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Ask HN: What is your must have browser extension?
Browser extensions greatly improve our browsing experience.
For me: Dark Reader, uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, Tampermonkey, OneTab, and password manager are my must have, how about you?
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Sorted roughly by order of importance.
uBo, of course.
uMatrix, which despite being EoL has a vastly superior interface to uBo for selective resource (un-)blocking
KeePassXC as password manager
LanguageTool, less shady Grammarly, and selfhostable
NopeCHA, shady captcha solver, but better than doing that shit myself, fuck you recaptcha, cloudflare and hCaptcha.
Refined HackerNews, some HN QoL improvements
Nitter Redirect, redirects Twitter links to a chosen Nitter instance which is slightly more readable and has none of the annoying JS.
Copy Me That, recipe extractor for my chosen recipe and shopping list manager.
Libredirect automatically redirects all kinds of social media sites to a privacy-conscious alternative. It's great.
Thanks for uMatrix and NopeCHA. This saved my life from shortening( just from frustration).
I am trying to mention what others haven't.
Toolbox for Google Play store - all information is disclosed within app page itself.
Bell of mindfulness - 20-20-20, and you will be reminded to stretch, drink water, meditate, etc.
Breathing.ai -meditation + nature sounds + more
Firefox Relay - spamming inbox is reduced.
PDF Viewer for Vimium C - Vimium on pdf.
PostuReminder - Reminds you to sit up straight with pop-up notifications at specified time intervals.
Productivity Blocker - so you can relax!
Selection Search - For those who don't want to open new tab and then paste and then click 'Go'.
Shortcut Forwarding Tool - Extension can command other extension to do the work and create macros.
LoudReader - azw3, mobi, epub, offline Reader that I don't want to install a separate app for.
Morphine - Regulated distraction. Yep!
Tab Buddy - Build simple and positive habits one new tab at a time.
NewTab Adapter - Take over browser's new tab settings and open another configurable URL
Hacker News Enhancement Suite - I request an alternative to this. It is limited in features.
Hover Lookup - a popup of essential Wiktionary without changing pages.
Microsoft Editor - Alternative to Grammarly/LanguageTool.
Lipsurf - Use voice to type, click anything, scroll, watch videos, open webpages, make custom voice shortcuts and more.
Github Enhancement Suite - Saves me lots of clicks in github.
Vim new Tab - One vim tip for opening one new tab.
I use this one for Safari on iPhone to see new comments on HN
https://apps.apple.com/be/app/hacker-news-comments/id1602932...
Thank you for pointing me in this direction! I had a browser extension to show new comments that stopped working several years ago and never found anything that I liked until this one. Being able to see new comments makes HN so much more user friendly.
The first browser extension I ever installed was the original Adblock for Firebird (maybe even Phoenix, I don't recall exact timing), and to this day an ad blocker is the first extension I install on a new browser profile. These days my preference is uBlock Origin but it's still the most important part of an acceptable browsing experience.
Every time I browse the web on my phone it's just a nightmare of nonsense.
Tampermonkey is an on and off thing for me, sometimes I have it installed and use it every day, other times I go years between needing it.
I am guessing you are using an iPhone. But if I am wrong and for others who do not know, Firefox for Android supports running uBlock Origin.
Adguard on iPhone has greatly improved my experience
Some safari suggestions:
- Userscripts (runs userscripts)
- Adguard (ad blocker, has custom filters as such but I haven't used anything past the basic ad blocking)
- Mate translate (I think Safari has a built in translator, but I'm not 100% sure)
- Vimari (navigation with vim, basically just vimium, but not as much configurability/features, ex disabling only certain keys on websites, vomnibar)
Vimium - navigate pages with vim input
Metamask - browser based crypto wallet
HoverZoom - mouse over images to expand them
- uBlockOrigin: to never see ads, anywhere.
- OneTab: to share all open tabs to an HTML/squish to one tab.
- tabcopy: to copy the addresses of all open tabs to plaintext (don't use it anymore)
- Privacy Possum: because privacy
- One Shot: arbitrary size screen capture of open web page
- Facebook Container: provides some protection when visiting sites owned by Meta
- archive.today: you are on HN- you know why
uBlock Origin, Tree Style Tabs, Sponsorblock, Auto Tab Discard, the rest I can live without. (not an extension: userChrome.css to remove tab bar) (preview of Tree Style Tabs + userChrome = https://i.imgur.com/81OpEOy.png)
+1 for Tree Style Tabs, I have the same setup.
