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Awesome websites & browser extensions

  • Awesome websites & browser extensions

    • 1. Browser Extensions

      • 1.1. productivity Extensions

      • 1.2. ChatGPT Extensions

      • 1.3. Privacy & security Extensions

      • 1.4. Gaming, movies & other Extensions

      • 1.5. Browser shortcuts:

    • 2. Useful websites

      • 2.1. Mainstream website (DEPRECATED)

      • 2.2. Development websites

1. Browser Extensions

Browser extensions are small software modules for customizing a web browser. Browsers typically allow a variety of extensions, including user interface modifications, ad blocking, and cookie management. Extensions can greatly enhance your browsing experience by providing additional functionality, improving usability, and managing privacy.

The Following extensions are all available in brave, chrome & edge (Chromium-based browsers)

1.1. productivity Extensions

  • uBlock Origin: An efficient, wide-spectrum content blocker that's easy on memory.

  • QR Code Generator: Create QR code for webgaes and more

  • Checker Plus for Gmail: Get desktop notifications, read, listen to or delete emails without opening Gmail (pin the extension and activate the option to receive notifications even when the browser is closed -> in the extension's settings)

  • Checker Plus for Calendar: Get desktop notifications (activate the option to receive notifications even when the browser is closed -> in the extension's settings. Also change the notification type from pop-up to rich)

  • Free Download Manager: A powerful, easy-to-use and absolutely free download accelerator and manager.

  • Google Translate: View translations as you browse the web.

  • Google Dictionnary: View definitions easily as you browse the web.

  • Mots de passe iCloud

  • Reddit Enhancement Suite: A suite of tools to enhance your Reddit browsing experience.

  • Pocket: Save articles, videos and stories from any publication, page or app.

  • Enhancer for YouTube: A lot of features to enhance your YouTube™ experience.

  • Read Aloud: A text to speech voice reader.

  • FadBlock: Friendly Adblock for YouTube™: A friendly ad-blocker for YouTube.

  • Keepa—Amazon Price Tracker: Tracks prices on Amazon.

  • React Developer Tools: Tools for developing in React.

  • Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader: A text to speech voice reader.

  • Reddit Enhancement Suite: A suite of tools to enhance your Reddit browsing experience.

  • Return YouTube Dislike: Return the dislike count on YouTube.

  • SingleFile: Save a complete page into a single HTML file.

  • Shopping Assistant de Revolut

  • Tree Style Tab: Show tabs like a tree.

  • Widilo Cashback

1.2. ChatGPT Extensions

  • Suite ChatGPT: Enhances the ChatGPT experience.

  • ChatGPT sidebar: Provides a sidebar for easy access to ChatGPT.

1.3. Privacy & security Extensions

  • Bitwarden: Manages your passwords.

  • NordVPN: Provides VPN services.

  • ClearURLs: An extension that automatically removes tracking elements from URLs to help protect your privacy.

  • Fast Forward: Helps to skip annoying link shorteners.

  • Cookie Auto Delete: Automatically deletes unused cookies from your closed tabs while keeping the ones you want.

  • HTTPS Everywhere: Automatically switches thousands of sites from insecure "http" to secure "https"

  • Decentralayes: Emulates Content Delivery Networks locally by intercepting requests, finding the required resource and injecting it into the environment.

  • Ugly Email (Privacy badge): Check your emails for web bugs that track you.

  • iCloud Passwords: Save your passwords, 2FAs and log in to sites with a single click.

  • User agent switcher and manager: Spoof your browser's user agent string. Link

1.4. Gaming, movies & other Extensions

  • Watch2Gether: Watch videos together with friends.

  • Netflix Party is now Teleparty

  • alike03's Subscription Info on Steam

  • Augmented Steam: Enhances your Steam Experience.

  • NeatDownloadManager Extension: A neat download manager.

  • colorZilla: Advanced Eyedropper, Color Picker, Gradient Generator and other colorful goodies.

  • Trim: IMDB Ratings on Netflix: Shows IMDB ratings on Netflix.

  • Youtube-shorts block

1.5. Browser shortcuts:

  • Tree Style Tab: Use Alt+Q to show it.

  • Video streaming: works on a lot of websites

    • Pause/Play: Space

    • Volume up: Arrow up. Volume down: Arrow down

    • Seek forward: Arrow right. Seek backward: Arrow left

    • Fullscreen: F

    • Mute: M

  • Tabs:

    • New tab: Ctrl+T

    • Close tab: Ctrl+W

    • Switch to the next tab: Ctrl+Tab

    • Switch to the previous tab: Ctrl+Shift+Tab

    • Switch to a specific tab: Ctrl+1 to Ctrl+8

    • Reopen the last closed tab: Ctrl+Shift+T

2. Useful websites

Contains a list of awesome websites that are not that popular but useful for everyone.

2.1. Mainstream website (DEPRECATED)

  • r/InternetIsBeautiful - A subreddit where people share interesting websites they found on the internet.

  • Radio Garden - Listen to radio stations from around the world by rotating the globe. You can also search or sort by popularity.

  • pdf tool-A privacy-first tool that lets you modify pdfs offline in your browser, no upload to server or cloud, no limits on editing, entirely for free

  • IP address check torrent downloads - Check what IP address is downloading torrents.

2.2. Development websites

  • Archives.is - Read & Save a webpage for future reference (Used to bypass medium.com paywall for example)

  • draw.io - Create diagrams and flowcharts in the browser. Contains many icons & for free.

  • https://simpletex.net/

Last modified: 23 November 2024
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