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Re: Browser Extensions I Can't Live Without

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Post by 7fYZ7mJh3RNKNaG » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 1:04 PM UTC

bloopernova wrote: post #100

On the off-chance that someone reads this and may find it useful, here are my most useful Firefox extensions: Firefox Container Tabs. Allows me to have multiple office or gmail logins, amazon AWS console sessions, etc etc. And one to keep Facebook walled off in its own little prison. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account... SingleFile. Allows me to save a snapshot of a page when I bookmark it (…

Is there an automated way with SingleFile to save new bookmarks or you do it manually? Can't find it but it'd be super useful.

Re: Browser Extensions I Can't Live Without

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Post by AnonHP » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 1:05 PM UTC

pridkett wrote: post #126

AnonHP wrote: post #43

> Privacy Badger + UBlock Origin The days of uBlock Origin on Google Chrome are numbered. It may not work for Google Chrome when Manifest V3 is implemented (and no recourse provided for uBlock Origin). [1] P.S: I haven't kept up with the latest developments on this since last year. [1]: https://www.ghacks.net/2019/01/22/chrome-extension-manifest-...

Although it’s not quite as good as uBlock Origin, moving to a network based setup, like PiHole or AdGuard Home, can make great strides across all your devices with minimal headache or worrying as much about Google making it harder to control your web content. It makes it very apparent when I’m browsing on my phone or iPad and they switch over to LTE because all the sudden there are ads everywhere. At some point I’m s…

GP here. You can also try NextDNS.io, which allows you to choose blocking lists. There are apps for iOS as well as other platforms to allow it to be used on all networks (or even configure it not to be used on specific WiFi networks).

Re: Browser Extensions I Can't Live Without

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Post by 7fYZ7mJh3RNKNaG » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 1:34 PM UTC

itisame wrote: post #82

I can recommend: - Timelense preview for youtube: https://timelens.io/youtube/ (needs greasemonkey or something) - Opens pdfs in my pdf reader right away: https://add0n.com/open-in.html?from=pdf (invert sumatra pdf on windows and you even have a dark mode: "...\SumatraPDF.exe" -bg-color #000000 -set-color-range #FFFFFF #000000 ) - (there is also one to open in chrome, really good if you are using FF but need to use g…

Your extension's URL seems broken

Re: Browser Extensions I Can't Live Without

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Post by JFKKFJ » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 2:58 PM UTC

I replaced some extensions with nextdns(.io).

Re: Browser Extensions I Can't Live Without

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Post by Stierlitz » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 3:10 PM UTC

All very well, but each new extension adds to "waiting on extension". I tried moving the cache and chrome profile to tmpfs to speed things up. Could some developer embed such functionality into the executables?

Re: Browser Extensions I Can't Live Without

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Post by bloopernova » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 4:52 PM UTC

7fYZ7mJh3RNKNaG wrote: post #171

bloopernova wrote: post #100

On the off-chance that someone reads this and may find it useful, here are my most useful Firefox extensions: Firefox Container Tabs. Allows me to have multiple office or gmail logins, amazon AWS console sessions, etc etc. And one to keep Facebook walled off in its own little prison. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account... SingleFile. Allows me to save a snapshot of a page when I bookmark it (…

Is there an automated way with SingleFile to save new bookmarks or you do it manually? Can't find it but it'd be super useful.

It should be in preferences somewhere. Let me grab a screenshot: https://imgur.com/3hM8J0y

It's under "Misc" in the options, not "Auto-save"

Re: Browser Extensions I Can't Live Without

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Post by cwwc » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 4:52 PM UTC

Brilliant way to gain access to The Economist. Kudos, maestro.

Re: Browser Extensions I Can't Live Without

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Post by bloopernova » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 4:53 PM UTC

Penguinx628 wrote: post #138

bloopernova wrote: post #100

On the off-chance that someone reads this and may find it useful, here are my most useful Firefox extensions: Firefox Container Tabs. Allows me to have multiple office or gmail logins, amazon AWS console sessions, etc etc. And one to keep Facebook walled off in its own little prison. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account... SingleFile. Allows me to save a snapshot of a page when I bookmark it (…

I would recommend privacy.com over Eno, though I have not used eno

Cool! I hadn't heard of that site before, I'll have to give it a go.

Re: Browser Extensions I Can't Live Without

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 4:56 PM UTC

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Re: Browser Extensions I Can't Live Without

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Post by onurtag » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 4:58 PM UTC

Some other unmentioned add-ons that I use frequently:

- Contextlets: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/contextlets/

Adds context menu items that execute custom JavaScript. Think of it as an advanced version of bookmarklets that can use webextension APIs.

Example use case: Search for the selected text in multiple search engines in a new window with discarded tabs.

- Distill Web Monitor: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/distill-web-m...

Monitor website changes and get notification popups, email, SMS or push notifications on change. There are other alternatives that have the same basic functionality but I stayed with Distill as it is more customizable.