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Ask HN: What browser extensions are you currently using?

23 points by cainxinth 3y ago

sp332 3y ago
It's not really an extension, but I installed the Wayback Machine as a seach engine with the keyword "rez". Now I can rez any URL in my address bar.
switchstance 3y ago
https://joinflipside.com https://joinflipside.com
- KomoD 3y ago
  This is just a 403. Edit: now a 404 if I add www
Iulioh 3y ago
Imagus When you hover your cursor over an image it opens over your cursor and you can enlarge it Can't live without now
- astroid 3y ago
  This just made my life so much easier, thanks for posting this. IT Glue recently introduced a bug they have acknowledged where you can no longer hover over large images to see the full size, making half of our documentation illegible unless you want to force open the image in a new tab. This fixes that entirely. I may as well post my must have extensions while thanking you: DarkReader - this combined with f.lux on the machine will save your eyesight SponsorBlock - makes youtube so much more usable, as well as other video sites CookieNoticeBlocker - Im guessing there is a way to use ublock to achieve similar results, but it blocks those annoying popups for you Behind the Overlay- useful for sites that use an overlay to hide article content, click the button and it hides any overlays and suddenly the page is there again UnPayWall - find the full text to scholarly articles
eva_cananim 3y ago
I used to use a firefox extension that showed the number of open tabs in the corner, as I found firefox would sometimes go wrong and loose everything I had open when I got to about four thousand open tabs. I didn't get around to reinstalling it after a fresh install.
- syncbehind 3y ago
  >when I got to about four thousand open tabs. Thank you for putting my tab hoarding in perspective.
mikecoles 3y ago
FoxyProxy, uBlock, KeepassXC, floccus, vue tools. Previously, Krypton Authenticator
spansoa 3y ago
Primarily uBlock Origin. I have some browser profiles for testing out extensions which have broad permissions and I don't really trust them. I don't have them on my main surfing profile for security & privacy reasons. If some of them are malicious, they get very little data.
ankitg12 3y ago
Prompt Helper has been pretty helpful for repeated prompts on ChatGPT https://prompt-helper.xyz/ https://prompt-helper.xyz/
brian_herman 3y ago
ublock origin; google voice
YVoyiatzis 3y ago
uBlock Origin 1Password Box Tools DEVONthink, Clip To
daza 3y ago
Old Reddit Redirect. Reddit is pretty much unusable without this thing.
marssaxman 3y ago
uBlock Origin, SponsorBlock, Bypass Paywalls Clean, ClearURLs. On my personal machine, I also have Facebook Container.
in9 3y ago
If you the way you use computers is keyboard driven, I recommend Vimium. Nice expirience for browsing with the keyboard only
- vasili111 3y ago
  Does it truly allows you to not use mouse with browser at all?
cainxinth 3y ago
Some I use and recommend: ReviewMeta (Amazon review analyzer) Linkclump (Open lots of links at once by drawing a selection box) Privacy Badger (The EFF's tracker blocker) Google Docs In Dark (Night mode for Docs) Hacker News Enhancement Suite (A couple of quality of life tweaks)
ryaneager 3y ago
uBlock Origin Firefox Multi-Account Containers
noiobeforebed 3y ago
Auto Tab discard: Aggressively discards tabs, letting me have more of them. DuckDuckGo !bangs but faster: Runs their lovely '!' functionality locally, making things faster. Bitwarden Enhancer for Nebula: Used to redirect YouTube videos that have a Nebula Page too Nebula. Fediact: Adds a follow button on non-home Mastodon instances. Enhancer for Youtube: Used to hide "related videos" section. Firefox Multi-Account Containers Impule Blocker: Used to block Facebook/Reddit usage.
jafarlihi 3y ago
Vimium
RGBCube 3y ago
Kill Sticky, it it lets you kill all sticky elements with a keyboard shortcut (Alt+K on Windows/Linux, Cmd+K on Mac). Super useful for "sign-up to read" types of popups.
mdwalters 3y ago
uBlock Origin, SponsorBlock, MrBeastify, and DeArrow. MrBeastify is my favorite out of all of them.
neontomo 3y ago
Netflix 1080p (it renders in 720p if not using the OS-default browser, ridiculous) SponsorBlock (removes sponsored ads in YT) Empty New Tab Page (I hate start pages, when I open a new tab I usually just want to start typing in an URL, so blank is an improvement) Buster: Captcha Solver for Humans (Auto completes CAPTCHAS, doesn't always work but saves a lot of time)
KomoD 3y ago
1Password, (must have) Chrome Tab Counter Dark Reader Don't add custom search engines Enhancer for YouTube Export Tabs Fix IDRAC .jnlp file Netflix 1080p Honey Privacy Pass Refined Github Revolut (on click only) Tampermonkey uBlacklist (must have) uBlock Origin (must have) Wappalyzer (on click only)

