Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021? • Hacker News Board

gorhill wrote: post #193

> Kind of annoying having to whitelist every website I visit on NoScript these days but worth it imho In case you didn't already know, uBO does integrate a script blocker, with the advantage over NoScript that it supports per-site rules. I wrote a Twitter thread about this as an introduction a while ago: https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/1379819815657996290 >. Also, a negative interference when using another script…

uBlock origin in "Medium mode" does most of what you're hoping to get out of NoScript. Enabling it is basically just turning on advanced mode and setting 2 rules to block 3rd party scripts and rules - https://github.com/gorhill/ublock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium...

I combo it with Decentraleyes to get rid of most CDN (tracking) traffic.

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Post by webwanderings » Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 2:48 PM UTC

Winger has been a great productivity booster. No relationship. Just a happy user. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/winger/

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Post by selfhoster11 » Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 2:48 PM UTC

abstract_put wrote: post #208

selfhoster11 wrote: post #198

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They do not cover the same use case. If you have 80 tabs each for 3 different topics, you end up managing 240 tabs. It's sometimes more manageable to split this off into entirely different browser profiles (or browsers, even).

> If you have 80 tabs each for 3 different topics, you end up managing 210 tabs Is this a typo (80 x 3 = 240), or are you suggesting 30 tabs are deduplicated in some capacity?

It was a typo, thanks for pointing it out

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Post by servytor » Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 2:56 PM UTC

I recommend Falcon[0][1], I wish Firefox had an equivalent. It basically does full-text search of any website visited. I discovered it via HN[2].

[0]: https://github.com/lengstrom/falcon [1]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/falcon/mmifbbohghe... [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12479977

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Post by klibertp » Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 2:58 PM UTC

SahAssar wrote: post #77

raffraffraff wrote: post #45

I stopped trying to whitelist sites. Now I just use cookie autodelete and container tabs. Full list: - Joplin web clipper - BitWarden - Firefox containers - Containerise (choose tab container based on domain name or url regex) - Cookie autodelete (in case I ever accidentally log into something in the wrong container, this cleans it up) I also modify the search bar so it only suggests locations from my bookmarks, and…

> Honestly, who uses bookmarks any more? They just turn into a bloated to-do list, hundreds of links you'll forget about until one day you try them and the domain no longer exists Use a service like pinboard and they instead turn into a searchable archive of things you like, archived so that they don't disappear/change. Sorta like a curated personal search engine.

I want an offline solution for this. What's the point of saving content from the Internet on the same Internet? You lose your connection and immediately lose access to all the saved content.

So, does anyone know of any solution like this, but running locally instead? I tried Recoll, and both the FF extension and the query engine were... unpolished, to say the least...

EDIT: mentioned in another comment Web Clipper + Joplin looks really nice!

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Post by activitypea » Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 2:58 PM UTC

prohobo wrote: post #167

karaterobot wrote: post #11

Sponsorblock for Youtube: users mark segments of videos that have sponsored content, and the extension skips over them. It also skips past introductions and interaction reminders.

I kind of object to this because it's directly messing with creators' efforts. Obviously I'm not telling people not to use it, but I think it's worth thinking about the channels/creators you enjoy - especially if they've been demonetized by Youtube.

Youtube already has ads. Yes, Youtube's revenue model is atrocious for creators, but running your own ads on top of their ads is really not the solution. LinusTechTips is the most egregious example of that. After sitting through two Youtube ads, I have to look at their preroll and postroll for sponsorships, as well as a midroll for another sponsor or their merch store. It just gets tiring after a while. I can't imagine how people who pay for Youtube Premium must feel.

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Post by dnautics » Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 3:13 PM UTC

mrweasel wrote: post #163

dnautics wrote: post #37

I use cultivate to know country of origin on products I buy, though I am open to better alternatives, if someone knows one

Is there a solution of other countries? Cultivate seems to focus on "Made in the US", which is great if you're in the US, but if you're in Europe you might prefer stuff made closer to you.

exactly (though it does provide general COA) it would be nice for it to be more agnostic

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Post by NylaTheWolf » Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 3:16 PM UTC

thmt wrote: post #42

Video Speed Controller lets you speed up any HTML5 video. No more sitting through videos at 1x speed! Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-speed-contro... Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/videospeed/ Even for a site like YouTube that has built-in speed control settings, it's still useful since (1) you can make the speed exceed 2x and (2) you can use keyboard shortcuts to tune…

Enhancer for YouTube has a feature like this. Love that extension