a button, it throws all of your current tabs open into a single page (via hyperlinks), from which you have a lot of capability on what to do with them (open, open selected, bookmark, delete, etc)

ihateolives 5y ago
Does it survive browser closing and reopening?
- edanm 5y ago
  Yes.
- james-redwood 5y ago
  Yes it does. You can even sync it across devices I think

nottorp 5y ago

Everyone seems to mention privacy extensions. I'd also add some tab suspender extension to the list to save ram/cpu, especially on battery.

npteljes 5y ago

My repertoire in Firefox: uBlock Origin, Multi-Account Containers, Temporary Containers, SponsorBlock, Decentraleyes.

Normille 5y ago

All the usual suspects named previously: uBlock Origin, Bitwarden, ViolentMonkey, Vimium, etc. Plus: * Buster Captcha Solver --Poetic justice in browser extension form! Uses Google's speech recognition software against Google's ReCaptcha to solve the captchas, This browser extension more than any other has probably saved me from going on a killing rampage against whoever invented ReCaptcha https://github.com/dessant/buster https://github.com/dessant/buster * Typio Form Recovery --Fantastic extension that allows you to recover the data you've just typed into a browser web form and which has been lost through browser crashing / page reloading / etc. Has saved me tearing what's left of my hair out on many occasions: https://typiorecovery.github.io/ https://typiorecovery.github.io/ * Shift Click --As the name suggests. Shift+Click on any image on a webpage and it will open the image in a new tab. Great for quickly getting the full-size version of images on web pages and more useful than it sounds, as it saves opening the browsers dev tools pane and source code diving. I use it all the time on eBay to inspect full size images of items I'm looking at and which eBay will only display at a certain size: https://shft.cl https://shft.cl * Country Flag & Whois --not exactly a necessity, but a fun extension anyway. Gives you a wee flag at the side of your address bar, showing you which country the server of the site you're visiting is hosted in. On a more practical note, you can click the flag to view the Whois info for that domain: https://add0n.com/country-flags.html https://add0n.com/country-flags.html * Asccidoctor.js Live Preview --A while back I started using AsciiDoc for all my text composing needs, after finding the limitations and ever-multiplying variants of MarkDown increasingly annoying. Unfortunately, while many text editors come with Markdown preview capabilities, I've yet to find one that can do AsciiDoc previews. So that's where this extension comes in. I open my AscciDoc files in my browser and this extension automatically generates a preview, which I can then 'print to PDF' to have a nicely formatted document created using AsciiDoc: https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor-browser-extension https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor-browser-extension * Stylebot --Inject custom CSS into any webpage. I use it on a couple of sites to fix annoying browser rendering quirks or remove irritating content [with display:none;]. https://stylebot.dev https://stylebot.dev * FireNvim --a nice accompaniment to Vimium. This extension turns text entry windows in web forms into NeoVim edit bufffers, allowing you to edit text using an embedded NeoVim instance. I don't actually use this as much as I thought I might, as I nearly always forget I have it installed: https://github.com/glacambre/firenvim https://github.com/glacambre/firenvim These last two aren't browser extensions as such. But I can't imagine using my browser without these. So I think they deserve an honourable mention: * Pinboard bookmarklet --I use Pinboard to save all my bookmarks. So they're accessible across all my browsers and all my devices. I have the Pinboard bookmarklet on the browser address bar on my desktop machines [and use the 'Share' menu on Android] to quickly bookmark pages from wherever I'm browsing. * Telegram --One step down from permanent bookmarking via Pinboard, I use Telegram as my messenger app and avail of this facility all the time on Android to quickly stash links I want to take a look at later on a 'proper' computer --either to view on a larger screen, or because [as with this post] I want to compose a reply, without wrestling with a crappy touchscreen keyboard. Telegram has a 'Saved Messages' chat. So, on an Android device, I hit the 'Share' icon beside the URL on a page I want to save for later and then in the Share window that pops up, I send the URL to Telegram 'Saved Messages' where I can grab it later, when I'm on a real computer. For anyone using Yandex Mail; Yandex also have a Telegram Bot which provides a similar function but also emails you the link as well. I used to use this til I realised the emails where pretty superfluous and just started sending links to my Telegram 'Saved Messages' instead: https://t.me/YandexMail360_bot https://t.me/YandexMail360_bot EDIT: A couple more I found in my browser's preferences but which I forgot about because you don't directly interact with them: * Redirect AMP to HTML --as the name suggests, tells servers you want to be served up the HTML version of a page rather than the AMP version because... fuck Google, basically. https://www.daniel.priv.no/web-extensions/amp2html.html https://www.daniel.priv.no/web-extensions/amp2html.html * Nimbus Screenshot --Comes in handy sometimes when you want to grab a screenshot of part of a webpage which is too big to fit in the browser window without scrolling. Nimbus Screenshot has various capturing modes including 'Select and Scroll' which allows you to do this. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nimbus-screenshot-screen/bpconcjcammlapcogcnnelfmaeghhagj https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nimbus-screenshot-... * Chrome Extension Source Viewer --Allows you to download Chrome extensions as CRX files from the Chrome Webstore. Thus allowing you to manually install them on browsers which refuse to install them directly. I've used this to successfully install a couple of Chrome extensions on Yandex Browser in Android, which the browser refused to install, telling me they were incompatible. https://github.com/Rob--W/crxviewer https://github.com/Rob--W/crxviewer

