Weekend Open Forum: Your must have browser extensions

[Guest]

My chrome extensions

ublock
click n clean
poper blocker (works better than built in popup blocker)
panic button (closes tabs in a pinch and can restore later)
web of trust
flash control
https everywhere
magic actions for youtube
photo zoom for facebook

I dont use a tracker blocker because ublock has a built in tracker filter thing

 

[davislane1]

AdBlock. Everything else is noise.

 

[Guest]

Why does firefox need to tell websites which addons we have loaded? It just tells ad companies how to get around browser blocks, who to pay off or which potential bug can be exploited on the browser.

 

[Guest]

Some of the above mentioned are very good. I will add these ones for Firefox:
- AdBlock Plus: (there're others but I've been using this one for a long time and I'm really happy)
- EPUBReader: Excellent if you want to manage and read electronic books in your browser
- DownThemAll!: Superb download manager (uses pipelining in firefox when available making downloads a lot faster)
- YesScript: If you only want to block scripts in centains sites, create your own 'black list'. If you want to block all scripts you better use 'NoScript' or any similar one.
- Multi Links: I really can't live without this extension! Use right button to open multiple links in tabs at once.

 

[Code0]

Firefox:
Adblock Plus
NoScript
Tab Mix Plus

 

[Wrinkly]

Adblock, NoScript

 

[Guest]

In Chrome:
Ghostery
Click&Clean

 

[BlueFin]

AdBlock Plus has been officially replaced with uBlock, it's much better.

Only in Chrome which I don't use... uBlock isn't available in other flavors.

Yes it is, check github. I've got it on Firefox 35.0.1 and it works great.

 

[BlueFin]

FireFox 35.0.1:
uBlock
NoScript
Ghostery
Flashgot
Easy Youtube Downloader Express
Empty Cache
Avira Browser Safety

Chrome Canary 42 64bit:
uBlock
Chromium Wheel Smooth Scroller
ImprovedTube
Avira Browser Safety

 

[Guest]

Firefox:
AdBlock Edge
Classic Theme Restorer
Disconnect
FireGestures
Flagfox
FlashGot
HTTPS-Everywhere
No-Script
Tab Mix Plus
WOT

 

[Guest]

Firefox 35.0.1 / Waterfox 35.0

Better Battlelog - adds features to battlefield battlelog (weapons
Live HTTP headers - displays protocol prefix that firefox disables
Adblock Plus

New addons after reading this post.

Disconnect
HTTPS-Everywhere
Privacy Badger Firefox
Youtube Center
uBlock

Disabled Adblock

 

[fimbles]

Chrome remote desktop, Remote access for noobs.
Video blocker, Hides annoying youtube channels.
New tab redirect: Still dont use the omnibar, Have this set to the google homepage.

 

[EClyde]

Change Colors...so many really bad website color schemes
Imagus
Adblock

Flash Control

 

[9Nails]

AdBlock
LastPass
crxMouse Chrome Gestures
Foxish Live RSS

 

[akTed]

Privacy Badger -> Forcefully block cookies & domains (By EFF)
HTTPS Everywhere -> Force HTTPS As much as possible (by EFF)
Disconnect -> Block Tracking objects, advertising, etc
uBlock -> Lightweight Advertising Filter
Stylish -> Cosmetic tweaks to customize sites

Upvote for Stylish, great for sites that over-use floating social media images, real estate-hogging headers and footers, etc.

 

[ET3D]

Tab Mix Plus. I'm a tab hoarder and can't live without multiple tab rows. I also tend to use tab group extensions, using Tab Groups Helper on this particular browser, but I've used others.

 

[JordLevy]

Youtube Center - the second coming of Jesus
Enhanced Steam - the name says it all
Grease Monkey

^ This guy knows. Can't do anything without YouTube Center.
Other than that I have Downloaders to make sure I have big downloads going through a Download Manager.

 

[Spykezxp]

Adblock Plus
Ghostery
WOT
Thumbnail Zoom

These are my essential browser extensions that I must have on every computer I use (work and home).

 

[Jad Chaar]

I switched to Safari recently: I would say Adblock, but I just switched to a much more efficient and lightweight version called uBlock... so far it is fantastic My second must have extension is definitely 1Password. Third is Pushbullet and fourth is Make it short.