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Re: Ask HN: What Firefox/Chrome extensions do you use?

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Post by patrickaljord »

1337p337 wrote: post #18

I don't use Chrome (privacy issues), but for Firefox, * Flashblock * Greasemonkey * Firebug * It'sAllText (which allows the use of an external editor) * A few mostly inconsequential ones, like IdentFavicon, etc. I find that flashblock takes care of most of my ad-blocking needs, and the rest I can do with a local DNS server. The re-emergence of badly behaved Javascript (Remember when all we had to worry about was scro…

> I don't use Chrome (privacy issues)

Which one? You do realize it's open source so if you found anything we're not aware of by looking at the code please do tell. Also do you own a mobile phone? Because if you care about privacy, a mobile phone is much worse than chrome.

Re: Ask HN: What Firefox/Chrome extensions do you use?

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Post by pedrokost »

No one mentioned Xmarks (almost all browsers) to sync bookmarks and tabs between browsers

OneNumber (chrome) which checks for Gmail, GReader, GVoice and wave for updates.

Then I would recommend Boomerang for Gmail (both FF and Chrome) that allows you to postpone an email to send to whenever you want.

Google Dictionary (chrome): double click a word and it shows you the definition - really unobtrusive

Lazarus:Form recovery (chrome) - if you were typing some text in a textArea/field and the browser crashes it can easily put the text back in when you open the page again.

Rapportive for Gmail (chrome, but i thinks it also works in FF) - shows you details about senders, social networking accounts, etc

Stop Autoplay for Youtube (chrome) - great if you like to open many videos in tabs and dont want to hear them play all at the same time

Re: Ask HN: What Firefox/Chrome extensions do you use?

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Post by ambiate »

Firefox: Firebug, Pagespeed for finding slowdowns in my pages. WebRank toolbar for when I'm too lazy to open Market Samurai.

Chrome: Eyedropper for stealing a color. Nofollow eyes to make sure my pages aren't wasting pagerank. SEOQuake for when I'm too lazy to open firefox/MS. Ultimate Chrome Flag. I like seeing ips/locations/etc. Chromed Bird for my twitter accounts that are for business.

Re: Ask HN: What Firefox/Chrome extensions do you use?

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Post by mrud »

On chrome i use:

* Notscript (blocks javascript, not as good as noscript for firefox but imho still good)

* Adblock

* Navigate on paste (load webpage with middle click on linux)

* Type ahead find (just start typing to search)

* android2cloud (send urls from your mobile phone to your browser)

For Firefox:

* TabMixPlus (Multiple rows for tabs)

* NoScript (JavaScript blocker)

* AdBlock Plus

* FoxyProxy (easy managable proxys)

* AutoAuth (automatically submits saved http basic authentication dialogs)

* Locationbar² (easy access to url segments)

* Firebug

Re: Ask HN: What Firefox/Chrome extensions do you use?

#25

Post by pasbesoin »

akkartik wrote: post #19

I use lasttab in Firefox to get LRU tab switching. Until chrome gets it (and don't make me change my ctrl-tab muscle memory) I'm not switching.

It irritates me no end that the Chrome developers refuse to implement this. (And yes, in googling around on the topic, I did come across a blog post by someone involved explaining that this is a design decision on their part and not an oversight.)

As a workaround, I'll open a subset of most active tabs in a second window. Tabs I am actively switching between as I'm doing my work.

Then, I'll end up closing the Windows in the wrong order and have the subset saved for restoration rather than the full set.

Please, Chrome devs, just make MRU tab switching an option, regardless of what you personally think about it. It is a common work occurrence to need to frequently switch between different pairs or small sets of tabs within a larger context of numerous references/tabs.

P.S. Extensions can't substitute the behavior, because a security measure -- so stated -- Chrome no longer allows browser default shortcut keys, e.g. Ctrl Tab, to be hooked and overridden.

P.P.S. I'd welcome suggestions for good substitutes that use a different key combination or another paradigm that's easy to tolerate.

Re: Ask HN: What Firefox/Chrome extensions do you use?

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Post by colonelxc »

patrickaljord wrote: post #21
1337p337 wrote: post #18

I don't use Chrome (privacy issues), but for Firefox, * Flashblock * Greasemonkey * Firebug * It'sAllText (which allows the use of an external editor) * A few mostly inconsequential ones, like IdentFavicon, etc. I find that flashblock takes care of most of my ad-blocking needs, and the rest I can do with a local DNS server. The re-emergence of badly behaved Javascript (Remember when all we had to worry about was scro…

> I don't use Chrome (privacy issues) Which one? You do realize it's open source so if you found anything we're not aware of by looking at the code please do tell. Also do you own a mobile phone? Because if you care about privacy, a mobile phone is much worse than chrome.

Chromium is open source, Chrome includes Google's special sauce. Now, I don't think Google is abusing this privilege, but I just wanted to point out the difference.

Google is a company that makes money by knowing everything about people, and then presenting ads to them. A browser is a great way to be able to follow a user wherever they go, even after they leave Google's sites. I'm not the op, but I block google analytics for the same reason.

Re: Ask HN: What Firefox/Chrome extensions do you use?

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Post by apu »

njckname2 wrote: post #10

I use several Firefox addons, most of them have been already mentioned. However, one of my favourite addons has not been mentioned: Quieturl This addon transforms urls that are plain text into clickable anchors. Very very handy, I couldn't browse without it now.

I use QuickDrag to do this and more:

  * Drag images to download them
  * Drag text urls to open in new tab
  * Drag text to search on google
Highly recommended.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6912/

Re: Ask HN: What Firefox/Chrome extensions do you use?

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Post by gardarh »

Firefox: - Firebug (my life wouldn't be same (or sane) without it) - Remove cookies for site (one click to remove all cookies for current domain, essential when developing cookie based sites) - FireGestures (lets you go back, reload, close tabs, etc. by preconfigured right click gestures - a feature invented by Opera I believe, I can't browse without it) - AdBlockPlus (I hate to admit this but a news site I visit frequently is so loaded with flash ads that my machine almost becomes unresponsive upon visiting)

Chrome: I try to find the same extensions as for Firefox but: - Firebug lite was missing the "Net" panel last time I checked - I haven't found a gestures addon that doesn't suck - I haven't found a remove cookies for site add-on

So migrating to Chrome has been quite hard for me.

PS. Yes, I'm a web developer

Re: Ask HN: What Firefox/Chrome extensions do you use?

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Post by Groxx »

pedrokost wrote: post #22

No one mentioned Xmarks (almost all browsers) to sync bookmarks and tabs between browsers OneNumber (chrome) which checks for Gmail, GReader, GVoice and wave for updates. Then I would recommend Boomerang for Gmail (both FF and Chrome) that allows you to postpone an email to send to whenever you want. Google Dictionary (chrome): double click a word and it shows you the definition - really unobtrusive Lazarus:Form reco…

Xmarks has been essential for me when fiddling between multiple devices and OSes. Quite handy.

Re: Ask HN: What Firefox/Chrome extensions do you use?

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Post by Qz »

I used to have a lot more extensions installed on Firefox, but right now all I actually use is:

AdBlock Plus, Download Statusbar, and Tab Scope.

Although one personal 'hack' almost counts: I moved the bookmark toolbar up next to the system menu, to use up all that space and give me quick access to all the sites I read. I have about 14 folders up there, and the Readability bookmarklet. I'm nervous about FF4 because I don't know where I'll be able to put my bookmarks...

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