TheWellKnownEIP 5y ago

To add to the list of great extensions mentioned here: - News Feed Eradicator Inspired from "Indistractible" by Nir Eyal, I found it very useful in removing unnecessary visual noise and distractions when I check my messages on Facebook.

jcmontx 5y ago

Ublock origin, Mercury Reader

dulus21 5y ago

To be fair, when I needed to use Edge for work I only searched for three out of four extensions I have on personal Firefox: 1) - uBlock Origin 2) - Hover Zoom+ 3) - Limit Tabs Couldn't find the last one, or something similar at least. There is one extra addon which I don't need on my work computer, but use it on Firefox personal computer: Update Scanner (you can scan webpages for changes, or use it like an RSS feed) LE: i think i will increase the list after reading this thread, HTML5 playback speed does sound usefull.

zczc 5y ago

Firefox extensions: - uBlock Origin - Firefox Multi-Account Containers - Tree Style Tab - Context Search Origin - Allows searching from bookmarked search providers, killer feature is "Search All in Tabs" option which opens a tab for every provider in bookmark folder - FoxyProxy - I've defined rules for blocked sites to open in Tor, much more usable than using Onion Browser, though less privacy

Jaxtek 5y ago

I use Chrome Cookie AutoDelete uBlock Dark Mode LastPass SiteBlocker (Blocks certain URLs / sites from being visited.I use it to block URLs (articles ,etc) I found useless so that I don't have to read them again) Channel Blocker ( removes videos of certain channels from YouTube - I use it to block certain channels that are clickbait but top the YouTube results) Bypass Paywall Nimbus Screenshot Clear NewTab

y7 5y ago

Firefox Multi-Account Containers and Temporary Containers are an ideal combo. By default, every tab opens in a new temporary container. You can create named containers for (groups of) sites you frequently visit so you don't have to login each time. It's a bit hard to find: to pin a site to a container, visit it and then click the Multi-Account Container icon in the toolbar -> Always Open This Site In...

drumhead 5y ago

uBlock Origin and NoScript are my essentials, those two can take care of most things.

_wycp 5y ago

For Chrome: * Authy (2FA) * Rofocus [1] - productivity extension that's free and gets me into flow (ambient music + pomodoro timers) * Loom - moved almost 100% to asynchronous 'meetings' and I regularly record tutorials for documentation purposes [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/rofocus-increase-your-foc/olomkelphccokjjidpagjpihlnemlpng?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/rofocus-increase-y...

