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What are some good extensions or apps that you use for your browser or desktop? Really useful ones outside of uBlock Origin or Dark Reader. (hexbear.net)
submitted 2 years ago by Pluto@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/1309480

I use Vivaldi (Chromium).

I currently use uBlock Origin, Tab Count, Dark Reader, Read Aloud, Google Docs Offline, Srroll In, OneTab Plus (the original OneTab app kept glitching on me), and Dyslexic Browser.

I'm willing to have 15 apps/extensions for my browser and then probably no more after that (otherwise, the memory it'll take up will just make browsing super-slow, at least up until I finally upgrade my RAM card, which should be soon). Dunno if you can really use more than 15, to be perfectly honest, but I'm open to advice.

I want apps/extensions for university, research, reading and comprehension, language-learning, video-editing, and general QoL changes.

Also, let me know if I should still be using Vivaldi. What browser do you use? To me, Vivaldi is so far the best browser out there, at least currently (after having tried Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera). What extensions do you use as well for your browser of choice?

Let me know and let's give each other advice or whatever. Cheers!

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[–] replaceable@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

SponsorBlock: automatically skips sponsored segments on youtube

[–] Pluto@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

NOICE

[–] jaeme@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)
  • LibRedirect: Allows one to redirect privacy invasive sites to more privacy respecting front-ends (ex: YouTube -> Invidious, X dot com -> Nitter).
  • ClearURLs: Removes tracking/fingerprinting code from urls (works great on web-shopping sites like Amazon).
[–] Pluto@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

That last one should be especially useful to me!

[–] voight@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

farside.link has a list to lots of these and if you append any valid link to farside.link/ it will pick a random instance

[–] dannoffs@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Using any graphical browser other than Firefox or it's derivatives is reactionary, and a thorough materialist analysis of web browsing will lead to the conclusion that lynx is the true people's browser.

That said, I highly recommend using a separate password manager and its plugin. I personally use bitwarden.

[–] Pluto@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Whoops, sorry...