Firefox: uBlock Origin, Bitwarden, Simple Tab Groups, New Tab Suspender, SponsorBlock for YouTube.
this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2023
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Consent-O-Matic, it declines all cookie banners for you (or accepts you can decide it in the settings)
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Something that I recently started to use is Raindrop.io. It's a cloud bookmark organizer and I find it really useful. And the extension is also really good with lots of features. I think it's odd that people don't know/talk about it!
What sort of benefits do you feel raindrop has over the native chrome bookmarks manager?
Based on a quick look, the biggest features it has that browser bookmark managers generally don't have is the ability to search within saved webpages and documents without opening them. Plus, you can share bookmark collections with other people. Sounds a bit like a modern rendition of del.icio.us
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Pushbullet - send stuff from my phone to my browser, or vice versa.
Camelizer - camelcamelcamel popup for Amazon browsing. CCC displays a price/time graph and lets you set alerts for when something is below a target price.
Youtube Playback Speed Control - I watch YT at 2x speed usually, sometimes 4x. This adds fine control and keyboard shortcuts for that.
I think uBlock Origin, SponsorBlock, and Dark Reader are my favs.
Anyone have some favorites related to Lemmy or Mastodon? I've seen a couple that claim to make following and subscribing easier on other instances but I'm not sure if they are trustworthy.
Ublock origin Adguard Aguard Extra Bitwarden Privacy badger Tampermonkey Dark reader Sponsorblock
library extension forever until the end of time
Besides ad/tracking blockers, my #1 is a dimmer. Helps the eyes! lol. Especially at night.
For me it's definitely uBlock, tridactyl & tree style tabs
I physically can't use a browser without Vimium anymore.
The shortcut alone makes Vimium a must, it makes switching between tabs so much easier. The only drawbacks of the extension I've found are having to adjust settings for the odd websites that have shortcuts and certain elements not working well with Vimium "clicks" (like the Lemmy sort order dropdown list!).
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Vimium (install and hit the letter 'f' key. You will immediately understand the appeal if you are a keyboard jockey) A Userscript handler (Violentmonkey) Dark Reader Save to Pocket Bitwarden Ublock if the browser doesn't have baked in Ad blocks.
I love reading the responses to this question.
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Facebook container is one i use that blocks facebook tracking with tracking pixels for example.
Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended Videos - This one simplifies the YouTube experience and helps you to spend less time watching videos endlessly.
if you replace the "youtube.com" with "piped.video" in the URL, you get all the videos with no ads, no tracking, and no distractions.
Firefox (I am not going to repeat the obvious ones that have been mentioned numerous times):
- IPvFoo: Display IP address information for website
- tabdetach: I always juggle around my windows. Being able to detach, attach and merge tabs without using the mouse is really useful.
- Cookie AutoDelete: Removes cookies unless whitelisted
Curious, what are you looking for in the ip info of a site?
I don’t actually care about the IP address, I am just curious if a website is accessed via IPv4 or IPv6.
can't live without:
- uBlock (goes without saying)
- Startpage Privacy (I've also used Privacy Badger, giving this one a try and it seems to work well)
- Vimium (browse using vim shortcuts)
- New Window Without Toolbar (does what it says; opens the current page in a new window without any toolbar at all, nice minimal look)
- New Tab Override (so new tabs land on my personal landing page, not the Firefox home or blank)
That's it really, my needs are simple.
Also, TIL about "I don't care about cookies" so I'm tempted to install that, but I do sort of care about cookies... but I also clear them relatively frequently, so it's probably fine.
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Another for Ublock Origin
Youtube Enhancer
Imagus [enlarges images, great for my old tired eyeballs]
Ad Observer (run by Cybersecurity for Democracy project at New York University, it examines any ads you DO get to look for patterns in how advertising is being used to influence people on social media.)
To Google Translate (Highlight something and send it straight to a Translate page)
These are my current favs for safari.
Sponsorblock. Makes YouTube, even with Premium, a lot more enjoyable.
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For Lemmy:
Stylus. And then find Lemmy scripts on UserStyles.world to install into Stylus and you can change the look and feel for Lemmy to make it more like Reddit, or whatever. I currently use a combination of 'Better Lemmy' and 'Old reddit-ish Lemmy'.
For general browsing:
uBlock Origin for ads
Privacy Badger for tracking
For YouTube:
Enhancer for YouTube