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Browser Extensions I Can't Live Without

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Re: Browser Extensions I Can't Live Without

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Post by staycoolboy »

I recently deleted all of my extension off all three browsers (Chrome, Firefox, and Safari). The ad blocking on Firefox is almost as good as Ublock Origin. I found privacy badger to be largely useless.

The only thing I miss is lastpass, but I've gotten used to having it run as a desktop app.

Containers in Firefox were nice, but I've also gotten used to switching accounts.

The fact that extensions get 100% access to everything on your page (including password forms) is just a no-go for me. I have to draw the line somewhere.

Re: Browser Extensions I Can't Live Without

#43

Post by AnonHP »

> 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-...

Re: Browser Extensions I Can't Live Without

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Post by mercer »

sprayk wrote: post #20
michaelbuckbee wrote: post #13

There's an incredibly useful extension that's not on that list that I bet a good number of HN folks would like: Vimium [1] It lets you use keyboard shortcuts to navigate through webpages, click buttons, jump to text boxes, etc. it's been huge for me both as a productivity tool (it's significantly faster than using a mouse for navigation) and also for reducing RSI/strain on my hands. Here's a video of it in action as…

I used to use vimperator and/or pentadactyl back before the big firefox change that redid how the browser buttons/menus/etc were rendered and it was pretty ideal. The bar at the bottom, the ability to do bind any menu action, the quick addon management interface, the beautiful completion when opening a link. Since eventually switching to Chrome, I've tried vimium every now and then and always found it lacking. It usu…

I use cVim and turning it off for a domain is a matter of clicking on the extension icon and then 'disable for this domain'.

The reason I switched to cVim was that I preferred its approach to the 'type keys to click link on page' feature.

Re: Browser Extensions I Can't Live Without

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Post by maskys »

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-...

oof, really hope this doesn't see the light.

Re: Browser Extensions I Can't Live Without

#47

Post by TheArcane »

bvinc wrote: post #36

I just use uBlock Origin to clean up websites I visit of their trending sections, recommendation sections, comment sections. Sometimes I get rid of links that I might mindlessly click, like the whole top bar of reddit.com. For example, these filters work really well on youtube.com youtube.com##.ytp-pause-overlay youtube.com##.ytp-suggestion-set youtube.com##.ytp-endscreen-content youtube.com###related

Do you have more of this? Perhaps on a github gist?

Re: Browser Extensions I Can't Live Without

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Post by KeepassXC »

squidofbits wrote: post #39
nine_k wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lately I ended up running much fewer extensions than I used to, and actually looking at their source first. I think the only closed-source extension I run is lastpass, and I'm evaluating open-source alternatives. How do people who cannot read code even cope, I don't know.

+1 for bitwarden. Of all the things not to trust closed source software with, passwords are the main one

KeepassXC is fortunately the only sane password-manager; so; bite your heads off with all the other crap. Bitwarden is a POS over-commercialized POS; use KeepassXC instead. Obvisously not afflitiated with KXC; and certainly not Shitwarden. Good for you that KeepassXC is free; unlike Shitwarden! Have your choices.

Re: Browser Extensions I Can't Live Without

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Post by bgs264 »

In the post: "Shut Up disables comments everywhere. When I trust a platform's audience enough to read the unfiltered outputs from their brains, I enable comments for just that site. Sometimes I turn it back off immediately"

At the end of the post: A comments section with spam in it.

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