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Title: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: Josh on March 22, 2012, 09:58 AM
Figured that since we had a firefox thread for this subject, I would like to see one for chrome since that is my browser of choice.

What are your thoughts?
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: kunkel321 on March 22, 2012, 10:41 AM
Hover Zoom.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: justice on March 22, 2012, 10:46 AM
See:
https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=26966.0

Updated as of today:
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Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: db90h on March 22, 2012, 11:06 AM
RSS Subscription Extension

Others I've found totally optional, but handy
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: nite_monkey on March 24, 2012, 04:47 PM
Adblock Plus (beta) (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddilifddb) - I hate ads
Fullscreen address bar (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ppmkmdianhgppfjciekeiodmgdppglno) - I wish chrome was more like FF in fullscreen
Hover Zoom (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nonjdcjchghhkdoolnlbekcfllmednbl) - I look at devart profiles almost everyday, and this makes it so I don't have to open each image separatly.
Live CSS Editor (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/oelggcmknbjmhkpgjfhakedcfnkgbdpg) - For when people think white text on a black background is a good idea.
RSS Subscription Extension (by Google) (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nlbjncdgjeocebhnmkbbbdekmmmcbfjd) - because chrome doesn't support rss by default (wtf?!)
View Image Info (properties) (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/jldjjifbpipdmligefcogandjojpdagn) - because chrome doesn't have a view image info by default (again wtf?!)
WOT (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bhmmomiinigofkjcapegjjndpbikblnp) - because I hate evil websites.
StumbleUpon (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kcahibnffhnnjcedflmchmokndkjnhpg) - For when I am bored and have nothing else to do.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: allen on March 29, 2012, 04:39 PM
When I'm using Chrome it's Lastpass, Evernote, Evernote Clearly, Pinboard tools.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: wraith808 on March 29, 2012, 05:05 PM
Not mentioned above:

1Password, ActiveInbox, Historyblocker, Postponer Adder/Manager, Wisestamp, XMarks, ChromeToPaper, Google +1 button, IETab, Send to Instapaper, XBox LIVE Dashboard
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: ewemoa on February 24, 2015, 01:26 AM
Hopefully this topic/thread is still of some use to some of us :)

Started using Chrome recently and what I've collected so far that doesn't appear to be listed include:


Of note is 'The QR Code Extension' - it works offline (so what you want a QR code for doesn't get sent somewhere over the network) and it doesn't require additional permissions like some other QR extensions.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: silat on March 07, 2015, 11:29 AM
Save to Pocket
PickPocket
One Tab
Tabs Outliner
Session Buddy
Comment Save
Page Zipper
Multilogin
Share Extensions
Restart My Chrome
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: mouser on March 07, 2015, 12:24 PM
Close Tabs
Camelizer
Roboform
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: wraith808 on March 07, 2015, 01:17 PM
Mine have changed significantly:

Save to Pocket
PickPocket
Evernote Web Clipper
XMarks
LastPass
Ghostery
uBlock
ActiveInbox
Humble New Tab Page
Checker Plus for Gmail/Google Calendar

(actually, I don't use pickpocket as much since I started using the ifttt recipe to copy pocket entries to evernote)

And in Apps that I use:

Draft
Marxico
SourceKit
Workflowy
StackEdit
GingkoApp
Gistbox
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: rgdot on March 07, 2015, 01:27 PM
Surprisingly (?) I am doing well enough with only:
 
Adblock
Tabsplus, mainly for 'position of a new tab: last'
Oh and Web Developer.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: justice on March 11, 2015, 11:20 AM
Reviewing this - I'm now just running with:
CIRC
JSONView
LastPass
Privacy Badger
Xmarks Bookmark Sync
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: Curt on March 30, 2015, 05:16 PM
I don't care about cookies
Get rid of annoying cookie warnings from tens of thousands of 'infected' websites!
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/i-dont-care-about-cookies/fihnjjcciajhdojfnbdddfaoknhalnja

Explanation for outside_of_EU -users:
The EU regulations require that any website using cookies must get user's permission before installing them. This can be extremely annoying.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/i-dont-care-about-cookies/fihnjjcciajhdojfnbdddfaoknhalnja
http://www.kiboke-studio.hr/i-dont-care-about-cookies/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/i-dont-care-about-cookies/
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: ewemoa on April 10, 2015, 03:59 AM
I don't think it has been mentioned here, but came across the following today regarding an extension called "Webpage Screenshot":

  https://www.scrapesentry.com/news/scrapesentry-finds-security-breach-in-google-chrome-extension/
  https://heimdalsecurity.com/blog/webpage-screenshot-leaks-private-data-million-users/

Not very nice...
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: theMastermind on April 25, 2015, 06:09 AM
I'm using:
uBlock (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm) -  adblock alternative, more lightweight on the PC and the browser itself, been using it for a while now, have no complaints.
WebOfTrust (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wot/bhmmomiinigofkjcapegjjndpbikblnp) -  I find the reviews and security ratings useful, especially if you accidentally run into a phishing website
Evernote Clipper (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/evernote-web-clipper/pioclpoplcdbaefihamjohnefbikjilc) -  If you use Evernote, I'd say this is a must, easy and fast way to keep articles you want to read later on your phone, or to make some eBay bookmarks for auctions with notifications when they're soon to be over  ;)
Streamus (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/streamus/jbnkffmindojffecdhbbmekbmkkfpmjd) -  Great way to create easy playlists and listen to music with no need for an open Youtube tab. Extension is fast, you can import playlists easy, has a search feature and you can create your own playlist in a second, with no need for signing in with a Youtube account, definitely a recommendation  :Thmbsup:
Imagus (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/imagus/immpkjjlgappgfkkfieppnmlhakdmaab) -  Hover zoom alternative I've been using ever since Opera 12 was really popular, lightweight and reads images well, as well as imgur albums and makes it easy to scroll through all of the images in the album. I use it for reddit mostly, but it's useful on any other site as well  :D
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: ewemoa on May 22, 2015, 02:58 AM
Am finding the Force Media-Type extension (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dpfpbhhpecfkhkmponbmaldhfollibde) (source code (https://github.com/atdt/chrome-force-media-type)) to be handy for viewing text files in a browser window instead of having to save them first and view via other means.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: ewemoa on August 23, 2015, 01:26 AM
Page Eraser (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/page-eraser/ekofpchjmoalonajopdeegdappocgcmj) has been helpful in preparing to create PDFs from pages.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: ewemoa on August 23, 2015, 01:51 AM
Trying out Keyboard Privacy (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/keyboard-privacy/aoeboeflhhnobfjkafamelopfeojdohk) -- current impression is that one is likely to notice a difference in usability.

