Ask HN: What are the most useful Chrome extensions? • Hacker News Board

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

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Post by DonnyV » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 7:31 PM UTC

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.

I highly recommend Dev HTTP Client https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dhc-resthttp-api-c...

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

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Post by donut2d » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 7:33 PM UTC

pauloteixeira wrote: post #16

Use Panda ( https://usepanda.com/ ) Pocket ( https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/save-to-pocket/nil... )

I cannot figure out how to actually use Panda. There don't seem to be any signup or download/install links on that page.

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

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Post by Fuzzwah » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 7:35 PM UTC

I'm a bit of an extension whore:

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

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Post by imkevinxu » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 7:40 PM UTC

Mark All as Read - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mark-all-as-read/h...

I build this extension a couple of days ago, one-click button to mark all links as read so it's easier to scan through sites like HN or Craigslist to find what's new

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

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Post by sjkaliski » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 7:42 PM UTC

Point: http://www.getpoint.co/

Awesome chrome extension for sending links to friends & chatting about them.

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

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Post by aerovistae » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 7:47 PM UTC

Hands Free for Chrome, for the disabled. Lets you navigate and control nearly everything using just your voice.

Full Disclosure: I wrote it.

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

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Post by koberstein » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 7:47 PM UTC

I love awesome screenshot because it allows you to take a screenshot of the entire page.

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

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Post by berwin » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 7:51 PM UTC

steveridout wrote: post #23

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 yo…

I also find Earth View from Google Maps as a fun extension too. It sets your new tab to a random location on Google Maps and you can open up the location in the Maps for more in depth looks.

Earth View from Google Maps | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/earth-view-from-go...

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

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Post by joshstrange » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 7:58 PM UTC

Fuzzwah wrote: post #53

I'm a bit of an extension whore: jetzt (speed reading extension) https://github.com/ds300/jetzt chime (centralized notifications) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chime/lkdfkbkkfdhh... chromium wheel smooth scroller (I hate browsing with out it now) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/khpcanbeojalbkpgpm... clearly https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/clearly/iooicodkii... diigo (for collecting thi…

You need to put 2 new lines after each line so it formats correctly, like this:

jetzt (speed reading extension) https://github.com/ds300/jetzt

chime (centralized notifications) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chime/lkdfkbkkfdhh...

chromium wheel smooth scroller (I hate browsing with out it now) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/khpcanbeojalbkpgpm...

clearly https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/clearly/iooicodkii...

diigo (for collecting things from the web) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/diigo-web-collecto...

disconnect (to avoid tracking) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/disconnect/jeoacaf...

hn enhancement suite https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhanc...

lastpass (duh) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lastpass-free-pass...

onetab https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/onetab/chphlpgkkbo...

reddit enhancement suite https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/reddit-enhancement...

save to website (I made this to save images to my webserver) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/save-to-website/ij...

window expander for youtube https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/window-expander-fo...

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

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

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Post by DonnyV » Fri, Mar 06, 2015, 8:05 PM UTC

Checker Plus for GMAIL - access gmail emails

Send from Gmail - create an email with a link of the site your on pasted in gmail

Cool Clock - clock

Hangouts - send SMS right from the browser

Google Calendar - nice list of up coming events in calendar and create new ones

BoogleMarks - search and access your Google Bookmarks

ColorZilla - take color sample from web sites and color picker

EditThisCookie - edit and manage cookies of current site

Awesome Screen Capture - capture entire page and crop options and save options

Visual Event - see javascript code attached to DOM events and see how many events are attached to a DOM node.

IE Tab - use IE render engine in Chrome for old sites.