Rayan_NM 5y ago

I have a shitload of free and useful extensions I use often (Chrome): ORGANIZATION: - SimpleExtManager "A simple menu to enable, disable and access options of extensions". This allows me to have a zillion extensions and not be all active all the time. - OneTab "Save up to 95% memory and reduce tab clutter". I use that to not have 30 tabs open when I'm researching a given subject. They're all saved as neatly organised links. It's super useful to quickly share a group of tabs (links) to a friend. - Raindrop.io "All-in-one bookmark manager". Prettiest and most useful bookmark manager, automatically takes thumbnails, tags and meta info from a website. They also have desktop and mobile apps so all my bookmarks are super available. It's my default window when I open a new tab. - Save to Notion "Save links to your Notion databases". For saving website pages as part of a given workflow because Notion is where I manage my work (freelance & indie projects). You can save pages in templated formats, it's really neat. Basically I use OneTab for saving, reopening and sharing groups of tabs of a given work session, I use Raindrop for saving bookmarks of my favourite websites (dev & design tools for example), and I use Save to Notion to save pages as part of a project workflow (landing page of a potential partner for a project or linkedin profile of a potential client). - 1Password That's just my password manager. I think it works great, on all devices. ---- CONVENIENCE: - Google Translate "View translations easily as you browse the web. By the Google Translate team." I translate stuff often, English isn't my native language. - I don't care about cookies Auto-removes cookie banners and auto-accepts them if it's the only way to remove the banners. - uBlock Origin "Finally, an efficient blocker. Easy on CPU and memory". I think everybody already has that haha. - Dark Reader "Dark mode for every website. Take care of your eyes, use dark theme for night and daily browsing." So my girlfriend doesn't kill me when I open super bright tabs at 2am in bed. --- DECONSTRUCTING PRODUCTS (to learn how to build them) - Wayback Machine "Reduce annoying 404 pages by automatically checking for an archived copy in the Wayback Machine." I love seeing how some websites evolved over time to learn about their owners' decisions. - CSS Peeper "Extract CSS and build beautiful styleguides." Getting color HEX codes from existing websites or deconstructing how they set up their paddings, margins etc is always neat. - Wappalyzer "Identify web technologies". I like to use it to see if something is built in no-code with a webflow CMS for example. But you really see everything someone's used to build a website. I've tried multiple tools like this one and I think this is the simplest one to understand. Builtwith has too much info to my taste. Then there's a few other extensions that I'm trying now but I'm not sure I'll keep so I won't recommend them yet. Mostly work-related for specific tools I use.

tugberkk 5y ago

In addition to previously mentioned, I also download tampermonkey. I can make use of several websites by fiddling with js code.

anotheryou 5y ago

All firefox: --- Must have: - uBlock Origin --- Must have for me: - I wrote a "mark seen" add-on for HN (and a few other sites). And I'm the only user :): https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/seen-it-all/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/seen-it-all/ - ScrollAnywhere (drag right click to scroll; if I wasn't using this I'd have rocker gestures instead, also nice but incompatible with my setup :) ) - SponsorBlock (in-video adblock working for bigger youtube channels) - Dark Reader (best global dark mode) - Some password manager - Sidebery (tabs in sidebar. slickest app, but sometimes a bit bugged...) --- Nice to haves: - Tapermonkey for userscripts (js injection) - Stylish for custom CSS - Saka Key (non-intrusive keyboard shortcuts for everything in the browser) - Textarea Cache (form did not submit or you accidentally closed the tab before sending? This is the rescue) - Auto Tab Discard (If I opened way too many tabs) - Translate Web Pages (most like the chrome version) - Open in PDF Reader (I like sumatra over the js in browser one)

alfiedotwtf 5y ago

Anyone else not use browser extensions for various reasons?

mrweasel 5y ago
I do use a browser extensions, but nearly to the extend others apparently do. For both Firefox and Safari I use exactly two extensions: Duck Duck Go Privacy Essentials and Lastpass. I don't really see the point in maintaining a long list of extensions or try to customize the browser. Long term I believe it's easier to just learn to use and accept the browser as is.

loufe 5y ago

I've seen all of my used addons recommended by others but here's what hits it for me: -SponsorBlock (incredible boost to Youtube tolerability) -uBlock Origin (created and maintained by a Québecois!) --Don't forget to addd annoyances and malware lists to configuration! -Refined hacker news (small nice changes for the site). -cookies auto-delete.