via https://threatpost.com/new-chrome-extension-helps-combat-keyboard-biometric-profiling/114018
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on October 27, 2016, 04:59 AM
"... Thundertick is the search engine you've always wanted for your browser. You can now search through every part of your browser including all your bookmarks, history, open tabs, downloads, installed apps and more ...":
http://thundertick.com/

Ultidash:
https://www.ultidash.com/

Peek-a-tab:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/peek-a-tab/nnpdamdaknpnohmlbnmgphiodghbohop

Sniphero for Gmail - easily search and add your favourite websites content beautifully into your emails without leaving your Gmail compose window:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sniphero-for-gmail/ionacijjlndncdccgdpnlbcjajicgklc

Candy - bookmarks for the 21st century:
https://www.candybank.com/

GitHub Plus:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/github-plus/anlikcnbgdeidpacdbdljnabclhahhmd?ref=producthunt
Title: Re: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on October 28, 2016, 04:26 AM
Panda - a smart news reader built for productivity:
http://v5.usepanda.com/
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/panda-5-news-inspiration/haafibkemckmbknhfkiiniobjpgkebko
Title: Re: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: rgdot on November 05, 2016, 05:30 PM
my fave chrome extension
Nothing
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nothing/mabenbhpjlchigbbpafligkdnlhjbmel

Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: dr_andus on November 05, 2016, 07:21 PM
Here are my favourites (using them on Windows and in several Chromebooks):

- Chrome extensions:
  -  Awesome Screenshot: Screen capture...
  - Calendar and Countdown
  - Clip to WorkFlowy
  - Clipboard History
  - Cloudy Calculator
  - Cool Clock
  - Create Link
  - Data Saver
  - Docs PDF/PowerPoint Viewer (by Google)
  - Extensions Update Notifier
  - Extensity
  - Google Docs Offline
  - Google Hangouts
  - Google Keep Chrome Extension
  - Google Translate
  - Kami - PDF and Document Markup
  - Magic Actions for YouTube™
  - Office Editing for Docs, Sheets & Slides
  - painter for workflowy.com
  - Reddit Enhancement Suite
  - Send from Gmail (by Google)
  - Speed Dial 2
  - Stylish
  - Tab Activate
  - Tab Scissors
  - uBlock Origin

- Chrome apps:
  - Caret
  - Chrome Remote Desktop
  - Cog - System Info Viewer
  - File System for Dropbox
  - Google Docs
  - Google Drive
  - Google Sheets
  - Kami - PDF and Document Markup
  - MindMup 2.0 For Google Drive
  - Split and Merge by Kami
  - TeamViewer
  - VMware Horizon Client
  - WorkFlowy

P.S. And an easy way to extract a list of your favourite Chrome extensions and apps is to install the Extensity extension, which allows you to copy the whole list of your extensions and apps.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: IainB on November 08, 2016, 07:51 AM
Initially tentative, I have become a fairly happy user of Slimjet (a Chrome-based browser). This was after having migrated away from Firefox after the Mozilla Team started to apparently quite deliberately and progressively hack around with the product - diminishing its useful functionality - for reasons that were, and are still unclear to me.
One of the more important features for me has been the blocking of annoying and ubiquitous advertising (starting with JunkBuster).
In Slimjet (which has built-in ad-blocking using ad-block parameter files), I have installed and subsequently disabled (as being redundant):

Those were three of the more useful add-ons that I had in Firefox.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: wraith808 on November 08, 2016, 10:51 AM
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Title: 10 Chrome Extensions to avoid...
Post by: IainB on November 08, 2016, 09:35 PM
Sobering post: 10 Chrome Extensions You Should Uninstall Right Now (http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/chrome-extensions-uninstall-right-now/)

AdBlock? - Oops!

Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: MilesAhead on November 09, 2016, 09:33 AM
Sobering post: 10 Chrome Extensions You Should Uninstall Right Now (http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/chrome-extensions-uninstall-right-now/)

AdBlock? - Oops!



Interesting article.  Glad I was too lazy to install most of them.  :)

Although for me uBlock Origin was not a viable alternative.  The cure was worse than the disease.  Enough sites went weird with it running that I just got rid of it.

Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: wraith808 on November 09, 2016, 10:51 AM
Sobering post: 10 Chrome Extensions You Should Uninstall Right Now (http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/chrome-extensions-uninstall-right-now/)

AdBlock? - Oops!



Interesting article.  Glad I was too lazy to install most of them.  :)

Although for me uBlock Origin was not a viable alternative.  The cure was worse than the disease.  Enough sites went weird with it running that I just got rid of it.




I had the same problem- so I stick with uBlock, and it works for me.  Might want to try it.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: Steven Avery on November 09, 2016, 10:51 AM
> Although for me uBlock Origin was not a viable alternative.  The cure was worse than the disease.  Enough sites went weird with it running that I just got rid of it.

(Wait.. the below is for uMatrix!)

I think the trick, especially on youtube sites which should have a global allow somehow, is to quickly hit the block and either make one or two reds green (frame and all) which still leaves nonsense things like google-analytics blocked. Or simply disable (top, toward the left.) The point is that if you have 15 or 20 websites open that are ok, they are far less likely to be scripting away to plunge your firefox into darkeness.  A reasonable trade-off.

If I remember, I dumped uBlock Origin also.

Steven
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: dr_andus on November 09, 2016, 02:27 PM
I like uBlock Origin. I find it a lot faster than AdBlock Plus, and extremely effective in blocking advertising.

It's true that at times it can be oversensitive, such as with complex webpages when they try to load combo boxes into an existing page, or with certain shopping cart pages, but I just learnt to untick it for those particular pages only.

To specifically control ads and annoying behaviour on YouTube I recommend "Magic Actions for YouTube." It gives you a lot of options to select or deselect individual YouTube features.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: MilesAhead on November 09, 2016, 03:44 PM
I had the same problem- so I stick with uBlock, and it works for me.  Might want to try it.

Thanks.  I'll give it a go.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: IainB on November 09, 2016, 07:04 PM
Since adblocking is built-in to Slimjet it makes ad-blocker extensions/add-ons superfluous. Chrome, however, would still need a blocker.
 - Is that correct?
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: wraith808 on November 09, 2016, 07:26 PM
Since adblocking is built-in to Slimjet it makes ad-blocker extensions/add-ons superfluous. Chrome, however, would still need a blocker.
 - Is that correct?

