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Discussion on: 10 Google Chrome Extensions you should use as a developer

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Peter Franken • Edited

Some useful tools on there for sure! Take care with the permissions you grant them, though. When you grant an extension permission to read and modify data on all websites, that includes granting it the ability to read all login credentials you enter, or redirect you to phishing sites.

Also, the comments that are complaining about Chrome are incredibly petty and shortsighted. Imagine not testing whether your website works on a browser that likely 90% of your visitors use. Not all Chromium-based browsers produce the same output 100% of the time either, so, yes, it has to be Chrome.

Install Chrome in a VM and don't install these types of extensions in any other browser but that one. Works great, and no Chrome on your system.