Some important and very useful chrome ext. are given below...
1. TimeStats
TimeStats
is an awesome extension for Chrome that basically shows you how much
time you’ve spent on each website. You probably already know that you
don’t want to know, but having it put in front of you can definitely
help you visualize the time wasted and help you become more productive!
2. Hola Unblocker
Those
of you who travel frequently (or even try to view things at work) will
immediately see the value of this extension. It’s a free VPN service
embedded in the browser that lets you conveniently get around workplace
or regional restrictions. Definitely worth having for those crucial
moments when you need to access resources outside the company’s purview
(or just destress watching some funny cat videos).
3. LastPass / KeePass
LastPass
and KeePass are different programs but they’re put together here
because their extensions serve the same purpose: to enable you to
quickly and easily access your encrypted passwords from your browser.
Both of these extensions interface with your LastPass or KeePass
database, making it easy for you to fill out logins without having to
type in that 30 character super secure unique password you have for all
your sites!
4. Hover Zoom
Of all the extensions on this
list, HoverZoom is the one that, above all others, should almost
certainly have been part of Chrome’s standard functionality (and still
should be). The ability to move a mouse cursor over a thumbnail to view
the image in its full size is one that you’ll quickly adapt to using,
especially on sites like Facebook, and within minutes you’ll wonder how
you ever did without it. Definitely one that should have been in
Chrome’s core functionality from the get-go.
5. Panic Button Plus
We’ve
all been there: browsing something you don’t want everyone else at the
office to see. Rather than blindly fumbling at the Alt+F4 hotkey that
might not work, Panic Button Plus lets you set a hotkey that will let
you set a custom hotkey to hide your Chrome tabs. You can also lock them
with a password so no one can open them after you’ve hit the panic
button, saving you the awkward moment when a co-worker tries to use your
PC and sees the unfortunately named “Job Hunting” tabs you’ve got open.
It’s a welcome and logical evolution of the “Incognito Mode” we’ve all
come to know and love.
6. User-Agent Switcher
This is
something every browser should have standard, but here it is: User-Agent
Switcher. When you use this extension, you can call up a quick
drop-down menu of common user agents (as well as a complete one should
you need to use a rarer one) and see exactly what your page would look
like to different crawlers, including tablets and search engine robots.
Definitely something that should come standard, and something you’ll
want to install!
7. WOT (Web Of Trust)
Web of Trust is a
cool extension that’s a bit like what Google’s warning malware page
should be like. It lets you see how trustworthy the website you’re
currently on is according to the experience other users have had with it
using a fairly intuitive red, orange, and green color scheme. It’s a
crowdsourced, finer variant of the warning symbol Google slaps on known
shady websites, and it’s definitely help with those spammy websites that
seem like they could fall on either side of the legitimate line.
8. Rapportive
It’s
actually surprising that this one isn’t already a part of Google
Chrome’s core functionality, but it definitely should be. Rapportive
basically shows you the profile of a contact right inside your Gmail
inbox. It also uses the person’s email to search on major social
networks like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn so you can reach out to
them on multiple platforms without leaving your inbox. It’s a nifty
extension, and definitely something that could be natively implemented
in the browser.
9. Google Dictionary
It’s really strange
that this one isn’t in Chrome natively, as Chrome seems to offer a
translate function. Essentially, this extension does right what it says
on the tin: if you double-click any word on the page, it will give you
the definition in a little pop-up bubble. Google does offer a “Search
for” context button when you right click a selection, but it’s
cumbersome and takes you from the page- this is a far more elegant
solution to something that you’ll likely often encounter in the wild!
10. YSlow
I
have to admit this one is a teensy bit more aimed at web developers,
but it’s a phenomenal tool that should be part of every browser. It can
analyze any webpage and report back what’s causing the page to be slow:
whether it’s unoptimized JavaScript or massive pictures, YSlow brings
back a breakdown as well as a grade that tells you how the website
performs. Definitely a must- even if only for the fun factor of testing
different websites!
@Anglestacks @hvmweb
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