That is correct... as long as you trust their algorithm.  Personally, I found Slimjet slower with more memory consumption, and following issue.  And I really wanted to like SlimJet.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: rgdot on November 09, 2016, 07:35 PM
^
Spoiler
One major issue for me:
Autoplay videos consume way too much CPU and RAM for every browser I have tried, and I have tried all of them. Autoplay video ads can be blocked of course but sites that have videos for other purposes (news etc.) I should either avoid or live with high resource consumption? That is a false choice in my opinion. Eternally waiting for a programmer that "solves" this  :-\

Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: MilesAhead on November 10, 2016, 08:08 AM
Since adblocking is built-in to Slimjet it makes ad-blocker extensions/add-ons superfluous. Chrome, however, would still need a blocker.
 - Is that correct?

With SlimJet you may still need the JavaScript plugin blocker.  It counters those sites that put a black popup over the whole page, making you click the 'x' to get rid of it.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: IainB on November 10, 2016, 10:06 PM
@MilesAhead: Thanks for the suggestion. I have installed JavaScript Popup Blocker.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: MilesAhead on November 11, 2016, 06:16 PM
@MilesAhead: Thanks for the suggestion. I have installed JavaScript Popup Blocker.

You are welcome.  I don't recall it giving me any hassles.  Hopefully it will work as well for you.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: IainB on November 11, 2016, 06:59 PM
@MilesAhead: Thanks for the suggestion. I have installed JavaScript Popup Blocker.
You are welcome.  I don't recall it giving me any hassles.  Hopefully it will work as well for you.
Well, it seems to be working fine and is relatively unobtrusive. One can see it in action as the annoying pop-ups and masking screens that one is accustomed to seem to momentarily appear/flicker and then are gone. I'm not sure how it works, but it rather looks as though the offending script might be being defeated after the annoyance has been initially written/output to the screen display buffer.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on February 09, 2017, 03:42 AM
https://www.purevpn.com/badadjohnny
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on February 13, 2017, 03:24 AM
https://www.antibait.com/
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: IainB on March 11, 2017, 10:35 PM
@panzer:
https://www.purevpn.com/badadjohnny
______________________
Thanks for posting the link to Bad Ad Johnny. I installed it to Slimjet for a trial and disabled the built-in Ad blocker.
My Slimjet browser crashed shortly thereafter, and again when I restarted it. Seems to be OK now though. We shall see.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on March 13, 2017, 05:47 AM
RedMorph:
https://redmorph.com/
https://redmorph.com/downloads.html
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/redmorph-browser-controll/ghpfnohpiocmklpejkcliiloniceahdo
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: 4wd on March 13, 2017, 06:50 AM
RedMorph:
https://redmorph.com/
https://redmorph.com/downloads.html
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/redmorph-browser-controll/ghpfnohpiocmklpejkcliiloniceahdo

So basically the same as WindScribe, free/paid VPN with browser extension.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on March 21, 2017, 07:37 AM
Email this:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/email-this/lgblkllcjgihfnlefhnnpppndbbjallh

Extension Boilerplate - foundation for building cross browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox & Opera from a single code base (olny a sample extension):
https://github.com/EmailThis/extension-boilerplate
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: IainB on March 21, 2017, 10:08 AM
@panzer:
Email this:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/email-this/lgblkllcjgihfnlefhnnpppndbbjallh
Extension Boilerplate - foundation for building cross browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox & Opera from a single code base (olny a sample extension):
https://github.com/EmailThis/extension-boilerplate
_________________________

The email this extension looks rather good.
I was interested in it as I have had difficulty finding a replacement for the FF (Firefox) add-on Scrapbook, and email this could be an alternative (maybe better than ReadItLater, etc.).
However, what I am wanting is a copy of the full web page - i.e., including all items on the webpage - diagrams, photos, embedded links, even embedded/linked .ZIP, .exe, or .PDF files. (Scrapbook can do this).

As a potential alternative to Scrapbook, I have a provisional workaround in Slimjet, using the right-click menu option Save As, which provides the web page only, as a single file, saved in .mhtml format - which is highly compressed (compared to the .htm format) and can be read by most/any browser-reading tool  - including @skwire's excellent Mass HTML Viewer (refer Efficiently view set of .htm files, one after another (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=37865.msg354339#msg354339))

This Save As functionality requires the Chrome extensions SingleFile and SingleFile Core.

These web page files can be saved to a directory on the local client, which can be (say) connected to a Cloud folder and accessed from any device. On a Windows client, the files can be indexed/searched by WDS (Windows Desktop Search), so file management, retrieval and access is performed using Windows Explorer and is actually simpler and more reliable than using the Scrapbook File Manager and Search tools - which can only be used in the FF browser and are slow as all heck, though there is the benefit of being able to make notes that are attached to (go with) the saved pages.
Using the NTFS as the database seems simpler than locking the data into some kind of proprietary tool (e.g., FF Scrapbook, or Zotero - both of which are rather similar in that they use similar code for copying web pages WebPageDump (http://www.dbai.tuwien.ac.at/user/pollak/webpagedump/)).

Anyway, having read this, if you come across anything that might be able to help further with this in Slimjet, then I'd be grateful if you would link to it in this thread. (Thanks.)
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on March 23, 2017, 08:12 AM
@panzer:
https://www.purevpn.com/badadjohnny
______________________
Thanks for posting the link to Bad Ad Johnny. I installed it to Slimjet for a trial and disabled the built-in Ad blocker.
My Slimjet browser crashed shortly thereafter, and again when I restarted it. Seems to be OK now though. We shall see.

So, how is Johnny doing? Is it good or not?
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: IainB on March 23, 2017, 10:44 AM
@panzer: BadAdJohnny seems to be working quite well, so far. No reason to nix it anyway, so I shall leave it installed.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on March 23, 2017, 11:08 AM
@panzer: BadAdJohnny seems to be working quite well, so far. No reason to nix it anyway, so I shall leave it installed.