plibither8 5y ago
Refined Hacker News [0] author here, thanks for the mention :) [0]: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
- jlkuester7 5y ago
  Another happy user checking in. Thanks for the plugin!
- DavideNL 5y ago
  An iPad extension would be cool too :) (like Refined Github https://github.com/refined-github/refined-github#install https://github.com/refined-github/refined-github#install)

timdaub 5y ago

- adnauseam - Facebook Container

swissfunicular 5y ago

Privacy - uBlock Origin (block ads and trackers) - Decentraleyes (locally emulate CDN) - Privacy Badger (from EFF) - AdNauseam (in conjunction with uBlock) - Canvas Blocker (Fingerprint Protect) - Privacy Redirects (redirect social media sites to their privacy friendly front ens, eg twitter --> nitter) Other Privacy tools - Tracking Token Stripper (removes tracking part from URL) - minerBlock (blocks miners from using your CPU for cryptos) - WebRTC Leak Prevent - Location Guard (spoof location, not very effective) - Agentium (User Agent Switcher) From Google - Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on - IBA Opt-out Convenience - Password Manager (I use Bitwarden) - Dark Reader - Save Webpages Offline As MHTML (saves as single file) Not an extension - In-built DNS-over-HTTPS (I use BlahDNS/NextDNS as additional layer for adblocking and privacy)

genidoi 5y ago

FakeSpot - filters out amazon / ebay search results that have high rates of fake reviews

kilroy123 5y ago

Here is my list: - uBlock Origin (blocks ads) - Privacy Badger (blocks trackers and what not) - I don't care about cookies (I'm in Europe where it's cookie banner hell) - 1pass or lastpass (password manger) - SponsorBlock for YouTube (skip YouTube promotion sections) - Bypass Paywalls Clean (skip the payways on many different sites)

timbit42 5y ago
Europe has caused cookie banner hell globally. It's not just in Europe.

penjelly 5y ago

brave browser, brave search - vimium for keyboard browser control - darkreader makes all sites dark - ublock origin - tab redirect, force new tabs to hit a page i specified - password manager - instapaper, clips webpages/links for later

hank_z 5y ago
Just curious - have you tried Surfingkeys (an alternative to vimium)?
- penjelly 5y ago
  I've not. I'll give it a look thanks

luke2m 5y ago

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bypass-paywalls-clean/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bypass-paywal...

sf_rob 5y ago

* Stylus - super useful. I auto color my dev/qa/prod environments so I don't do anything stupid. I color code the stocks in my brokerage account by strategy. I fix some of the terrible pastel colors in Microsoft products. * Tab ReTitle+ - useful when you have multiple tabs open with identical titles. * Zoom Tab auto-close+ - Closes Zoom tabs once opened. * ColorZilla - A quick color-picker. I do some light web-dev and it's marginally more convenient than inspecting. * Firefox Color - Quick browser changes, also do some custom stuff in UserChrome.css * History Cleaner - Deletes my history after x weeks. * LastPass - Just what I thought was best in 2016, not sure what's best these days but I'm somewhat satisfied I find Firefox's built-in tracker blockers adequate for my usage these days (used to use uBlock Origin). Also, Firefox containers is a game changer for isolating work/personal or dev/qa. I would also recommend learning how to write/use Bookmarklets and edit UserChrome.css for greater productivity/customization. [+]Some of the above are not large enough to be audited by Mozilla, but the source code is on Github.

gaws 5y ago
> LastPass - Just what I thought was best in 2016, not sure what's best these days but I'm somewhat satisfied 1Password

2-718-281-828 5y ago

My Firefox extensions: - Vimium - uBlock Origin - Clickbait Remover for Youtube - Enhancer for Youtube - Exif Viewer - ClearURLs (have to disable it, though, most of the time as it breaks sites)

HonestIsNow 5y ago

We would humbly suggest you to try https://www.honest.is/ https://www.honest.is/

revorad 5y ago

I love Momentum Dash - https://momentumdash.com https://momentumdash.com And Control Space - https://controlspace.app https://controlspace.app

instagraham 5y ago

OneTab UBlock Origin No Coin

instagraham 5y ago

Wanted to post a complete list. But have also considered that your browser extensions really do help in making your digital fingerprint unique. This thread is a doxxers (not quite gold but perhaps bronze) mine, perhaps.

gaws 5y ago
> This thread is a doxxers (not quite gold but perhaps bronze) mine, perhaps. Please elaborate.

