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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?

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Post by pmlnr »

_smky wrote: post #269
pmlnr wrote: post #95

* ublock origin - doesn't need introduction * forget me not - cleans cookies * stylus - some sites are too bright * clearURLs - remove tracking from urls * I don't care about cookies - also gets rid a lot of popup annoyances * skip redirect - avoid going through 3rd party to get to a link * redirector - redirect sites to nitter, teddit, bibliogram, etc I also use firefox containers.

> redirector seems to be out of date. a more up to date version would be "privacy redirect".

No, those two are not the same thing. Redirector can redirect anything based on regex, privacy redirect is for fixed services at the moment.

Re: Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?

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Post by Nezteb »

Jedd wrote: post #55

I have accumulated perhaps more than is healthy. Some that didn't appear on this page (yet) are: octotree - intercepts github (and ostensibly other repo site) pages and gives you a browseable file manager pop-out on the left. Once used, it's hard to live without. behind the overlay - lets you hide (most) popups and overlays with ctrl-shift-x, which regrettably quickly becomes an instinctive reaction jira assistant -…

I used Octotree for a long time but switched to https://github.com/EnixCoda/Gitako because it’s open-source.

Re: Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?

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Post by Jedd »

NylaTheWolf wrote: post #233
Jedd wrote: post #55

I have accumulated perhaps more than is healthy. Some that didn't appear on this page (yet) are: octotree - intercepts github (and ostensibly other repo site) pages and gives you a browseable file manager pop-out on the left. Once used, it's hard to live without. behind the overlay - lets you hide (most) popups and overlays with ctrl-shift-x, which regrettably quickly becomes an instinctive reaction jira assistant -…

I've been trying out Tabs Outliner. It seems exactly like something I'd need, and even works for Vivaldi, but it's a bit overwhelming haha. It's also a shame that the dev disappeared and there's no Firefox extension

Over the past half dozen years I've found the developer fairly responsive, but we're in a catch-22 situation.

My interest (I want to delete the several hundreds of 'pages' of previous tab details in my history before I'd consider this something I'd pay for) and the developers interest (this is too hard to do for a non-paying customer) have been at odds.

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Post by onlywicked »

raffraffraff wrote: post #238
selfhoster11 wrote: post #201

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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 Exactly! I use tabs for that very thing. I have over four hundred tabs open in multiple windows, and counting! (Please send help.)

I have 86 tabs open in Firefox in my phone right now

Mine started to show infinity now.

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Post by jannesan »

LandR wrote: post #173
syntheticnature wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've played with Tree Style Tabs, but it seems like there's some configuration required for the optimal result. So I ask: have you done any configuration changes to it?

I have custom css to hide the tab bar from the top. I also shrink it down when the mouse isn't over it. See the screenshots for mouse out and mouse over look. Mouse not over tree tabs: https://i.imgur.com/ikQhxTM.png Mouse over tree tabs: https://i.imgur.com/TyRds6V.png Works well for me.

Could you please post your userChrome.css that you use to achieve this? Looks very neat to me, but I don't know how to configure it.

Re: Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?

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Post by eastendguy »

Jaruzel wrote: post #89

My 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 have almost the same list, plus I recommend a web browser macro recorder like imacros, uivision or selenium ide.

Which one you prefer depends on your taste. They are great for casual and quick form filling and testing, and save me from too much typing and clicking.

Re: Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?

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Post by gaws »

joveian wrote: post #290

For me my most essential ones (Firefox) are: uBlock Origin (advanced mode, RIP uMatrix), Right Click Search (lets you right click search using all available search engines), ClearURLs (mostly to make it a bit easier to copy the useful part of URLs, might help avoid some tracking), and SingleFile (downloads a page into one file using data URLs for images).

> Right Click Search (lets you right click search using all available search engines)

You can do this in Firefox without an extension.

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