I wonder how does it compare to ublock origin ...
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: IainB on March 23, 2017, 11:57 AM
@panzer:
...I wonder how does it compare to ublock origin ...
I dunno. I thought about it, but ended up not trialling ublock origin - I recall thinking that it might take a bit too much time/trouble to install and use, so wished to avoid another potential time-bandit.
Maybe someone in the DC Forum has already trialled both and could write up a quick comparison, or maybe there's a comparison or review online that will do the job? I found several comparing ublock origin with others, but not BadAdJohnny (which seems to be a relative newcomer.).
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on March 23, 2017, 12:25 PM
@panzer:
...I wonder how does it compare to ublock origin ...
I dunno. I thought about it, but ended up not trialling ublock origin - I recall thinking that it might take a bit too much time/trouble to install and use, so wished to avoid another potential time-bandit.

I installed both on Slimjet. It looks like Johnny is a little bit faster detecting/disabling ads, and on some pages it finds more ads to block than ublock. If you click on Johnny's icon, then let say you click twice (to disable and enable) on stopping all ads, it starts talking (if you have sound on) :) .

I have no idea about memory footprint. Johnny is brand new, so there is no comparison against the others yet ...
I have Kmeleon with ABS, as Ublock origin can't be installed in KM.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: IainB on March 23, 2017, 02:16 PM
@panzer:
...I installed both on Slimjet. It looks like Johnny is a little bit faster detecting/disabling ads, and on some pages it finds more ads to block than ublock. If you click on Johnny's icon, then let say you click twice (to disable and enable) on stopping all ads, it starts talking (if you have sound on) :) .

I have no idea about memory footprint. Johnny is brand new, so there is no comparison against the others yet ...
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Oh, well done. Thanks for the report! BAJ does seem to be pretty quick/efficient. Yes, I have noticed that it talks to me. It has a rather more threatening personality than Talking Moose!
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on March 29, 2017, 01:42 AM
https://danstillman.com/firstmention/

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/voracious/jimkaakbhabmabeigofmboihfpojdgln
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: BAJ (BadAdJohnny) blocks clicktracking from your email
Post by: IainB on March 29, 2017, 04:28 PM
I use dummy anonymous forwarding email addresses (e.g. like Blur (https://dnt.abine.com/#/maskme/auto)) to register on those sites that insist that you register before you can access whatever you find of interest there. I use the dummy email address where I do not wish to risk opening my personal mailbox ID to potential spam from such sites (they pretty much all do it, which is why they want your email address in the first place - it's a numbers game for them).

One of the organisations I subscribe to is FEE.org, which describes itself as:
Foundation for Economic Education
fee.org
The Foundation for Economic Education "is a non-political, non-profit, tax-exempt educational foundation" dedicated to the "economic, ethical and legal principles of a free society." FEE publishes books and hosts seminars and lectures.More at Wikipedia
Founder: Leonard E. Read
Type: Educational foundation, IRS 501(c)(3) tax exempt
Tax ID no.: 136006960
_____________________
So, today I got an email in my inbox addressed to one of my dummy email addresses, from FEE, and it had an item that looked like it could be an interesting article, and I carelessly clicked on the link without thinking. Normally I would have copied the URL from the link and truncated all the tracking stuff off first, and then gone to look at that article.
What happened then surprised and pleased me though - BAJ popped up this huge red warning screen - text copied below, but minus the actual link ID, just something similar:
STOP.    HOLD UP!
The site ahead contains Privacy.

Attackers currently on
http://fee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af44b8bfb54164e733a00a887&id=f0627f35bc&e=23fdfe0dcf
might attempt to install dangerous programs on your computer that steal or delete your information (for example, photos, passwords, messages, and credit cards).

Action taken because of the following filter
||list-manage.com/track/

Found in:
EasyPrivacy

How would you like to proceed?
_________________________

I followed the URL (minus the click-tracking) and was re-routed to this "About" at Mailchimp.com (https://mailchimp.com/about/mcsv-static)
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I was surprised because, though I had read the blurb about BAJ before installing the chrome add-on, it had not sunk in that that BAJ would be able to monitor dodgy clicks like this from my emails. I was pleased that it did this, as it is very easy to be careless when clicking links, and sometimes that's all it takes to get a malware attack. I am therefore going to install this chrome add-on on all PCs I manage or help others with, as a matter of course.

By the way, before anyone jumps down my throat for subscribing to FEE, I do realise that, despite its self-declared "non-political" (ha-ha) status, FEE.org seems to have a decided political bias (seems to be anti-Trump or something from what I have seen so far) and, given its supposed emphasis on economics, it talks about political issues far too much and thereby contradicts itself - which is not a good look. Furthermore, given its stated emphasis on "educating" the young, I would see FEE.org as potentially having been cynically set up as a propaganda machine targeted at susceptible young minds for a particular brand of religio-political ideology ("catch 'em young", as the RC church used to put it). I don't know/care much who funds it, but "follow the money" might be interesting if I had the inclination (which I don't).

I subscribed to the website not because I particularly liked its religio-political bias (I couldn't care less, actually), but simply because I saw that some of its economic arguments looked interesting and I wanted to follow them up, because some of their lectures might be of use for my daughter (who is studying economics), and who is in their target audience age demographic. It's a bit like the parson's egg - "good in parts". She would be able to read/watch it and learn despite any political bias, as she starts from the premise that all teachers are to be regarded as potential idiots until they show themselves otherwise, and is learning to quietly spot an invalid/biased argument or propaganda item a mile off. So this would be good practice for her and she would be able to establish for herself whether the website might be able to contribute to her economics syllabus, regardless of any bias/noise in the signal. Let's face it, bias abounds in most human communication and affairs. (Interesting side reference here - BIAS (https://biasproject.wordpress.com/).)

So BAJ looks like it will protect one from being quite so easily susceptible to evil click-tracking...    :Thmbsup:
...but you're on your own when it comes to protection from bias.    :D
(I actually consider that we should welcome bias in a communication anyway, because it tells one an awful lot about the level of objective content of the message and the rationale used in communicating it.)
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on March 30, 2017, 12:10 AM
"... I subscribed to the website not because I particularly liked its religio-political bias (I couldn't care less, actually), but simply because I saw that some of its economic arguments looked interesting and I wanted to follow them up, because some of their lectures might be of use for my daughter (who is studying economics)... "

You should rather look up sites like mises. org (a lot of free books available), lewrockwell. com,  zerohedge. com and others sites, linked to Austrian economics.