Glench 5y ago

Lots of good extensions in this thread. Here are some optional extensions I like: - Twemex - https://twemex.app/ https://twemex.app/ - Adds a really useful sidebar to Twitter. - Recipe Filter - https://github.com/sean-public/RecipeFilter https://github.com/sean-public/RecipeFilter - Focuses recipes front and center on food blogs - Notion Boost - https://gourav.io/notion-boost https://gourav.io/notion-boost - Adds a lot of really nice features to Notion - Tampermonkey - https://www.tampermonkey.net/ https://www.tampermonkey.net/ - Lets you create your own JS customizations on web pages without needing to make a whole browser extension. I really wish it was far easier for everyday people to make their own personal browser extension-like functionality and share it with others. Extending the apps we use feels really empowering and can help people transition from helpless consumers of apps to authors of how their computer works. Here's an essay I like detailing this view: https://www.geoffreylitt.com/2019/07/29/browser-extensions.html https://www.geoffreylitt.com/2019/07/29/browser-extensions.h... And while I'm here I'd also like to plug a service I wrote that lets you easily add paid features to extensions you develop: https://extensionpay.com https://extensionpay.com I made it to use myself but lots of developers have found it useful in monetizing their extensions without ads or selling user data. And even to my surprise, users are actually willing to pay for browser extensions! The service has made devs over $13k since I launched earlier this year!

fancy_pantser 5y ago
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/recipe-filter/ahlcdjbkdaegmljnnncfnhiioiadakae?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/recipe-filter/ahlc... I made the recipe-filter extension you mentioned, which has the source available on GitHub at the link you gave and thus is trivial for others to fork, modify, install locally, and so on. All extensions wind up as an archive with JS that one could modify, but I've made this one especially transparent. With your ExtensionPay, I could add a check to see if someone has a subscription for some new features I'm working on, but it feels like something's missing checking in that code into a public repo with no server necessary for the processing the extension requires. The trust is handled in the JS running on the users' browsers. > As Mozilla recommends, it's better to focus on making a good product for the majority of users that won't hack your extension. It's fairly popular (a bit over 58K active users) and someone already forked+modified the extension for another browser. It seems like if I charge some amount for the new features, it would be trivial for someone to fork it, remove the subscription check, and distribute it as a new extension. Similarly, they could add their own payment system and charge for the clone by changing just a few lines. As it stands, giving it away for free means there's nothing at stake. Adding a payment check in plain JS feels like it would generally work but incentivizes other putting in the time to crack it or clone it for profit and there's no great way back from that point.

gorhill 5y ago

> Kind of annoying having to whitelist every website I visit on NoScript these days but worth it imho In case you didn't already know, uBO does integrate a script blocker, with the advantage over NoScript that it supports per-site rules. I wrote a Twitter thread about this as an introduction a while ago: <https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/1379819815657996290 https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/1379819815657996290>. Also, a negative interference when using another script blocker extension along uBO is that these can prevent uBO from redirecting blocked resources to local neutered ones[1], beside making managing rules more complicated since the ruleset of two extensions have to be investigated when trying to unbreak a site. * * * [1] Redirecting to neutered local resources is useful to prevent site breakage and also to defuse anti-content blocker mechanisms.

fodmap 5y ago
I just want to say thank you for your amazing work.
skrowl 5y ago
uBlock origin in "Medium mode" does most of what you're hoping to get out of NoScript. Enabling it is basically just turning on advanced mode and setting 2 rules to block 3rd party scripts and rules - https://github.com/gorhill/ublock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium-mode https://github.com/gorhill/ublock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium... I combo it with Decentraleyes to get rid of most CDN (tracking) traffic.
runjake 5y ago
Thanks for all your work and troubles over the years.
joshxyz 5y ago
I wanna thank you for blocking ads on each newssite pornsite and pirate movie site i visited, uBlock Origin is a gift that keeps on giving haha.

