Re:Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
by ajvs on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @04:00AM
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Your custom launcher is basically the manual version of using Multi-Account Containers and Temporary Containers for Firefox by the way.
Re:Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
by selfhoster11 on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @08:37AM
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They do not cover the same use case. If you have 80 tabs each for 3 different topics, you end up managing 240 tabs. It's sometimes more manageable to split this off into entirely different browser profiles (or browsers, even).
Re:Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
by abstract_put on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @08:53AM
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> If you have 80 tabs each for 3 different topics, you end up managing 210 tabs
Is this a typo (80 x 3 = 240), or are you suggesting 30 tabs are deduplicated in some capacity?
Re:Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
by selfhoster11 on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @09:48AM
(#29318393)
It was a typo, thanks for pointing it out
Re:Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
by folmar on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @06:57PM
(#29325228)
You can use Tree Style Tab or similar (AFAIR there are a few different extensions with different tradeoffs for similar features).
Re:Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
by selfhoster11 on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @02:59AM
(#29327816)
I already do. It makes the problem somewhat more manageable.
Re:Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
by Jaruzel on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @04:13AM
(#29315963)
Oh interesting to know!
Re:Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
by naturalauction on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @11:51AM
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You can switch user agents in chrome developer tools now - no need for an extension [1]. I find device mode [2] even better for your use case.
[1] https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/device-mode/overr...
Re:Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
by utucuro on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @09:16AM
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Used to use Archive.org's own extension, but I encountered way too many false positives over time to continue using it. I'd recommend One-click Wayback instead - no automatic activation.
Re:Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
by chrismeller on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @11:01AM
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Thanks so much for that. I had the same problem and got so infuriated with their extension that I couldn’t continue to use it. A cursory search didn’t turn up anything that seemed polished or reputable, so nice to finally find a recommended alternative.
Re:Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
by vadfa on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @04:22AM
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Cookie AutoDelete is a bad choice. The idea of it sounds good, but websites nowadays have lots of APIs to store information in your device, and Cookie AutoDelete doesn't delete all of them, which renders it completely pointless in my opinion.
Eventually what I did was configure my browser so it removes all cookies every time I quit it, which is more or less once a day. Also, I blocked third party cookies.
Re:Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
by vadfa on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @06:38AM
(#29316662)
You can check the Application -> Storage tab of developer options and you will see that it does not remove everything.
Re:Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
by rajamaka on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @07:50AM
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Deletes everything for me. Maybe you haven't configured it correctly
Re:Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
by eastendguy on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @09:22AM
(#29330205)
I have almost the same list, plus I recommend a web browser macro recorder like imacros, uivision or selenium ide.
Which one you prefer depends on your taste. They are great for casual and quick form filling and testing, and save me from too much typing and clicking.
Re:Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
by birksherty on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @05:45AM
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I make chrome only keep a few whitelisted cookies every time I close and disable 3rd party cookies. I think this system is close to temporary container in Firefox.
I use Edge btw, and it has few great features. There is a collection feature with a toolbar button. It can saves all the opened tabs for later use, no memory hogging and need to use 3rd party extension. Few other toolbar buttons which provides faster experience than chrome.
Re:Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
by KayL on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @08:05AM
(#29317294)
uBlock has a cookie list for consent banners
Re:Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
by aembleton on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @08:49AM
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I don't care about cookies also publishes one that can be used by uBlock - https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/abp/
Re:Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have in 2021?
by stunlocked on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @02:39PM
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sadly this breaks a few sites since it doesnt auto accept cookies but rather hides the banner as far as i know
- uBlock Origin
- Cookie AutoDelete
- "I Don't Care About Cookies" (It auto-OKs cookie consent banners)
- Archive.org's Wayback Machine (A must have in this era of link rot)
Optional:
- Tablist (easily lets me copy out all the URLs of open tabs for 'later')
- User Agent Switcher (Needed less these days, but useful for exploring the DOM of mobile versions of sites)
Additionally, I have written a launcher for Chrome that creates shortcuts for Chrome with the --user-data-dir parameter[1] to enable me to have 100% isolated browser identities. I create and tear these down on regular basis. I started doing this, when I realised that multiple Incognito mode sessions running simultaneously actually share the same cookies and local storage.
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[1] https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/HEAD/docs/u...