She is probably taught of Keynesian economics and that is so messed up that I don't even know where to start...
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on March 30, 2017, 12:13 AM
Btw, I am glad that BAJ helped you...  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: IainB on March 30, 2017, 01:48 AM
...You should rather look up sites like mises. org (a lot of free books available), lewrockwell. com,  zerohedge. com and others sites, linked to Austrian economics.
She is probably taught of Keynesian economics and that is so messed up that I don't even know where to start...
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She's only on micro-economics at the moment. I suspect you are right in that, for macro-economics they will probably get on to the Keynesian "school" of economics - which I was originally taught and which seems to have some irrational hypotheses. So, I already have her lined up for Mises, etc - thanks.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on March 30, 2017, 03:50 AM
BehindTheOverlay - One click to close any overlay on any website:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/behindtheoverlay/ljipkdpcjbmhkdjjmbbaggebcednbbme
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on March 30, 2017, 03:56 AM
"... I use dummy anonymous forwarding email addresses (e.g. like Blur)..."

Thanx for mentioning Blur. Never heard of it before. It will be nice addition to my freeware archive.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: IainB on March 30, 2017, 05:20 AM
@panzer:
BehindTheOverlay - One click to close any overlay on any website:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/behindtheoverlay/ljipkdpcjbmhkdjjmbbaggebcednbbme
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Ah, thankyou.    :Thmbsup:
I had been looking for something like that to replace a similar Firefox extension.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: IainB on March 30, 2017, 08:52 PM
I'm using Chrome. I see that Chrome have more  Extensions: Pinboard tools, Facebook notification, Google +1 button, Wisestamp, XMarks, ChromeToPaper, etc
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-daitrongpham (March 30, 2017, 08:24 PM)

Having moved away from my favourite Firefox (which Mozilla seem to be killing off), I am using Slimjet, which is based on chrome.
I used to use Chrome Canary 64-bit (beta), but found it too invasive. I hope Slimjet is better...

There are indeed lots of Chrome extensions, but they are not all the same as the Firefox extensions, so I have not yet been able to entirely replace Firefox with Slimjet. That's why I was pleased to find the "behindtheoverlay" add-on in the Chrome Store.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on March 31, 2017, 04:15 AM
"...  Having moved away from my favourite Firefox (which Mozilla seem to be killing off), I am using Slimjet, which is based on chrome.
I used to use Chrome Canary 64-bit (beta), but found it too invasive. I hope Slimjet is better..."

Have you tried browsers that claim they are enhanced version of Chrome or have security improved like Cent, Iridium, Inox, Advanced Chrome or ungoogled-chromium?
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: IainB on April 02, 2017, 06:42 PM
"...  Having moved away from my favourite Firefox (which Mozilla seem to be killing off), I am using Slimjet, which is based on chrome.
I used to use Chrome Canary 64-bit (beta), but found it too invasive. I hope Slimjet is better..."

Have you tried browsers that claim they are enhanced version of Chrome or have security improved like Cent, Iridium, Inox, Advanced Chrome or ungoogled-chromium?
No, I've not tried any of those (yet), so thanks for the tips - though I used to use "plain" Chromium (overnight updates).
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: IainB on April 02, 2017, 06:46 PM
I have found another replacement for a favourite Firefox add-on "Self-Destructing Cookies".
It's called: Cookie AutoDelete (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cookie-autodelete/fhcgjolkccmbidfldomjliifgaodjagh?utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-et-na-us-oc-webstrext&utm_medium=et)
Control Your Cookies! Auto Delete Unused Cookies From your Closed Tabs While Keeping The Ones You Want.
Control your cookies! This extension is inspired by Self Destructing Cookies. When a tab closes, any cookies not being used are automatically deleted. Prevent tracking by other cookies and add only the ones you trust. Easily import and export your Cookie Whitelist.

Main Features
- Auto Deletes Cookies from Closed Tabs
- WhiteList Support for Sites you want to keep Cookies
- Easily Export/Import your Whitelist
- Clear All Cookies for a Domain

Usage
1. Add the sites you want to keep cookies in the whitelist
2. Enable "Active Mode" in the popup or settings
3. Watch those unused cookies disappear :)

Some things to Note:
- This Extension can't clear LocalStorage yet
See:
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=78093
- Even though third party cookies are cleared with this extension, it is better to disable third party cookies from the settings
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Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on April 03, 2017, 02:57 AM
Noiszy:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/noiszy/immakaidhkcddagdjmedphlnamlcdcbg
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on April 03, 2017, 03:39 AM
Gmelius free:
https://gmelius.com/
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gmelius-for-gmail/dheionainndbbpoacpnopgmnihkcmnkl?hl=en
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on April 04, 2017, 10:26 AM
Wayback Machine:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wayback-machine/fpnmgdkabkmnadcjpehmlllkndpkmiak
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: IainB on April 04, 2017, 04:42 PM
Wayback Machine:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wayback-machine/fpnmgdkabkmnadcjpehmlllkndpkmiak

Yes, and there are also:
WayBack Chrome (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wayback-chrome/phabfadigilgfagiclfpjnjljedbjclf) - which I have been using for several months now, and which seems to work faultlessly.
Save To The Wayback Machine (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/save-to-the-wayback-machi/eebpioaailbjojmdbmlpomfgijnlcemk) - which I have not needed to use much, so have no feel for its effectiveness, as yet.
Web Cache (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/web-cache/coblegoildgpecccijneplifmeghcgip?utm_source=chrome-app-launcher-info-dialog) - ditto.

Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on April 05, 2017, 05:39 AM
Random User-Agent:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/random-user-agent/einpaelgookohagofgnnkcfjbkkgepnp
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: IainB on April 05, 2017, 10:33 AM
@panzer:
Random User-Agent (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/random-user-agent/einpaelgookohagofgnnkcfjbkkgepnp)
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Nicely spotted - thanks!    :Thmbsup:
The random auto-change feature is rather nifty - seems better than the Firefox add-on that I had previously been using.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on April 05, 2017, 11:10 AM
ChromeLens:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chromelens/idikgljglpfilbhaboonnpnnincjhjkd
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on April 05, 2017, 04:17 PM
@panzer:
...I installed both on Slimjet. It looks like Johnny is a little bit faster detecting/disabling ads, and on some pages it finds more ads to block than ublock. If you click on Johnny's icon, then let say you click twice (to disable and enable) on stopping all ads, it starts talking (if you have sound on) :) .

I have no idea about memory footprint. Johnny is brand new, so there is no comparison against the others yet ...
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Oh, well done. Thanks for the report! BAJ does seem to be pretty quick/efficient. Yes, I have noticed that it talks to me. It has a rather more threatening personality than Talking Moose!

