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Ask HN: What are your favorite browser extensions?

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My favorites are Wappalyzer (https://wappalyzer.com/) for peaking under the hood of my favorite sites, and vimium (https://vimium.github.io/) for faster browsing. What are yours?

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- uBlock Origin (cosmetic filtering): https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/

- uMatrix (host-based filtering): https://github.com/gorhill/umatrix/

- HTTPS Everywhere: https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere

- Self Destructing Cookies (fine grained cookie control): https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/self-destruct..., the latest Chrome & FF have better settings for this built-in though.

Postman - Chrome extension for testing Web APIs: GET, PUT, POST, DELETE. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/postman/fhbjgbifli...

I downloaded the Postman desktop app. Does more, or less the same thing, minus one injected script

- AdBlock https://getadblock.com

- Ghostery https://www.ghostery.com

- uBlock Origin https://www.ublock.org

- Stylish http://sobolev.us/stylish/ - https://userstyles.org

A correct URL to ublock Origin is: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/

The one you posted is an abandoned fork.

I'll list ones that haven't been mentioned yet:

-Emoji Keyboard (2016) by EmojiOne

-ImprovedTube for a default x2 playback on yt

-Google translate, lets you select any text and get an instant translation

-Octotree, a directory tree for github

Wow. Octotree is unreal. Thanks for the tip!

NoScript. By default I keep JavaScript disabled. Safer browsing, and, as a highly beneficial side effect, very few ads.

Tried many extensions for vim-like control of my browser, but pentadactyl is by far the most usable. Even without any customisation, just pressing 's' and instantly being able to search with auto completion ('b' for the same across all open tabs) is incredibly useful.

Hopefully it won't be discontinued soon..

In my opinion, the best Vim implementation for the browser. I tried many .. but this one is incredible.

https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/vimperator/

Google Dictionary - Double click any word and it will define or translate it in a popup.

Disclaimer: Currently working at Canary Haz

Canary Haz - One-click access to research papers https://canaryhaz.com

Does anybody worry about extensions collecting data from your browsing ? Since most do read your website information ?

I don't worry about it but I don't install one if it requests permissions I don't think it should need.

- Bookmark Search , lets you type 'bm' + <space> and search any of your bookmarks in the omnibar

Adblock, similar web, Https everywhere, browsec, pocket, built with, evernote and mailtrack.

Pocket Grammarly LightHouse uBlock Origin

The Great Suspender

- Authy

- Session buddy

- uBlock Origin

- Privacy Badger

- HTTPS Everywhere

- Imagus

- Momentum

uBlock Origin

Privacy Badger

The Great Suspender

No History

HTTPS Everywhere

Refined Wikipedia

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