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Ask HN: What are the most useful Chrome extensions?

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Re: Ask HN: What are the most useful Chrome extensions?

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Post by steveridout »

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 you to specify a main task for the day to keep you focussed but I only occasionally use that.

Re: Ask HN: What are the most useful Chrome extensions?

#24

Post by joshstrange »

* Authy - Authy: Two-Factor Authentication from your PC (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gaedmjdfmmahhbjefc...)

* EditThisCookie - EditThisCookie is a cookie manager. You can add, delete, edit, search, protect and block cookies! (http://www.editthiscookie.com/)

* Faviconize Google - Adds favicons to each link offered by Google search results (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fijobgpmmkilncagcl...)

* Hackbook - Follow/unfollow, news feed and notifications for Hacker News (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/logdfcelflpgcbfebi...)

* HackerNew - The best Hacker News extension, making HN quicker and more useful since 2012. (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lgoghlndihpmbbgmbp...) (IMHO HackBook > HackerNew)

* Hover Zoom - Enlarge thumbnails on mouse over. Works on many sites (Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Reddit, Amazon, Tumblr, etc). (http://hoverzoom.net/)

* HTTPS Everywhere - Encrypt the Web! Automatically use HTTPS security on many sites. (https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere)

* JSONView - Validate and view JSON documents (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chklaanhfefbnpoihc...)

* Lazarus: Form Recovery - Autosaves everything you type so you can easily recover from form-killing timeouts, crashes and network errors. (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/loljledaigphbcpfhf...)

* Mailto: for Gmail™ - Makes mailto: links open a Gmail™ compose window. Nothing more, nothing less. (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dgkkmcknielgdhebim...)

* Media Keys by Sway.fm - Media keys support for online radio and streaming music apps. (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/icckhjgjjompfgoiid...)

* Personal Blocklist (by Google) - Blocks domains/hosts from appearing in your Google search results. (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nolijncfnkgaikbjbd...)

* Postman - REST Client (Packaged App) - (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fhbjgbiflinjbdggeh...)

* PrettyPrint - JavaScript and CSS formatter/syntax highlighter (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nipdlgebaanapcphbc...)

* Privacy Badger - Privacy Badger Beta release: Block Spying ads & invisible trackers (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pkehgijcmpdhfbdbbn...)

* Reddit Enhancement Suite - Reddit Enhancement Suite - a group of enhancements for browsing Reddit (http://redditenhancementsuite.com/)

* Smile Always - Redirects any www.amazon.com page to smile.amazon.com (http://www.smilealways.io/)

* stackoverflowerizer - Always redirect to stackoverflow from pages that just copy content, like efreedom, questionhub, answerspice. (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gledhololmniapejef...)

* Stylish - Restyle the web with Stylish, a user styles manager. Stylish lets you easily install themes and skins for many popular sites. (http://userstyles.org/)

Re: Ask HN: What are the most useful Chrome extensions?

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Post by joshstrange »

mcantelon wrote: post #18
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've been using REST Console, which is useful, but sounds like Postman may have more features.

Postman is an awesome tool that I highly recommend! It's awesome to be able to export your work and share it with co-workers as well.

Re: Ask HN: What are the most useful Chrome extensions?

#26

Post by bearbin »

uBlock - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/%C2%B5block/cjpalh...

PushBullet - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pushbullet/chlffgp...

Hckr News - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hckr-news/mnlaodle...

LastPass - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lastpass-free-pass...

Re: Ask HN: What are the most useful Chrome extensions?

#29

Post by mapunk »

lalwanivikas wrote: post #8

Streamkeys[1]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/streamkeys/ekpipjo... AdBlock(not ABP): https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock/gighmmpiob... And Clearly: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/clearly/iooicodkii... Because I just can't imagine my browser without them :) [1]: http://streamkeys.com/

Have you tried uBlock instead of AdBlock? I've like it much better since switching
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