Go to BAJ --> Settings and uncheck Allow Bad Ad Johnny voice prompts.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: IainB on April 06, 2017, 01:24 AM
...Go to BAJ --> Settings and uncheck Allow Bad Ad Johnny voice prompts.
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Yes, thanks. I had known that. I like to have the audio stay enabled as it is quite amusing! (BAJ has "bad attitude".)
For much the same reason, I like to have Talking Moose running - see Talking Moose - Mini-Review (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=31411.msg291726#msg291726)
(If you follow the links, you will see that TM is alive and well, all-improved and supported and has gone "3D" now.)

Audio can be very useful: For example, I also have xplorer² use audio when it reports an error alert, as the alert itself is transient and appears as text in the Status Bar at the bottom of the xplorer² window and the visual cue is thus quite easy to miss if one is in a hurry. So the audio is a rather nifty ergonomically useful option.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: IainB on April 09, 2017, 01:27 AM
Cross-posted as relevant.
Just discovered this today. I was adding the Chrome Simple Gmail Notes (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/simple-gmail-notes/jfjkcbkgjohminidbpendlodpfacgmlm) extension to Slimjet and noticed that they had a Firefox version (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/simple-gmail-notes/) too.

I didn't know it existed until today. Looks potentially very handy.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: Mikekolly on April 19, 2017, 01:08 PM
I think the below extensions may be also good:


Adblock
FlashBlock
FlashGot
Tab Preview
Translate
NoScript
Web Developer
PDF Download
ListZilla 0.7
NoScript
Screen grab!
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: wraith808 on April 19, 2017, 01:48 PM
The Great Suspender (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-great-suspender/klbibkeccnjlkjkiokjodocebajanakg?utm_source=chrome-app-launcher-info-dialog)

Allows you to keep tabs open, but manage the memory that they use by suspending them.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on April 24, 2017, 04:15 PM
@panzer: BadAdJohnny seems to be working quite well, so far. No reason to nix it anyway, so I shall leave it installed.

Author pulled BAJ from his site, also BAJ extension cannot be found neither through Google or Chrome Store search engine.

If you ever need to reinstall it, you can get the direct link here: http://alternativeto.net/software/bad-ad-johnny/ (click on app store --> Chrome Web Store) or save it in the txt file:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bad-ad-johnny-adblocker-w/bdgggpliahokemcgimpfcaaeknfbjlce
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: IainB on April 24, 2017, 11:17 PM
@panzer: That smells a bit fishy. I wonder if the author has been "got at"?

Many thanks for the links.
How does one go about downloading the installer file intact from the chrome store?
I can't figure it out.
I have made backup copies of the two folders (Name: bdgggpliahokemcgimpfcaaeknfbjlce) for BAJ in the Slimjet browser (user data), just in case, and the extension is synced to the cloud, so I can always re-install it, one way or another, but I would like to get hold of the installer, for posterity and for examination/study.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on April 24, 2017, 11:50 PM
Try using this:
http://chrome-extension-downloader.com/
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: IainB on April 25, 2017, 04:12 AM
@panzer: Aha! Thankyou. Downloaded OK.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on April 25, 2017, 11:00 AM
Gibbon Tabs:
https://github.com/macadev/Gibbon-Tabs
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gibbon-tabs/bmkakdcikgcicahfkmcehpbhidhccfld
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on April 27, 2017, 12:31 PM
IainB, something for you  :D :
"... techblocker is a free browser extension which enables you to block irrelevant and repetitive ads which add no value to your surfing experience. In addition, it also helps you to avoid being tracked by websites, blocks all domains that can spread malware, and even lets you disable social media buttons while you are surfing ...":
http://techblocker.com/
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/techblocker/pdggkhaanaiidcjahfafaccgbkdlgmib
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: IainB on April 27, 2017, 08:28 PM
@panzer: Thanks for this:
IainB, something for you  :D :
"... techblocker is a free browser extension which enables you to block irrelevant and repetitive ads which add no value to your surfing experience. In addition, it also helps you to avoid being tracked by websites, blocks all domains that can spread malware, and even lets you disable social media buttons while you are surfing ...":
http://techblocker.com/
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/techblocker/pdggkhaanaiidcjahfafaccgbkdlgmib
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It looks a bit like the approach taken in the ad-blocker in the Brave browser (which is a rather nifty browser).


Also, thanks for the Gibbon Tabs link. I am trialling that now.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on May 04, 2017, 02:38 AM
@panzer: That smells a bit fishy. I wonder if the author has been "got at"?

Many thanks for the links.
How does one go about downloading the installer file intact from the chrome store?
I can't figure it out.
I have made backup copies of the two folders (Name: bdgggpliahokemcgimpfcaaeknfbjlce) for BAJ in the Slimjet browser (user data), just in case, and the extension is synced to the cloud, so I can always re-install it, one way or another, but I would like to get hold of the installer, for posterity and for examination/study.

Well, BAJ is no longer present on Chrome store. We managed to download it just in time ...
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on May 22, 2017, 07:24 AM
Fair AdBlocker:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fair-adblocker/lgblnfidahcdcjddiepkckcfdhpknnjh
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on May 24, 2017, 03:51 AM
J2TeaM Security:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/j2team-security/hmlcjjclebjnfohgmgikjfnbmfkigocc

Google Analytics Opt-out:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-analytics-opt-out/fllaojicojecljbmefodhfapmkghcbnh?hl=en

Touch VPN:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/free-proxy-to-unblock-any/bihmplhobchoageeokmgbdihknkjbknd

Betternet Unlimited Free VPN Proxy:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/betternet-unlimited-free/gjknjjomckknofjidppipffbpoekiipm
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: dr_andus on May 24, 2017, 04:13 AM
Google Analytics Opt-out:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-analytics-opt-out/fllaojicojecljbmefodhfapmkghcbnh?hl=en

