Re:Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
by kklemon on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @02:32PM
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Vimium. Vim-like shortcuts for the browser. I can't name any other tool or extension that gives me anywhere near the productivity boost of Vimium. I spend probably half of my work day plus a few hours a day in my spare time in the browser, and it makes navigating the browser feel like butter. When I'm tired and don't want to be glued to my desk, I can relax and surf with one hand which just feels incredible. I quickly got so used to it that I instinctively try to use Vimium shortcuts when I'm on other computes and feel withdrawal symptoms if I realize that it isn't installed.
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Re:Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
by kondor6c on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @03:14PM
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There also is quite browser, which is similar (not an extension though) it has some very cool features like domain conditional proxies and other settings
Re:Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
by flobosg on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @05:45PM
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Do you mean qutebrowser? https://qutebrowser.org/
Re:Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
by kondor6c on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @09:27AM
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yup
Re:Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
by PufPufPuf on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @04:05PM
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There's also Tridactyl, which is a similar project, but more customizable. https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl
Re:Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
by beernutz on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @05:13PM
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If you like Vimium, you should check out SurfingKeys. It is similar but seems to have even more going for it:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/surfingkeys/gfblio...
Re:Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
by temende on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @07:12PM
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What do you like about SurfingKeys over Vimium? At a quick glance, seems to have many of the same commands, maybe SurfingKeys just has a few more.
Re:Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
by silentguy on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @10:28AM
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Surfingkeys is more customizable and has more features. You can use Surfingkeys API with javascript to add more customizations. It's good for adding custom keybindings to certain websites. Look at this config repo to see what's possible with Surfingkeys: https://github.com/b0o/surfingkeys-conf
It also supports neovim editing in browser, markdown previewer, pdf previewer with key bindings, etc.
Vimium is more robust as they have resisted the temptation to open their apis and allow unlimited customization. It's good for you if you don't have the need to add more customization or if you don't know programming.
Surfingkeys require you to know javascript a bit add advanced customization. And, it requires some troubleshooting when your config goes wrong. It's like Vimium for power users.
Re:Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
by SuperSandro2000 on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @11:46AM
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But you need to configure it and by default it breaks most shortcuts on websites.