Ublock origin, Mercury Reader
Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
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Re: Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
#132To be fair, when I needed to use Edge for work I only searched for three out of four extensions I have on personal Firefox:
1) - uBlock Origin
2) - Hover Zoom+
3) - Limit Tabs
Couldn't find the last one, or something similar at least. There is one extra addon which I don't need on my work computer, but use it on Firefox personal computer:
Update Scanner (you can scan webpages for changes, or use it like an RSS feed)
LE: i think i will increase the list after reading this thread, HTML5 playback speed does sound usefull.
Re: Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
#133Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nice extension. But I'd say that the legislation is alright, it's these sites that are terrible. They put these modals because they want to.
The legislation has the right heart, but its wording is problematic and leaves up too much on interpretation, so most sites who technically wouldn't need it just default to a cookie banner to be 'on the safe side'. Combine that with the zealots (I've had an user complain about the absence of a cookie banner on a site that clearly did not need one), them potentially becoming a lawsuit initiator, and you got the mess y…
The wording of the GDPR is very clear: cookies required for essential functionality such as logging in or shopping carts do not require consent.
Re: Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
#134Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not needed if you use uBlock Origin
That's not what I see. With uBlock Origin installed, if I visit news.bbc.co.uk, for example, I still get the accept cookies banner.
There are extra lists you need to enable. I believe the "annoyances" lists cover this.
Re: Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
#135Firefox extensions:
- uBlock Origin
- Firefox Multi-Account Containers
- Tree Style Tab
- Context Search Origin - Allows searching from bookmarked search providers, killer feature is "Search All in Tabs" option which opens a tab for every provider in bookmark folder
- FoxyProxy - I've defined rules for blocked sites to open in Tor, much more usable than using Onion Browser, though less privacy
Re: Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
#136I use Chrome
Cookie AutoDelete
uBlock
Dark Mode
LastPass
SiteBlocker (Blocks certain URLs / sites from being visited.I use it to block URLs (articles ,etc) I found useless so that I don't have to read them again)
Channel Blocker ( removes videos of certain channels from YouTube - I use it to block certain channels that are clickbait but top the YouTube results)
Bypass Paywall
Nimbus Screenshot
Clear NewTab
Re: Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
#137My de-facto set of extensions: - uBlock Origin - Cookie AutoDelete - "I Don't Care About Cookies" (It auto-OKs cookie consent banners) - Archive.org's Wayback Machine (A must have in this era of link rot) Optional: - Tablist (easily lets me copy out all the URLs of open tabs for 'later') - User Agent Switcher (Needed less these days, but useful for exploring the DOM of mobile versions of sites) Additionally, I have w…
Cookie AutoDelete is a bad choice. The idea of it sounds good, but websites nowadays have lots of APIs to store information in your device, and Cookie AutoDelete doesn't delete all of them, which renders it completely pointless in my opinion. Eventually what I did was configure my browser so it removes all cookies every time I quit it, which is more or less once a day. Also, I blocked third party cookies.
Re: Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
#138Firefox Multi-Account Containers and Temporary Containers are an ideal combo. By default, every tab opens in a new temporary container. You can create named containers for (groups of) sites you frequently visit so you don't have to login each time. It's a bit hard to find: to pin a site to a container, visit it and then click the Multi-Account Container icon in the toolbar -> Always Open This Site In...
Re: Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
#139My de-facto set of extensions: - uBlock Origin - Cookie AutoDelete - "I Don't Care About Cookies" (It auto-OKs cookie consent banners) - Archive.org's Wayback Machine (A must have in this era of link rot) Optional: - Tablist (easily lets me copy out all the URLs of open tabs for 'later') - User Agent Switcher (Needed less these days, but useful for exploring the DOM of mobile versions of sites) Additionally, I have w…
I make chrome only keep a few whitelisted cookies every time I close and disable 3rd party cookies. I think this system is close to temporary container in Firefox.
I use Edge btw, and it has few great features. There is a collection feature with a toolbar button. It can saves all the opened tabs for later use, no memory hogging and need to use 3rd party extension. Few other toolbar buttons which provides faster experience than chrome.
Re: Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
#140Edgar Dijkstra's 1988 Paper "On the Cruelty of Really Teaching Computer Science" It's just a paper, but still I'd recommend it, because it was highly influential. It was indeed so influential that it has its own Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Cruelty_of_Really_Teach... In the paper he argues that - the computer industy has been progressing with exponential growth 1948-1988, - will continue to do…
wrong thread?