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Re: Ask HN: What is your must have browser extension?

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Post by philonoist »

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.

Re: Ask HN: What is your must have browser extension?

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Post by jghn »

vimy wrote: post #19

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.

Re: Ask HN: What is your must have browser extension?

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Post by wolrah »

prashantsengar wrote: post #18
wolrah wrote: post #13

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. Tam…

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.

I am actually using an Android, but while I have Firefox installed I generally don't use it unless I have to. It just never feels like it works as well as Chrome, plus there's the entire sync ecosystem with desktop Chrome that also connects to the system webview wherever apps feel the need to embed a browser.

I'm not against changing if I have to, and if the perpetually-delayed Manifest v3 changes ever actually get forced I will probably have to, but for now it doesn't bug me enough to be worth the trouble. I just don't care that much about browsing on a phone when I spend 95% of my day with a desktop or laptop within reach.

Re: Ask HN: What is your must have browser extension?

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Post by Sakos »

Semaphor wrote: post #43

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 Redir…

Libredirect automatically redirects all kinds of social media sites to a privacy-conscious alternative. It's great.

Re: Ask HN: What is your must have browser extension?

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Post by dinkleberg »

- 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

Re: Ask HN: What is your must have browser extension?

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Post by Semaphor »

Sakos wrote: post #56
Semaphor wrote: post #43

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 Redir…

Libredirect automatically redirects all kinds of social media sites to a privacy-conscious alternative. It's great.

I know of it, but I really only need nitter ;)

Re: Ask HN: What is your must have browser extension?

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Post by Sakos »

Semaphor wrote: post #59
Sakos wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Libredirect automatically redirects all kinds of social media sites to a privacy-conscious alternative. It's great.

I know of it, but I really only need nitter ;)

That's cool. I like Libredirect because I browse Reddit a lot and there are often links to TikTok, Instagram, etc.
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