akoster 5y ago

Export Tabs URLs https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/export-tabs-urls-and-titles/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/export-tabs-u... Used to dump tab URLs into a text file for later use. Has the option of selecting and editing the text of the file before saving, filtering the file contents, only selecting tabs from the current window in Firefox, and adding the title of each tab above its URL.

folmar 5y ago
Tab Session Manager will export tabs and much more (but the export is json).

hagbard_c 5y ago

The line of defence - for that is what most extensions are used for - actually starts much earlier, in the router. Using iptables and ipset it blocks known nefarious network ranges. On that same router lives the DNS proxy which, fed using the same filter lists as used by blocking extensions, relegates unwanted domain names to a local address which serves nothing. Once past the router there are a few application proxies which take care of search (using the Searx meta-search engine, replies are proxied), Youtube (proxied through invidious), Twitter (proxied through nitter) and Reddit (libreddit - hardly ever used here). Then, on browsers: - uBlock Origin blocks unwanted content - Privacy Redirect redirects Youtube, Twitter and Reddit to the aforementioned local proxies - Containers with Transitions (a forked version of Multi-Account Containers) is used to separate a number of well-known data-hoarding services (e.g. anything owned by AlphabetGoogle, anything owned by FaceMetaBook) by owner - SwitchyOmega is used to choose one of several Tor instances in case I need to appear to come from a different IP address. - IPFS Companion makes it easier to access ipfs:// and ipns:// links - Open With to open links in other tools - this can be anything you like, I'm e.g. using this to mirror material likely to be censured, feed magnet: links to the server-resident Transmission daemon, command the local netcast (which is also called 'podcast') instance to create audio-only versions of material I want to listen to while working outside, etc. All these are used on Firefox on Linux, some on Firefox on Android. I hardly ever use Chromium but for those times I do I have most of them installed there as well except for Containers with Transitions which is Firefox-only.

pabs3 5y ago

There is one extension that doesn't exist yet but I want: The right solution to using the modern web is an allow-list based approach. Let the user be in control of the details of every request and response and action taken by the browser. Then people who want to can choose their own way to interact with the web.

aembleton 5y ago
Sounds like uMatrix
- pabs3 5y ago
  uMatrix can be configured similarly, but it is extremely limited. I am thinking something more like the Firefox/Chrome DevTools. Also uMatrix is no longer maintained.

spookyuser 5y ago

Okay one I haven't seen mentioned that I have been using a lot: Chrome Currency Converter, you can have it configured that when you press a shortcut all currencies on a page are converted to your local one. For me, when I press Alt-c the whole page changes from $ to my currency https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-currency-converter/anbfhidldjknonaihbalghlebaijealk?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-currency-co...

cloogshicer 5y ago
I wish something like this existed but with time zones. For example, any time a website mentions "Tuesday 10AM PST", I want to be able to hover over it to reveal the time/date in my own timezone. Have looked but couldn't really find anything.
- spookyuser 5y ago
  That's a great idea! I never knew i wanted this until now! Edit: Just found this: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/time-zone-converter/eojaekhfpeakafmjnmkpkccjlmbkmceg/related?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/time-zone-converte... seems to work great not hover but right click and select
  - cloogshicer 5y ago
    Thanks for the link!

silverlake 5y ago

Shutup removes comments from sites. It’s made the web much more pleasant.

_smky 5y ago
sadly this doesnt seem to work on sites outside the US(?). I've tried it on spiegel.de and still see comments.

ilian 5y ago

For saving web pages, parts of them or bookmarks as plain files, I can recommend the TagSpaces Web Clipper https://www.tagspaces.org/products/webclipper/ https://www.tagspaces.org/products/webclipper/

ntc2008 5y ago

I recommend Vimium C and Ublock Origin.

