Browsers and Extensions

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  1. Ezzerland

    Ezzerland Staff Member Manager

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    So, I realized yesterday that I use a stupid amount of browser extensions. I also regularly switch between 3 browsers (FF, Chrome, Opera). So... I got to wondering. What do other people use, what do you know about, what might I be missing out on, and why?

    For the sake of convenience, I am going to list my FireFox extensions only. Many of these extensions are for multiple browsers and multiple platforms, but I am only going to focus on Windows Desktop Firefox.

    Yes, I literally use 20 extensions with some having overlapping features... And yes, I wouldn't have it any other way.

    Security
    -Hoxx VPN (Free VPN Service)
    -LastPass (Password manager that is cross-browser and cross-platform)
    -HTTPS Everywhere (Tries to use HTTPS on all sites so that if available, you get it)
    -Cookie AutoDeleter (Name explains it all)

    Ad and Tracker blockers
    -AdBlock Plus (I added extra filters into it, but everyone uses this I think)
    -AdGuard AdBlocker (Another adblocker, blocks in-video ads too)
    -AdNausseam (Blocks trackers that advertisers use to make ads custom to you)
    -Ghostery (Blocks trackers and ads from a lot of crap)
    -uMatrix (A Firewall blocking tons of scripts, ads, frames, and so on)
    -Popup Blocker Ultimate (Hands down best pop-up blocker)
    -Privacy Badger (tracks trackers and learns new things to block over time)

    Netflix/YT Enhancements
    -Bingeflix (Skips show intros and hits next video automatically for you)
    -Netflix Tweaked (prevents auto-play trailers and moves your list to the top row)
    -Better Netflix (Adds aspect ratio options, zoom options, time elapsed into the video, bitrates and more)
    -Enhancer for YouTube ( removes adds, loop videos, whitelist/blacklist channels, pin video)
    -Iridium for YouTube (play video in a pop-out window, Make video visible when scrolling, remove FPS caps, re-add old removed features, whitelist ads for people you subscribe to, etc)
    -Video DownloadHelper (self-explanatory)
    -Video Speed Controller (Change speed of video playback. Helps when binge watching shows/movies

    Cosmetic/General
    -Grammarly (useful for grammar/spelling in long-winded posts)
    -New Tab Tools (Customize new tab page)


    What do you use and why?
     
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  2. TheMint

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    LastPass, Tunnelbear, some Adblocker, Honey (you should definitely get this one if you don't have it Ezz) and a few others that I forgot.
     
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  3. Ezzerland

    Ezzerland Staff Member Manager

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    I do use Honey, just not in firefox.
    I use chrome for shopping/social media
    Firefox for daily use like gaming, netflix, youtube, etc..
    and Opera for education.

    Each browser operated a little differently, so I use them with different purpose :)
     
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  4. Davey

    Davey Staff Member Moderator

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    google chrome. no extensions at all. i use tunnelbear as a vpn whenever i need one, which doesn't happen often.

    sometimes i like to use the steam shift-tab browser, hands down better than any browser ever 11/10 /s
     
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  5. witchchick128

    witchchick128 Amity Blight Donator

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    i only use chrome for my browser.
    i technically use no extensions, but i do use tunnelbear for a vpn.

    i might look into some, because the ones you use seem pretty intriguing, but this is it for now
     
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    Firefox (main browser).
    • Adblock Plus
    • Chrome Store Foxified
    • CORS Everywhere (dev tool)
    • Multi-Account Containers (let's me categorise tabs for a different set of accounts, e.g. personal, school, etc. so I don't have to keep switching accounts)
    • Greasemonkey
    • HybridTvViewer (dev tool)
    • Lastpass
    • Native HLS Playback (dev tool)
    • Reddit Enhancement Suite
    • Stylus (custom CSS themes per website)
    • Tab Counter (I have too many tabs)
    • Timeline Support (windows timeline support)
    • Google Translate
    • uBlock Origin
    • User Agent Switcher (dev tool)
    • View Image (readds the View Image button to Google Images)
    • View Vote Totals (for stackoverflow)
    • Iridium for YouTube (youtube enhancement)
    Chrome (usually for dev stuff or extensions that don't run on Firefox).
    • AdBlock
    • Acrobat
    • Allow-Control-Origin (dev tool)
    • Application Launcher for Drive (opens files in Google Drive with the corresponding windows program)
    • Google Play Feature Graphic (allows me to view the feature graphic on the google play store)
    • Favicon Changer (make my bookmarks pretty)
    • ForceCORS (dev tool)
    • HTTP Headers (dev tool)
    • Ink for Google (makes google apps look pretty)
    • JetBrains IDE Support (dev tool)
    • Lastpass
    • Native HLS Playback (dev tool)
    • Postman Interceptor (dev tool)
    • RealDonaldContext (donald trump fact checker thing)
    • Requestly (dev tool)
    • Stylish (custom css themes)
    • uBlock Origin
    • User-Agent Switcher (dev tool)
    • Vewd TV Simulator (dev tool)
    • X VPN (simple free VPN)
    Technically not extensions but apps
    • Chrome RDP (app for windows RDP)
    • Chrome Remote Desktop (remote desktop outside network)
    • Postman (dev tool)
    • Vysor (remote viewing of android devices)
    Phew!
     
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    This is some good stuff, thank you for sharing! I will try some of these soon.

    Chrome user with not that much extensions here,
    -Adblock Plus
    -Windscribe VPN (pretty good if I want to watch videos, and because reddit and vimeo is banned here)
    -Honey (coupons)
    -Dark Night Mode (just in case my lowest brightness setting still appears bright for my eyes)
    -Stylish (CSS)
    -RES
     
  8. Charloootte

    Charloootte hermit that lives solely on toast and marmite Donator

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    I use:
    -Momentum (when you open a new tab, you get the time, a beautiful view, weather, you can set your tasks, and a motivational quote)
    -Lastpass
    -Adblock Plus
    -Grammarly
    -Honey
    -Web of Trust
    -Google Dictionary
    -Google Translate
    -LINER (highlighter web and pdf)
    -Nimbus Clipper (save fragments of articles, pdf documents, graphs, etc..)
     
  9. Averill

    Averill .̸̨̪͍͊̃̐͌̎͋͗̃̆̌͂̑͊̓̇͐̐͝͠ Donator

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    I dont have a single
    Extension.