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Re: Ask HN: What Firefox/Chrome extensions do you use?

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Post by rodh257 »

Adblock

builtwith - tries to tell you what tech sites use under the hood

delicious bookmarkts - official

docs PDF/powerpoint viewer - opens PDF links with google docs viewer instead of adobe

eye dropper

goo.gl url shortener

gmail checker plus

ireader - reading format

lastpass

linkpush - saves link for opening on android (has an app on anroid you open to get that link)

measureit! - measure pixels between stuff

rss subscription extension - adds fireefox like detection for RSS feeeds

stayfocusd - 30 mins of HN/facebook etc a day

Re: Ask HN: What Firefox/Chrome extensions do you use?

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Post by njckname2 »

ljf wrote: post #9

I forget what it is called, and am on my mobile now, but I use one which loads the next paginated page below the one you are viewing, so hacker news becomes one long page for me. only loads the next age when you get down the page. love it. also one to tweet the page I am viewing. I use twitter as more of an annotated favorites/bookmark list than anything else: twitter.com/liamjford

I think you're talking about AutoPager, useful addon indeed.

Re: Ask HN: What Firefox/Chrome extensions do you use?

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Post by pedrokost »

jessor wrote: post #4

Just the important ones: BetterPrivacy (LSO Cookie Remover) Firebug (+ Firecookie) Hackbar NoScript Tree Style Tab Web Developer Toolbar All of which have no (satisfactory) Chrome equivalent and thus prevent me from switching ;)

Just for your information, I noticed a few weeks ago that there is a beta version of Firebug for Chrome. Instead of Web Developer I use "Web Developer" in Chrome, which is quite similar by features, but is not shown as a toolbar as in Firefox.

Re: Ask HN: What Firefox/Chrome extensions do you use?

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Post by dchest »

marcocampos wrote: post #6

Chromium: Adblock + Browser Button for Adblock (obvious...) Chromium Wheel Smooth Scroller (similar to iPhone kinetic scrolling) Google Mail Checker Plus (obvious) Instachrome (integration with Instapaper) iReader (similar to Safari Reader) Pinboard Tools (integration with Pinboard bookmarks service) Reader Plus (changes the default theme of Google Reader among other customizations) Redgur (shows all imgur stored ima…

FYI, Google Mail Checker Plus already includes mailto integration with Gmail.

Re: Ask HN: What Firefox/Chrome extensions do you use?

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Post by pedrokost »

njckname2 wrote: post #12
ljf wrote: post #9

I forget what it is called, and am on my mobile now, but I use one which loads the next paginated page below the one you are viewing, so hacker news becomes one long page for me. only loads the next age when you get down the page. love it. also one to tweet the page I am viewing. I use twitter as more of an annotated favorites/bookmark list than anything else: twitter.com/liamjford

I think you're talking about AutoPager, useful addon indeed.

Indeed, it's great. It just works on all sites with next/previous buttons.

Re: Ask HN: What Firefox/Chrome extensions do you use?

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Post by 1337p337 »

I don't use Chrome (privacy issues), but for Firefox,

* Flashblock

* Greasemonkey

* Firebug

* It'sAllText (which allows the use of an external editor)

* A few mostly inconsequential ones, like IdentFavicon, etc.

I find that flashblock takes care of most of my ad-blocking needs, and the rest I can do with a local DNS server. The re-emergence of badly behaved Javascript (Remember when all we had to worry about was scrolling/blinking text and alert() boxes? Those were the days.) is what prompted me to install Greasemonkey; I've got a little script that wipes iframes and kills window.XMLHttpRequest, for example

Re: Ask HN: What Firefox/Chrome extensions do you use?

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Post by sry_not4sale »

jessor wrote: post #4

Just the important ones: BetterPrivacy (LSO Cookie Remover) Firebug (+ Firecookie) Hackbar NoScript Tree Style Tab Web Developer Toolbar All of which have no (satisfactory) Chrome equivalent and thus prevent me from switching ;)

I couldn't live without Tree Style Tabs, which is one of the main reasons I haven't switched to Chrome either.

I considered switching to Lunascape, which is a browser that will let you use webkit rendering and firefox plugins, but it's Windows only :(

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