Yup, I've drunk the Kool Aid - Chrome, Gmail, the whole works. For the rest of you Kool-Aid drinkers, what are you favorite Chrome extensions?
Here are some of mine
* ColorZilla - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/colorzilla/bhlhnicpbhignbdhedgjhgdocnmhomnp - the best color sampler
* Check All - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/check-all/nnbihdpkeohjdfncchjhidbbonnihaob - long, annoying list of checkboxes? Do all at once
* Streak - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/streak-for-gmail/pnnfemgpilpdaojpnkjdgfgbnnjojfik - A CRM for Gmail
* LiveHTTPHeaders - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/live-http-headers/iaiioopjkcekapmldfgbebdclcnpgnlo - see which headers are being sent and received
* PageRuler - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/page-ruler/jlpkojjdgbllmedoapgfodplfhcbnbpn - get the size of any element on the page
* RegEx Search - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/regex-search/bcdabfmndggphffkchfdcekcokmbnkjl - not sure what form of the word or what spelling or whether the author calls it a cog or a sprocket? RegEx in-page search to the rescue!
* Scraper - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/scraper/nndknepjnldbdbepjfgmncbggmopgden - for grabbing tabular data and pasting into a spreadsheet
* Too Many Tabs - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/toomanytabs-for-chrome/amigcgbheognjmfkaieeeadojiibgbdp - hide some tabs for a while. But mostly I use it when I accidentally close a tab - keeps a list of the most recently closed tabs
* Google Tag Assistant - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tag-assistant-by-google/kejbdjndbnbjgmefkgdddjlbokphdefk - with the advent of Google Tag Manager and asynchronous loading, it can be hard to know what tags are inserted on a page. This solves that. And lets you spy.
* SumoMe - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sumome/dlgipkaoljiajmolhibpngjppeckkjjp - easy access to SumoMe features if you're using their email signup forms etc
* Active Inbox - still in the free trial phase on inbox organizer, but might actually pay. It's good. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/activeinbox-for-gmail-and/oeehiifcaeengdofhogmkblhkmpephcj
* Page Analytics - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/page-analytics-by-google/fnbdnhhicmebfgdgglcdacdapkcihcoh - see GA data right from the page as you surf
* Rapportive - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/rapportive/hihakjfhbmlmjdnnhegiciffjplmdhin - if someone writes to you using the email they use on LinkedIn, it pulls up a photo. Great help for those of us who have faulty facial recognition wetware.
* User Agent Switcher for Chrome - best I've found - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/user-agent-switcher-for-c/djflhoibgkdhkhhcedjiklpkjnoahfmg
* Wappalyzer - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wappalyzer/gppongmhjkpfnbhagpmjfkannfbllamg - insight into what tech a site is running (CMS, JS frameworks, etc)
* Google Voice - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-voice-by-google/kcnhkahnjcbndmmehfkdnkjomaanaooo - I'm usually not in a place where I have cell reception. This lets me send texts over the internet from my Google Voice number
* Privacy Badger - tracking blocker
* uBlock Origin - ad blocker
Chrome has some weird bug/issue with my Logitech drivers. If I use the scroll-wheel on my mouse quickly it logs me out of Windows...so I don't use it much. However, I fired it up <
relogged back into Windows a few times> and took a look for you...
That's a pretty good list you have there. I could add:
- HTTPS Everywhere - Make sure you're on the HTTPS version of a page if HTTPS is available (must have)
- uMatrix - companion to uBlock that works like NoScript, but allows very fine blocking/allowing page elements. Takes a bit getting used to, but extremely powerful
- Nimbus Screenshot and Screencast - handy tool for screenshots
- Web Developer - Just like the Web Developer toolbar for Firefox
- FireBug Lite - The Firebug tools for Chrome
- Mailvelope - PGP encrypt mail and other form submission data
How does Chrome perform when you use that many extensions? Is it just as bad as Firefox?
If you have a tab fetish then this is a must.
* Session Buddy - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/session-buddy/edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko?hl=en
ShowIP
Don't like anything that says it can see everything on my page
Linkclump - Right click, drag, and open every link in a new tab. Use it almost daily for different tasks.
