Ask HN: What are the most useful Chrome extensions?

Post by hga » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 7:07 PM UTC

mfkp wrote: post #10

My essentials: Disconnect: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/disconnect/jeoacaf... Edit this Cookie: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/editthiscookie/fng... HN Collapse: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-collap... HTTPS Everywhere: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/https-everywhere/g... JSON Prettifier: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/json-prettifier/kc... Postman…

Post by fragmede » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 7:09 PM UTC

steveridout wrote: post #23

Momentum | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/momentum/laookkfkn... This displays a beautiful photograph on your "New Tab" page instead of a list of your most visited sites, which if you're anything like me is procrastination central. It serves as a reminder for me to slow down, stay focussed, and not obsessively check news, Hacker News, etc... (yep, it's not exactly working at the moment ;-) It also allows yo…

Post by xpop2027 » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 7:11 PM UTC

rejfyl wrote: post #17

scrollaway wrote: post #12

JSONView: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/jsonview/chklaanhf... OneTab: http://www.one-tab.com/ Privacy Badger: https://www.eff.org/privacybadger

First time I've heard of OneTab and checking it out now.

Post by mfkp » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 7:11 PM UTC

hga wrote: post #31

mfkp wrote: post #10

My essentials: Disconnect: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/disconnect/jeoacaf... Edit this Cookie: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/editthiscookie/fng... HN Collapse: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-collap... HTTPS Everywhere: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/https-everywhere/g... JSON Prettifier: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/json-prettifier/kc... Postman…

I prefer the "hckr news" extension. In addition to collapse/expand, it has a "[collapse whole thread]' option so that you can do it in the middle of a thread, and most importantly, puts a vertical orange bar to the right of all new messages since I last refreshed or visited the page.

Post by arikrak » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 7:15 PM UTC