23 points by cainxinth 3y ago

It's not really an extension, but I installed the Wayback Machine as a seach engine with the keyword "rez". Now I can rez any URL in my address bar.

switchstance 3y ago

https://joinflipside.com https://joinflipside.com

KomoD 3y ago
This is just a 403. Edit: now a 404 if I add www

Iulioh 3y ago

Imagus When you hover your cursor over an image it opens over your cursor and you can enlarge it Can't live without now

astroid 3y ago
This just made my life so much easier, thanks for posting this. IT Glue recently introduced a bug they have acknowledged where you can no longer hover over large images to see the full size, making half of our documentation illegible unless you want to force open the image in a new tab. This fixes that entirely. I may as well post my must have extensions while thanking you: DarkReader - this combined with f.lux on the machine will save your eyesight SponsorBlock - makes youtube so much more usable, as well as other video sites CookieNoticeBlocker - Im guessing there is a way to use ublock to achieve similar results, but it blocks those annoying popups for you Behind the Overlay- useful for sites that use an overlay to hide article content, click the button and it hides any overlays and suddenly the page is there again UnPayWall - find the full text to scholarly articles

eva_cananim 3y ago

I used to use a firefox extension that showed the number of open tabs in the corner, as I found firefox would sometimes go wrong and loose everything I had open when I got to about four thousand open tabs. I didn't get around to reinstalling it after a fresh install.

syncbehind 3y ago
>when I got to about four thousand open tabs. Thank you for putting my tab hoarding in perspective.

mikecoles 3y ago

FoxyProxy, uBlock, KeepassXC, floccus, vue tools. Previously, Krypton Authenticator

spansoa 3y ago

Primarily uBlock Origin. I have some browser profiles for testing out extensions which have broad permissions and I don't really trust them. I don't have them on my main surfing profile for security & privacy reasons. If some of them are malicious, they get very little data.

ankitg12 3y ago

Prompt Helper has been pretty helpful for repeated prompts on ChatGPT https://prompt-helper.xyz/ https://prompt-helper.xyz/

brian_herman 3y ago

ublock origin; google voice

YVoyiatzis 3y ago

uBlock Origin 1Password Box Tools DEVONthink, Clip To

daza 3y ago

Old Reddit Redirect. Reddit is pretty much unusable without this thing.

marssaxman 3y ago

uBlock Origin, SponsorBlock, Bypass Paywalls Clean, ClearURLs. On my personal machine, I also have Facebook Container.

in9 3y ago

If you the way you use computers is keyboard driven, I recommend Vimium. Nice expirience for browsing with the keyboard only

vasili111 3y ago
Does it truly allows you to not use mouse with browser at all?

cainxinth 3y ago

Some I use and recommend: ReviewMeta (Amazon review analyzer) Linkclump (Open lots of links at once by drawing a selection box) Privacy Badger (The EFF's tracker blocker) Google Docs In Dark (Night mode for Docs) Hacker News Enhancement Suite (A couple of quality of life tweaks)

ryaneager 3y ago

uBlock Origin Firefox Multi-Account Containers

noiobeforebed 3y ago

Auto Tab discard: Aggressively discards tabs, letting me have more of them. DuckDuckGo !bangs but faster: Runs their lovely '!' functionality locally, making things faster. Bitwarden Enhancer for Nebula: Used to redirect YouTube videos that have a Nebula Page too Nebula. Fediact: Adds a follow button on non-home Mastodon instances. Enhancer for Youtube: Used to hide "related videos" section. Firefox Multi-Account Containers Impule Blocker: Used to block Facebook/Reddit usage.

jafarlihi 3y ago

Vimium

RGBCube 3y ago

Kill Sticky, it it lets you kill all sticky elements with a keyboard shortcut (Alt+K on Windows/Linux, Cmd+K on Mac). Super useful for "sign-up to read" types of popups.

mdwalters 3y ago

uBlock Origin, SponsorBlock, MrBeastify, and DeArrow. MrBeastify is my favorite out of all of them.

neontomo 3y ago

Netflix 1080p (it renders in 720p if not using the OS-default browser, ridiculous) SponsorBlock (removes sponsored ads in YT) Empty New Tab Page (I hate start pages, when I open a new tab I usually just want to start typing in an URL, so blank is an improvement) Buster: Captcha Solver for Humans (Auto completes CAPTCHAS, doesn't always work but saves a lot of time)

KomoD 3y ago

1Password, (must have) Chrome Tab Counter Dark Reader Don't add custom search engines Enhancer for YouTube Export Tabs Fix IDRAC .jnlp file Netflix 1080p Honey Privacy Pass Refined Github Revolut (on click only) Tampermonkey uBlacklist (must have) uBlock Origin (must have) Wappalyzer (on click only)