Desktop Users: What are some essential browser extensions?

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I use my phone for about 90% of surfing, but occasionally I'll use my laptop. These are some extensions I use. What are some that y'all use?


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uBlock Origin - Ad blocker. This is essential to sanely browser the web. Blocks all YouTube ads and most ads on sites. You can even manually target things and block them.

Sponsor Block for YouTube - This blocks things within a YouTube video that are not ads. Like a sponsor segment, intro, asking to like and subscribe, end credits, etc...

Dark Reader - Adds dark mode to any site

Buster: Captcha Solver - Automatically solves, and sometimes skips, those stupid captchas that make you click the squares or select an airplane from a group of images

Mini Y - Makes YouTube videos float to the side when you scroll through comments

 

[Rhyme n Tekniq]

Thanks OP

you damn near covered all the essentials ; Dark mode and Ad Blocker extensions. didnt know about Capthca Solver and Sponsor Block

Here's one to add, been using it for the past 4 years

OneTab - Too many tabs? Convert tabs to a list and reduce browser memory (FireFox)
OneTab – Get this Extension for Firefox (en-US)

For Chrome

OneTab

 

[bnew]

Link Gopher – Get this Extension for Firefox (en-US)

Extracts all links from web page, sorts them, removes duplicates, and displays them in a new tab for inspection or copy and paste into other systems

Linkify Plus Plus – Get this Extension for Firefox (en-US)

A userscript/extension that can linkify almost everything. Based on Linkify Plus.

Features
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* Detect text url and convert them into links.
* Support dynamic content.
* Support unicode characters.
* Support custom rules.
* Custom whitelist, blacklist.
* Embed images.

NoScript Security Suite – Get this Extension for Firefox (en-US)

The best security you can get in a web browser! Allow potentially malicious web content to run only from sites you trust. Protect yourself against XSS other web security exploits.

Proxy SwitchyOmega – Get this Extension for Firefox (en-US)
Manage and switch between multiple proxies quickly & easily.

Copy Link Button / Copy Frame or Page URL – Get this Extension for Firefox (en-US)
Copy Link button for the main toolbar (or address bar). Use the right-click context menu to "Copy Framed Page URL". See the full description and screenshots for all the "how to."

 

[Dreamchaser]

GitHub - iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome: Bypass Paywalls web browser extension for Chrome and Firefox.

Lets you bypass paywalls to read articles from NYT, WSJ, Washington Post. etc

 

[TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?]

Sub

 

[Darealtwo1]

Only hollywood piru, the new joint for the Youtube dislike button. It brings it back so you can see the dislikes again.

On P.D grave fukk YT for hiding that shyt.

 

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Personal Blocklist(not by Google) - Block sites from showing up in your Google search results. Hate when I'm trying to search for something and nothing but Pinterest pops up

View Image - Brings back the 'View Image' option to Google images instead of just taking you to the website

Video & Audio Downloader - Can download streaming audio and video from most sites.

 

[jdubnyce]

5 star thread
Never heard of some of these
Daps and reps all around

 

[MikelArteta]

rakuten
if you go to a site that rakuten uses it notifies you

 

[MikelArteta]

GitHub - iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome: Bypass Paywalls web browser extension for Chrome and Firefox.

Lets you bypass paywalls to read articles from NYT, WSJ, Washington Post. etc

this is amazing
just installed and tested finally

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Return YouTube Dislike

Since Youtube wants to make their own universe magical without "negativity", this comes in handy.

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

this thread

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Bandcamp Streamer

Essential since Bandcamp is a trash experience when it comes down to your collection.

You can shuffle your music and etc.

 

[Canada Goose]

Poper Blocker, comes to handy for those free streaming sites

 

[MajesticLion]