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What browser extensions do you use?

I'm using Chrome and currently I have:

AdBlocker Plus to block video ads, banners, pop-ups and other forms of intrusive and annoying advertising
Gmail Checker Plus to get notifications, read, listen to or delete emails without opening Gmail and easily manage multiple accounts
ColorZilla to get the color of any pixel on the page
Wappalyzer to explore tech stacks behind the websites
Lighthouse - an open-source, automated tool for improving the performance, quality, and correctness of your web apps
WhatFont to identify the fonts on the websites
JSON Formatter - beautiful and customizable JSON/JSONP highlighter
Bitwarden - a password management tool
OctoTree - to browse GitHub projects in a tree view
Momentum for new tab customization
Grammarly to reduce writing errors and get grammar suggestions
React Developer Tools to inspect rendered components in dev tools and record performance information
Redux DevTools for debugging application's state changes

What browser extensions do you use?

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Juan F Gonzalez

Listing from my browser:

  • Privacy Possum.
  • Cors Everywhere.
  • Lastpass.
  • Youtube Enhancer.
  • Dark Reader.
  • Multi-account containers.

And obviously last but not least the daily.dev extension.

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Alex Cavazos

Cors everywhere? Way to get XSS hacked

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Ranieri Althoff

I don't think the extension does what you think it does

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Alex Cavazos

It enables CORS requests from any website to any domain making you vulnerable to CSRF and session hijacking. CORS is enabled on browsers because its a security standard.

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Juan F Gonzalez

Hahahaha @rsa is right. That extension is meant for developing purposes, meaning I'm not going to have it turned on everytime for the reasons you mentioned.

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mdl

Just the ones I didnt see here:

external-application-button free buttons that have access to the dom, can invoke local scripts and even pass contextual data. currently just fuses my youtube-dl, but some day, it will probably replace my job

SingleFile A "save current page to file" that actually works. Generates a single .html with base64 images. Recreates a correct layout and even most simple actions.

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Lorraine Lee

Capital! No more fiddling with .mht files, I take it!

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Kei

I'm using Glasp. It allows me to highlight and extract web articles and import & export Kindle highlights.

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Madza

Thanks for sharing πŸ‘πŸ’―πŸ’–

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Kei

It's my pleasure :)

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Samuel Abreu

Dark Reader because i hate white screens
Diigo because I miss delicious

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Ranieri Althoff

Latest versions of Dark Reader are great! Previously, it was very slow, but now it is so quick, especially in static mode.

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Nimrod Kramer

daily.dev - helps me stay updated with the latest tech news for developers.
Grammarly - helps me in writing properly in English.
1Password - help me manage my private passwords and my team's passwords.

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Mike Bybee • Edited

I use multiple profiles, some with dev tools, but Grammarly and Clockify (my favorite time recorder and totally free), as well as The Great Suspender for RAM management, are installed in all.

Whenever possible, I still use bookmarklets instead of extensions so they only run when I need them.

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Pi Ke

Here are mine:
Alexa -- for checking website ranking
Momentum -- for customized browser theme which also shows very beautiful pictures whenever a new tab is opened.
Postman -- for API testing
Unblock Youku -- an extension which allows to access video streaming site in China which normally doesn't allow people outside China to watch
SimilarWeb -- for checking similar web and site traffic for any website
Pxlet Bookmarklet -- for bookmark tech related post

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Niroj Dahal

SalesHandy for email tracking
Pretty Js to format JS and JSON

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EddiesTech

Maybe not useful for everyone, but possibly worth having installed for those moments when you just need it.
Web Paint is single-handedly one of the best Chrome Extensions ever to face this planet. So useful when doing my maths homework and you need to jot something down, etc. I can't tell you how many times the extension has saved me from getting up off my butt and getting pen and paper πŸ˜‚
And obviously the essentials: AdBlock, Grammaly, etc.

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Raymond

I use the windows pen tool for it since my laptop has a pen. However my handwriting still looks horrible

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Carlos Magno

Nope - An extension I made for blocking website domains when I don't want to get distracted with social media and those stuff.

Tree Style Tab- I usually open a looot of tabs, which makes it hard to navigate between them. This extension helps you with tab organization and makes navigating way easier.

Adblock Plus - I hate websites with too many adds.

Lighthouse - Firefox doesn't have it for default and I don't like switching between browsers all the time.

React Developer Tools - I always like to see what technologies were used in an website and since I like React a lot, this extension helps me a lot as well.