ntc2008 5y ago
And Ncage lol

ntc2008 5y ago

Vimium C

shaicoleman 5y ago

Here are a few Chrome extensions you can check out: * Improve YouTube! - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/improve-youtube-video-you/bnomihfieiccainjcjblhegjgglakjdd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/improve-youtube-vi... * Reader Mode - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/reader-mode/llimhhconnjiflfimocjggfjdlmlhblm https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/reader-mode/llimhh... * Google Images Restored - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-images-restored/ncndcebmkibkhopclfdjfacgfholcghi https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-images-rest... * Intention - Stop Mindless Browsing - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/intention-stop-mindless-b/dladanhaondcgpahgiflodhckhoeohoe https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/intention-stop-min... * Video Speed Controller - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-speed-controller/nffaoalbilbmmfgbnbgppjihopabppdk https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-speed-contro... * New Tab Changer - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/new-tab-changer/occbjkhimchkolibngmcefpjlbknggfh https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/new-tab-changer/oc... * JSON Lite - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/json-lite/acacmjcicejlmjcheoklfdchempahoag https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/json-lite/acacmjci... * streamkeys - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/streamkeys/ekpipjofdicppbepocohdlgenahaneen https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/streamkeys/ekpipjo... * AutoFormer+ - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/autoformer%20/cjefgijpbofijpnfpncbjajignkcbbod https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/autoformer%20/cjef... * Pushbullet - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pushbullet/chlffgpmiacpedhhbkiomidkjlcfhogd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pushbullet/chlffgp... * AutoScroll - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/autoscroll/occjjkgifpmdgodlplnacmkejpdionan https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/autoscroll/occjjkg... * No Mouse Wheel Zoom - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/no-mouse-wheel-zoom/ckhlfagjncfmdieecfekjbpnnaekhlhd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/no-mouse-wheel-zoo...

webwanderings 5y ago

Winger has been a great productivity booster. No relationship. Just a happy user. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/winger/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/winger/

thomcano 5y ago

I think uBlock Origin is definitely a must-have as a browser extension.

servytor 5y ago

I recommend Falcon[0][1], I wish Firefox had an equivalent. It basically does full-text search of any website visited. I discovered it via HN[2]. [0]: https://github.com/lengstrom/falcon https://github.com/lengstrom/falcon [1]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/falcon/mmifbbohghecjloeklpbinkjpbplfalb https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/falcon/mmifbbohghe... [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12479977 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12479977

jslakro 5y ago

I use and recommend Session Buddy. I don't agree with all the ad blockers extensions because of course ads are annoying, but a big part of the content in the internet would not be available without them

SAI_Peregrinus 5y ago

uBlock Origin, Firefox Multi-Account Containers, Temporary Containers, Containerise, and Tree Style Tabs for me. I also quite like Tab Session Manager, and get a decent amount of use out of QR Code Generator. uBlock Origin is an ad blocker, and script blocker, with per-site rules. I use it in "Advanced User" mode. Multi-Account Containers allows isolating sites to containers, all cookies, local storage, etc, are kept within that container only (but all addons work across all containers). So my HN container saves my HN login, my Stackexchange container saves my stackexchange login, etc. Temporary containers makes sites that aren't assigned to a permanent container get assigned to a temporary container that gets deleted shortly after they're closed. So anything that doesn't have a permanent assignment gets something akin to a Private Browsing tab. Containerize allows wildcard matching for domains to permanent containers. So sites with logins that have a bunch of subdomains & redirects can match all of them to the same container. EG *.jetbrains.com opens in a container for Jetbrains, so their redirect-to-login flow works. Tree-style tabs provides better organization of things I'm working on than flat tabs without a hierarchy. Tab Session Manager lets me save and load entire sessions of tabs at once, or just single windows from a session, and give those sessions names. QR Code Generator is handy for exactly what the name says.

blindmute 5y ago
How is this container strategy different from just disabling third-party cookies?
- SAI_Peregrinus 5y ago
  Containers isolate more than just cookies, they isolate all local storage. So each container acts like 3rd-party cookies are enabled, they get saved, everything works even when silly website authors use 3rd-party services for authenticaton, etc. But it's all isolated, so the sites in one container don't see any of the storage in another.

eduardosasso 5y ago

I’m going vanilla. My only default extension is a json viewer. Everything else I toggle on/off when needed.

