I'm reevaluating my browser setup and more generally how i use my browsers (mostly Firefox and Chromium) and web habits.
I'd like some advice on which browser extensions, add-ons or even less known features improve your browsing experience :)
Ask HN: Which browser add-ons do you use, what for and how did you discover them?
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Re: Ask HN: Which browser add-ons do you use, what for and how did you discover them?
#2Firefox - Self destructing cookies and uBlock origin. Discovered SDC via google searches, uBlock origin was from some discussion on HN I think.
Re: Ask HN: Which browser add-ons do you use, what for and how did you discover them?
#3Chrome with a lot of extensions (Notably: Always Clear Downloads, AlienTube for Youtube, Fireshot, Edit this Cookie, Ghostery, Google Analytics Debugger, PageSpeed Insights, Postman REST Debugger, Rapportive, uBlock). But I occasionally find myself using I use Safari for a simple, clean browsing experience.
Re: Ask HN: Which browser add-ons do you use, what for and how did you discover them?
#4Firefox with vimperator for keyboard ui, firefox/mozilla sync for cross-device access to history, tabs, passwords (with option to self-host the server part), ublock for adblocking and noscript. In vimperator ctrl-i brings up vim for text inputs, which made "it's all text!" redundant. Ocationally use webeveloper.
Also use chromium for poorly designed, js-heavy and tracking/ad-optimized or media-heavy sites like facebook, youtube or various google apps.
Don't know what I'll do if ff stable breaks vimperator - maybe move to UZBL[u]?
On mobile the ux os worse (than desktop with vimperator) - just ff with password manager for mobile.
Re: Ask HN: Which browser add-ons do you use, what for and how did you discover them?
#5I use Safari on iOS and OS X, and make use of iCloud Keychain, iCloud Tabs, Reading List and Reader View pretty much every day.
- Set Search to DDG.
- Set cookies to "Allow from current website only"
- Ghostery extension on Mac, maybe replaced soon with a content-blocker extension. https://safari-extensions.apple.com/details/?id=com.betterad...
- Currently trying Refine on iOS. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/refine-customizable-ad-block...
Re: Ask HN: Which browser add-ons do you use, what for and how did you discover them?
#6I use Chrome and using -
* Buffer so that I can post tweet later.
* Movietabs (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/movietabs/ofaifffa...) Movie fan here
* Pushbullet to sync b/w devices.
Re: Ask HN: Which browser add-ons do you use, what for and how did you discover them?
#7Chrome | Lastpass, AdBlock Plus, Tampermonkey, ColorZilla, Nimbus Screenshot, Detox for facebook, Panda 4 (News and inspiration dashboard)
Re: Ask HN: Which browser add-ons do you use, what for and how did you discover them?
#8Firefox on Windows 7/Ubuntu
- set search to DDG, set cookies to be removed after closing, set cookies to "allow from current website only", check "do not track"
- uBlock Origin + NoScript + Ghostery + Privacy Badger + Better Privacy
Re: Ask HN: Which browser add-ons do you use, what for and how did you discover them?
#9Firefox with Noscript, Ghostery, uBlock Origin, Self-Destructing Cookies, DownloadThemAll and TooManyTabs
Re: Ask HN: Which browser add-ons do you use, what for and how did you discover them?
#10I use:
Hackernews Links Only: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-show-l...
Adds an item to the hackernews menu called "LinksOnly" which shows you how many links are found in the comment section for an entry and when clicked, toggles hiding comments that don't have links embedded in them.
also adds a few other things such a link highlighting, links open in new tab and search sorts by date.
how found: I wrote it.