I sometimes encounter a tiny problem that causes outsized annoyance, and after a search come across a browser extension that solves it. A short time later, the thought of using the web <i>without</i> it is inconceivable; almost barbaric!<p>Examples: uBlock Origin, Sponsor Block, Enhancer for YouTube, Tamper Monkey, jsonvue.<p>What extensions do you currently use that you could not do without? (some extensions are broad in scope, so if you can, please explain what you love about it/them)
StyleBot to remove/fix bad styles on sites. I know uBO can add style one-liners, but prefer full control.<p>For example, I set my own youtube column count, remove ellipses from titles and make the cards less badly designed in general.<p>There’s around 30 sites in my list.<p>Bitwarden for passwords.<p>DarkReader for text contrast. I keep it on even for dark mode sites, because most dark mode sites get done by/for wannabe hackers and are not much easier on eyes than their light versions. DarkReader creates its own colorscheme based on a site’s theme and allows you to control global brightness, contrast and saturation of this conversion.<p>I think it should be built into every browser (and platform) and in-site dark modes should be deprecated.
Apart from ublock:<p>uBlacklist - filters domains from search results, some websites are so bad but appear too often in my search results.<p>-- desktop only ---<p>floccus - saves the bookmarks in my nextcloud bookmarks<p>Idn safe - saves me from idn domains that missuse the system<p>Keepassxc-browser - the addon for connecting to my favourite passwordmanager
Only UBlock and a few custom extensions I built that massively improve my specific needs but are worthless to others. The beauty of browser extensions is exactly that: <i>easy</i> personal customization. And now with LLMs it's even easier!
Might be a bit off topic but how does ublock work and can I make a similar service myself assuming I have the block list on hand which I assume ublock and similar service use to block ads from bad ip addresses
Seek Salary NZ/AU - salary transparency extension for NZ/AU largest job site (I built it, 6000 users, use it whenever job searching - which is all the time lately)
SingleFile . Allows download a page as a single file. Does a decent job at including all assets.<p>Firefox: <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/single-file/" rel="nofollow">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/single-file/</a><p>Chrome: <a href="https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/singlefile/mpiodijhokgodhhofbcjdecpffjipkle" rel="nofollow">https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/singlefile/mpiodijh...</a><p>Hoarder : <a href="https://hoarder.app/" rel="nofollow">https://hoarder.app/</a><p>Hoarder is something I'm selfhosting and use it as my read-it-later and bookmarking. Previously was a pocket subscriber. But after I found hoarder, I got rid my annual pocket subscription. Hoarder does a great job at auto-tagging using OpenAI API and gpt-4o-mini. I added $10 to my OpenAI account and so far have only used maybe .10 cents in API usage despite adding couple of hundred articles and previous booked marked pages.<p>Also still use uBlock origin. But mainly to hide certain elements of a page or site I visit often.
OneTab - saves all unused tabs and its memory.<p>Microsoft Editor - Grammarly but better?<p>HN Enhancement suite - Saved me tracking new comments, the features I use most are a click away and rare are buried.<p><a href="https://snowflake.torproject.org/" rel="nofollow">https://snowflake.torproject.org/</a> - Circumvent censorship.<p>Bypass Paywalls Clean - well, you know...<p>ad break - When you won't let me skip ads. Auto skip ads, otherwise mute and blur and play a game while you're waiting<p>Bionic reading - The reading comprehension stays the same but speed increased for me.<p>BitWarden Password manager - better among competitors.<p>DeArrow - Crowdsourcing titles and thumbnails to be descriptive and not sensational.<p>AdNauseam - obfuscates ad tracking.<p>Reddit Enhancement Suite - Thanks to developers.<p>Toolbox for Google Play Store™ - I sometimes download OSS recommendations displayed on play store website.<p>WaspLine Reader - Read faster with colour gradient [when bionic reading doesn't work and vice versa].<p>Vimium, uBO, Sponsor Block,Tamper Monkey, libredirect, uBlacklist are already mentioned at the time of writing this comment.