Egoist 5y ago

One less popular extension to add to others list: ublacklist Helps you exclude any site from your search engine easily.

sebazzz 5y ago

Firefox Multi-Account Containers

user_agent 5y ago

Some less obvious ones for Chromium based browsers I use: - Privacy Redirect [redirects you on the fly to custom frontedns for popular services like YT, Reddit, Wiki, etc.] - Buster: Captcha Solver For Humans [solves captchas for me] - WebRTC Control [I don't like an idea of leaking IP over WebRTC when I don't use it] - Change Geolocation [forces a certain coordinates as a response to websites asking about your location] - Disable HTML5 Autoplay [kind of obvious] - PocketTube: Youtube Subscription Manager [I can't find anything on YT in the channels I subscribe to without it!]

seFausto 5y ago

I use on Firefox: - Bitwarden - Toggle Reddit Sidebar - uBlock Origin - Gramarly - Reddit Enhancement Suite - Gesturefy On Edge (along with compatible Firefox Add-ons) - CrxMouse - SwiftRead (for speed reading any site or text. if you pay for Pro you can also speed read PDFs) - Scribe (to create step by step tutorials automatically: https://scribehow.com/signup?affiliate=2fe22b23-335a-4f91-bdd2-ccd2ac80908f https://scribehow.com/signup?affiliate=2fe22b23-335a-4f91-bd...)

edelind 5y ago

I am looking and I don't see my preferred extensions without which I cannot live (I won't repeat the already mentioned ones): - Selection Context Search - very extensible addon which will allows you to select in page and use that for opening an URL: search in any engine, add to search strings in Wikipedia, IMDB, torrents, almost anything - Ant Video Downloader - downloads any video from page - Bookmark Tab Here - bookmark by right clicking directly on bookmark folder - HistoryBlock - blocklists sites from history (for example google.com, your search history)

mekster 5y ago

Not a browser extension but I use Adguard Home hosted on my server to have all ads resolve with non existent IP and it can work network wide, so I don't really need to install ad blockers on every device. But the difference is, since it can't touch the page itself like extensions, you can't get rid of the ad space if it's pre occupied as empty space.

kf6nux 5y ago

Just Brave browser. It has built-in ad-blocking and good defaults. It even has ad-hoc TOR if needed.

m9731526 5y ago

(Firefox) - Sidebery: Vertical tabs, personally feels it's better then TreeStyleTabs - Enhancer For Youtube - Custom Scrollbars - Decentraleyes: Use local javascript libs over remote ones - Dark Reader: Dark mode for pages without dark mode - To DeepL

joveian 5y ago

For me my most essential ones (Firefox) are: uBlock Origin (advanced mode, RIP uMatrix), Right Click Search (lets you right click search using all available search engines), ClearURLs (mostly to make it a bit easier to copy the useful part of URLs, might help avoid some tracking), and SingleFile (downloads a page into one file using data URLs for images).

gaws 5y ago
> Right Click Search (lets you right click search using all available search engines) You can do this in Firefox without an extension.
- joveian 5y ago
  How? It is certainly not possible by default. You can set the right click search to be any particular one in the preferences but you can't, as far as I know, get a list so that you can search any particular text from any available search engine, which is what Right Click Search does. I did a quick search for "search" in about:config and didn't see anything that looked related.

edgartaor 5y ago

Imagus is a must for me https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/imagus/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/imagus/

atsaloli 5y ago

Vimium if you're a "vi" user. :) Keyboard-driven control of the Web browser. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vimium/dbepggeogbaibhgnhhndojpepiihcmeb?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vimium/dbepggeogba...

Hakashiro 5y ago

https://www.no-thanks-extension.com https://www.no-thanks-extension.com Paid extension, and I'd happily pay 10x the price. It is an incredible timesaver and the developer is super responsive when you report sites.

XCSme 5y ago

https://unhook.app/ https://unhook.app/ - Remove recommandations from YouTube (so you can still used and watch it without getting into rabbit holes or end up procrastinating) Colour Contrast Checker - Good when developing, always being able to check contrast between text/background to keep it accessible LeechBlock - Limit the time on specific websites BitWarden - Password manager TextBlaze - Canned messages, good if you often respond to emails with the same message.