Mark All As Read - Mark all the links on page as read with the click of a button
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mark-all-as-read/hocgdeifbnjnhhjiphmooojohmahocdl
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PixelBlock - blocks people from tracking when you open/read their emails
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pixelblock/jmpmfcjnflbcoidlgapblgpgbilinlem
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RSS Feed Reader - simple overview of your RSS and Atom feeds in the toolbar
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/rss-feed-reader/pnjaodmkngahhkoihejjehlcdlnohgmp
I try not to leave many enabled. In my main browser profile I have:
Google Cast - cast my screen to the various chromecasts/firetvs that I present on
Google publisher toolbar - inspect dfp tags and google ads on page
Grammarly spell & grammar checker - triallling this. I quite like it, but I think it causes a performance hit
Image properties context menu - because it should be built in
Lastpass - so that I can use mental passwords
Streak - lightweight CMS in googlemail
webpage screenshot - all screenshot apps are bad. this is the one currently annoying me the least
rapportive - keep disabling this and putting it back. can't decide
measureit - in browser rule
I also have a few that I enable just when I need them
Google analytics debugger - does what it says on the tin
Check range
external followed link highligher
httpheaders
image downloader
majestic
rss subscription
scraper
similarweb
webdeveloper
Thanks for the lists... several I had not heard of that look interesting.
Quote from: Torben on January 26, 2016, 11:31:33 AM
How does Chrome perform when you use that many extensions? Is it just as bad as Firefox?
Several of those are disabled unless needed and since Chrome usually doesn't need a restart to enable a plugin, no problem. But even with a bunch enabled, no, I don't have a performance problem.
By contrast, I have almost everything disabled on Firefox. At a certain point FF became mostly unusable to me and for FF I have multiple profiles -- Lite, SEO, Dev
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Web Developer - Just like the Web Developer toolbar for Firefox
FireBug Lite - The Firebug tools for Chrome
I have those, but they are disabled and I find I rarely use them now that the built-in tools do most of what I want. I turned on the Web Dev recently because I wanted it to highlight missing images.
Bill....
>> Google analytics debugger
Sorry to be ignorant, but what does one "debug" in GA?
>>Mailvelope - PGP encrypt mail and other form submission data
I tried to wrap my head around that, but... In theory PGP email makes total sense to me. In practice, it's just been a hurdle higher than I've been willing to jump
>>image downloader
I can think of a 100 times I would have used that if I had known about it!
>>Linkclump - Right click, drag, and open every link in a new tab
Brilliant
Quote from: ergophobe on January 26, 2016, 05:19:16 PMBill....
>> Google analytics debugger
Sorry to be ignorant, but what does one "debug" in GA?
That was
Rooftop.
Quote from: ergophobe on January 26, 2016, 05:19:16 PMBy contrast, I have almost everything disabled on Firefox. At a certain point FF became mostly unusable to me and for FF I have multiple profiles -- Lite, SEO, Dev
I keep meaning to do that in FF. Thanks for the reminder.
Quote from: ergophobe on January 26, 2016, 05:19:16 PM>>Mailvelope - PGP encrypt mail and other form submission data
I tried to wrap my head around that, but... In theory PGP email makes total sense to me. In practice, it's just been a hurdle higher than I've been willing to jump
I've been using PGP since the 1990s, but usage has fallen off as the people I communicate with most don't like it. I used to force everyone to use it, then they stopped mailing me. >:( Even I use it less today than I did in the past as there are more secure communication channels that don't leak meta data at all, and I prefer those.
I do participate in forums where everyone PGP signs their posts. It's handy there. Other than that I only use it a few times a month for e-mail encryption/decryption.
>>>image downloader
This one?
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/image-downloader/cnpniohnfphhjihaiiggeabnkjhpaldj
>>That was rooftop.
Sorry... right. As for what it does
https://keithclark.github.io/gadebugger/
>>image properties context menu
Yes! That should be built in. I do "inspect" *all* the time on images
http://www.techgainer.com/view-image-properties-chrome-right-click-context-menu/
Analytics debugger is handy if you are triggering events, custom variables etc. Basically just dumps everything into console.
Can't say I use if often, but it is handy from time to time.