I use AdBlockPlus to almost completely remove ads from the internet. I hear that YouTube has advertising, but I never, ever see it.
Dark Mode is helpful, as my vision works better with dark backgrounds, thanks to impending cataracts.
Midnight Lizard takes care of the special cases that Dark Mode doesn't seem to work with.
You've probably heard this a million times, but uBlock Origin is the new Adblock -- it's way better, more performant, and regularly updated.
Grammarly - Because I misspell all the time(Not supported on HN)
uBlock origin - Because I'm not a big fan of ads. Also works on firefox on android if you are tired of ads when browsing on your phone.
Bitwarden - Just switched from lastpass, and wow what can I say, such a breeze to use and it's free!
I'd vote for tampermonkey. If you learn how to use it well it's almost like a new superpower.
- uBlockOrigin - Most essential of all
- Dark Reader - To save my eyes at night
- Vimium - Vim navigation for the browser (once you start using it, you won't want to go back)
- Bitwarden - For password management
- Raindrop - For bookmarking and highlighting sites
- WhatFont - for seeing what fonts a site uses
>> Site / theme improvements:
1) Dark Hacker News
2) Hacker News: Mark All Read
3) DarkReader
>> Tab management and workflow:
4) Unique Tabs
5) PowerSwitch
6) Switch between your two most recent tabs
7) Tabs Outliner
8) Session Buddy
9) JoinTabs
>> Mastodon improvements:
10) Mastodon Handles in Twitter
11) Mastodon Link
>> Video improvement:
12) Picture-in-Picture Extension (by Google)
13) Video Speed Controller
14) Video Quality Settings for YouTube™ (HD/4K)
Really wish HN had a native dark mode. Oh, I know they don't want to do it. But it's the right thing to do.
I'm a big fan of FraidyCat for following RSS feeds: https://fraidyc.at/
I also include uBlockOrigin and 1password
Tab exporters (to plain-text)!
I use Tabitha for Safari, but there are plenty of different options for each browser.
I find that it's super easy to clean up my tabs by dumping them to my plain-text notes.
OneTab goes beyond these expectations.
iOS:
Wipr (adblock)
StopTheMadness (URL/CSS/JS mods)
DevonThink (web archive for local search)
Codebook (password mgr, wifi sync)I use those as of today: https://i.imgur.com/HIAbllO.png
Vimium. Navigate the web from your keyboard, love it
Dark background light text
Browser Routr, to auto open some sites in a non-default browser; full disclosure: I made it and offer it as a premium app
uBlock Origin
Do you feel completely comfortable connecting a password manager to a browser?
I think separation of these two utilities makes more sense.
With your theoretical concern (anything specific?), you'd copy paste every time you need to login?
I use Custom Stylesheet & Script to alter my HN experience a bit, along with some other sites.
I mostly use the dark theme. And that one that allows the youtube to play in the background
Blocksite.co - for getting rid of distractions
Fetcher.page - for getting distractions in a controlled way
For those who read the hn website, I think I can recommend Modern for Hacker News.
ha-ha
I’m a full time Odoo developer and Odoo terminal is an absolute must have for me.
Can't believe no one has mentioned Pocket (getpocket.com)
Android Firefox Dark Reader on 100% of the time. Lifesaver.
Highly recommend Hyperweb on iOS — very impressive!
Thanks and it works on PC, for those who are looking for PC.
Unclutter - next gen reader
Picture in Picture by Google
YouTube sponsor block
OneTab
Return YouTube dislike
Single FileZ
I still don't care about cookies
Feedbro RSS reader, CookieBro, uBlock Origin
Return Youtube Dislikes, SponsorBlock
Adblock and password manager
I don't see anyone mentioning Bypass Paywalls. It lets you bypass paywalls on most mainstream news outlets. It's a must-have for me and I wish it was available for Safari.
uBlock Origin, password manager
uBlock origin, NoScript
uBlock
Session Buddy
200 OK (Local Plain html server)
Custom Javascript