That's an interesting one, thanks for that  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on May 24, 2017, 04:28 AM
You are welcome.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on May 27, 2017, 02:25 AM
Vookmark - Easy video bookmarking:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vookmark-easy-video-bookm/ajpfgljldffcnbjenpnkcbkkkcflkpbo
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on May 06, 2018, 01:10 PM
"... Adblock Fast runs a mere 7 optimized filtering rules to accelerate pages 8x more but consume 6x less system resources than other ad blockers do ...":
https://github.com/rocketshipapps/adblockfast
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: wraith808 on May 06, 2018, 04:30 PM
In absence of xmarks, I've gone with Papaly:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bookmark-manager-speed-di/pdcohkhhjbifkmpakaiopnllnddofbbn
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on May 09, 2018, 02:23 AM
http://darkreader.org/
http://uxmovement.com/content/why-you-should-never-use-pure-black-for-text-or-backgrounds/
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on May 14, 2018, 10:27 AM
Trace is a new extension which has been built from the ground up to be an easy privacy toolkit for the browser:
https://absolutedouble.co.uk/trace/
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/trace/njkmjblmcfiobddjgebnoeldkjcplfjb
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Bad Ad Johnny (installer file).
Post by: IainB on August 15, 2018, 02:59 PM
The Chrome extension Bad Ad Johnny is no longer available in the chrome web store, but it works just fine as at 2018-08-16. It is an excellent/better alternative to the default built-in Slimjet Ad-blocker extension.
The BAJ extension installer is in the attached file (below).
Once BAJ has been installed, Slimjet persists in disabling it as a PUP, or something, but that behaviour can be changed in the settings.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on June 19, 2019, 09:27 AM
"... Privacy Eye is a browser extension that identifies any trackers used by a website and shows the number and duration of hidden 3rd party cookies - aka "Anatomy of the Internet". It does not block website traffic, or store any user data. The main purpose is to improve internet transparency and raise privacy awareness for non-tech users ...":
https://github.com/Dan-inpooling/Privacy-eye
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: dantheman on June 20, 2019, 06:48 PM
Don't spend time browsing for themes, but after removing a "morpheus dark" which i could no longer find again,
i stumbled upon "dark theme material pro":
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dark-theme-material-pro/miehfhojiooojkabkjedhbdbobofjigm
I like the way the active tab stands out as black and the others more greyish/light black.  :-*
Fits in well with browser gui style too!

If someone finds similar turquoise, i'd take it out for a spin for sure!
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: Deozaan on June 20, 2019, 08:48 PM
i stumbled upon "dark theme material pro":

It looks a lot like the dark theme that comes built-in with the Brave (https://brave.com/) browser. :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: Akertyna on June 22, 2019, 03:27 AM
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-downloader-by-fb2ma/pnojeninehdnfmohegjhhodmekfflfjf

Hello everyone,
I'm launching this extension called FB2Mate on Chrome
Its function is downloading video from Facebook to computer or Android phone.
There is a issue I want to ask you guys.
The video is downloaded by this extension has its own default name. How can I change it?
I want it to be changed like: fb2mate - (random number string).mp4
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: Curt on June 22, 2019, 07:40 AM
you are not the author of FB2Mate, so how can >you< be launching it on chrome's store?
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: wraith808 on June 22, 2019, 11:42 AM
you are not the author of FB2Mate, so how can >you< be launching it on chrome's store?


Launching as in installing, I took it.  English might not be their native language?
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: Curt on June 22, 2019, 02:24 PM
^ oh, yes, of course.

@Akertyna: My suggestion is that you change the download directory for FB2Mate, so there not will be any other videos in that folder. Then you can have a script to automatically rename every file.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: dantheman on June 23, 2019, 08:40 AM
i stumbled upon "dark theme material pro":

It looks a lot like the dark theme that comes built-in with the Brave (https://brave.com/) browser. :Thmbsup:

I see we have a "brave" fan here!
Well, did download Brave to compare and its default dark, or dark theme from Chrome store or even Windows dark settings still not as nice.
The "Dark Material Pro" installed for Slimjet has greyish tone for inactive tabs, thus making the active one more noticeable.

Themes aren't everything, but when i find a nice one, i stick to it for a long time.
Slimjet's bookmark autohide and scroll through tabs with mouse just enhances this feature.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: wraith808 on June 23, 2019, 01:05 PM
The brave theme just has the grey for the active tab, which I find noticeable enough.  I tried that dark material pro, and I see where it's the inverse of that.  But I can't read the downloads with that installed as easily.

But it's good that we have options so that everyone can get what they want!
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: dantheman on June 23, 2019, 08:25 PM
@wraith808 - perfectly agree with the goodness of being able to choose what pleases us most.  :Thmbsup:

For the record:

Here is Vivaldi downloaded with Slimjet:
http://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/1993/95Foce.png

Here is Vivaldi downloaded with Brave:
http://imagizer.imageshack.com/img921/5158/0rgOYy.png

Both have Dark Material Pro theme.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: wraith808 on June 23, 2019, 10:54 PM
I mean in the bar at the bottom.  I'm not sure if SlimJet shows it's downloads in the bottom bar like Chrome and Brave, but when it shows down there, I can't read the text with Material Pro.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: dantheman on June 24, 2019, 08:21 AM
I mean in the bar at the bottom.  I'm not sure if SlimJet shows it's downloads in the bottom bar...
?
Thought my screenshot via Screenshot Captor wasn't that bad!

So it's not working for you - well, my Brave sync code isn't registering on their service, so i guess we're even!

VirusTotal extension is a good addition for (Firefox and) Slimjet (or Chrome based clones):
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vtchromizer/efbjojhplkelaegfbieplglfidafgoka
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: wraith808 on June 24, 2019, 10:01 AM
I mean in the bar at the bottom.  I'm not sure if SlimJet shows it's downloads in the bottom bar...
?
Thought my screenshot via Screenshot Captor wasn't that bad!

So it's not working for you - well, my Brave sync code isn't registering on their service, so i guess we're even!

VirusTotal extension is a good addition for (Firefox and) Slimjet (or Chrome based clones):
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vtchromizer/efbjojhplkelaegfbieplglfidafgoka



I don't use brave sync, or really _any_ sync.  And yeah, that screenshot illustrates what I meant; I didn't even realize that you had a download in the bar at the bottom; I thought you were talking about the popup!
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on July 16, 2019, 05:33 AM
Gadlight - Highlight Google search results that are ads:
https://github.com/ibudiallo/gadlight
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: dantheman on July 17, 2019, 09:35 PM
I use OneNote clipper to save text from pdf articles.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on August 25, 2019, 02:45 PM
"... SponsorBlock is a crowdsourced browser extension to block sponsor segments of YouTube videos. Users submit when sponsor happen to the extension, and the extension automatically skips sponsors it knows about. It also features an upvote/downvote system with a weighted random based distribution algorithm...":
http://sponsor.ajay.app
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: app103 on August 26, 2019, 10:06 AM
Anesidora (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/anesidora/nelbojdmodgjdjokmdhlgdkkmimepnjo) - Listen to Pandora, ad free, without having to have it open in a tab. (also features ability to download songs)

better-onetab (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/better-onetab/eookhngofldnbnidjlbkeecljkfpmfpg) - Temporarily store lists of links from your tabs. Good for research projects, during the link gathering and sorting stages.

Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: josstall on September 06, 2019, 02:00 AM
I have a few that I keep all the time. I work in an IT company so I regularly need Grammarly for checking sentences and blogs grammar. I have a VPN extension as well, works like a charm. Buffer to schedule posts for my twitter and facebook account.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: Deozaan on January 02, 2020, 08:01 PM
I just came across this one:

Dark Reader (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dark-reader/eimadpbcbfnmbkopoojfekhnkhdbieeh)

It essentially enables dark mode for just about any website. I've been longing for something like this for a few weeks/months. So far it works pretty well on the few sites I've tried it on, except for DonationCoder. The forums here use too many graphics designed to be viewed on a light background.

I see this extension was posted about by KodeZwerg in the Firefox Extensions thread (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=1685.msg424594#msg424594) over a year ago, so I guess I only have myself to blame for not knowing about it earlier. But to be fair to myself, I don't really follow these Browser Extensions threads very closely and I also wasn't really looking for a way to enable Dark Mode everywhere I could back then.

They have extensions for multiple browsers, so feel free to learn more about them and see if they support your browser from their homepage.

https://darkreader.org/
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on February 29, 2020, 11:30 AM
Tracking your emails to know if the receiver has opened them or not is awesome, so is being immune to it! Trocker gives you the latter! It blocks attempts by email trackers and won't let them track what you do with the emails you receive. You will be amazed to see how many of the emails you receive have trackers in them:
https://trockerapp.github.io/
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on February 29, 2020, 02:50 PM
Extension police - detect and block malicious Chrome extensions:
http://www.extensionpolice.com
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on March 01, 2020, 01:59 AM
Helperbird free is a browser extension that gives you features such as dyslexia fonts, change the font & background color, text to speech, overlays, dyslexia rulers and more to customize the web your needs and style:
https://www.helperbird.com/

Location Guard - hide your geographic location from websites:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/location-guard/cfohepagpmnodfdmjliccbbigdkfcgia

Incognito-Filter - open specific websites in a sandboxed Incognito Window, permanently:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/incognito-filter/cifilbmpnkjinlkchohdfcpdkmpngiik

Toast is a simple and lightweight extension that allows you to save all tabs in the open window. This way you can easily switch from project to project or between work and home tabs:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/toast/pejhbjnfifdecpkgcjhgmcaphdobmiie
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on March 15, 2020, 06:40 AM
Bitdefender TrafficLight is the best way to a completely secure Web browsing experience. It is a free cross-browser add-on that intercepts, processes, and filters all Web traffic, blocking any malicious content and taking browser security to new levels:
https://www.bitdefender.com/solutions/trafficlight.html
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on March 28, 2020, 10:09 AM
Poper Blocker automatically removes all ad pop ups, pop unders, and overlays for a cleaner browsing experience:
https://poperblocker.com/

Hello, Goodbye blocks annoying chat widgets:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hello-goodbye/nihpfpbibfgpgnfpbfedkdokihggapoi

Epilepsy Blocker is a simple chrome extension that analyzes animated GIFs while you are browsing the web and blocks the ones that may cause an epileptic seizure:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/epilepsy-blocker/hbkihaohhhboijhpjcmnbjlejlfejokb

Channel Blocker allows you to block YouTube videos and comments by blacklisting users and/or by using regular expressions:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/channel-blocker/nfkmalbckemmklibjddenhnofgnfcdfp

Reader Mode is a feature-packed Chrome reading extension and web app that removes clutter, ads and distractions, while also includes dyslexia support, bookmarking, annotating, highlighting, text-to-speech and many other features all in one tool:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/reader-mode/llimhhconnjiflfimocjggfjdlmlhblm
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: ewemoa on March 28, 2020, 08:11 PM
https://darkreader.org/

Nice!  Had been using "Dark mode / night reader", but this one looks worth trying  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: Deozaan on March 28, 2020, 09:00 PM
https://darkreader.org/

Nice!  Had been using "Dark mode / night reader", but this one looks worth trying  :Thmbsup:

I like it. On some sites it isn't able to fully convert all the colors, so some sites or sections of sites are hard to read because it's either dark on dark or light on light. But most of the time it has been very helpful in reducing eye strain. :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: wraith808 on March 29, 2020, 12:19 AM
Nice!  Thanks for the recommendation of Darkreader!
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on June 17, 2020, 01:25 PM
StopTheMadness - an extension for Safari, Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Brave that stops web sites from making your browser harder to use. And it protects your privacy on the web:
https://underpassapp.com/StopTheMadness/
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: wraith808 on June 17, 2020, 02:56 PM
StopTheMadness - an extension for Safari, Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Brave that stops web sites from making your browser harder to use. And it protects your privacy on the web:
https://underpassapp.com/StopTheMadness/

For only $4.99 you can have this functionality too!  With no trial!
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on July 06, 2020, 01:18 PM
LocalCDN is a web browser extension that emulates Content Delivery Networks to improve your online privacy. It intercepts traffic, finds supported resources locally, and injects them into the environment. All of this happens automatically, so no prior configuration is required:
https://www.localcdn.org/
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: Ath on July 07, 2020, 12:25 AM
It intercepts traffic, finds supported resources locally, and injects them into the environment.
Isn't that what your browser cache is supposed to do? :huh:
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: Shades on July 07, 2020, 11:49 AM
It intercepts traffic, finds supported resources locally, and injects them into the environment.
Isn't that what your browser cache is supposed to do? :huh:

True. And the next would be local proxy server.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: MilesAhead on July 07, 2020, 12:30 PM
It intercepts traffic, finds supported resources locally, and injects them into the environment.
Isn't that what your browser cache is supposed to do? :huh:

Speaking of cache and chrome extensions, is there a good alternative to WayBack for downloading those no longer published?  When I try to disable auto refresh in Chrome all the articles specify installing Auto Refresh Blocker.  Especially Chrome on my Android phone jumps around frenetically when I try to read the news feed.  I am curious if ARB would still work.
Title: Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
Post by: panzer on November 02, 2020, 07:19 AM
FPMON is a browser extension that shows you where, when and which browser fingerprinting method is applied against you:
https://fpmon.github.io/fingerprinting-monitor/