Being a Geek I Demand More Power From My Browser Hi there! My name is . I’m a webdesigner, coder and . I write about my journey in the . Alexander Isora entrepreneur startup Telegram channel My browser is my main weapon. I use it daily for 90% of my tasks. My life wouldn’t be so smooth without all these awesome extensions I’m about to share with you. Similar Web This is the extension I couldn’t even dream about. Similar Web uses dark magic to display traffic of websites, the traffic sources, geo some more extremely useful info. Get it: _See website traffic and key metrics for any website, including engagement rate, traffic ranking, keyword ranking and…_chrome.google.com SimilarWeb - Traffic Rank & Website Analysis Vimium: Vimium is the belle of the ball of the this list. Vimium makes using browser super fast by adding tons of tricky hotkeys. The key feature of Vimium is it’s modes. E.g. if you press ‘f’ you will enter the link mode. Each link on the page is now has it’s own short ID. Typing this ID will trigger the link. See the screenshot below. If I press “D” I will open the “About” page in the new tab. So damn fast 🚀 However, Vimium is not prfect. Some AJAXy websites will not work with this extension. So it’s too early to throw your mouse away 😅 See docs: _vimium — The hacker’s browser._github.com philc/vimium Get it: _The Hacker’s Browser. Vimium provides keyboard shortcuts for navigation and control in the spirit of Vim._chrome.google.com Vimium Grammarly Grammarly will make sure your messages, documents, and social media posts are clear, mistake-free, and impactful. It has neat UI and UX. I also love the way Grammarly encourage people to buy a pro version. You must pay to fix issues. Neat! advanced Get it: _Enhance your written communication everywhere you type!_chrome.google.com Grammarly for Chrome Image Size Info This small extension does only one thing: it shows an image’s dimensions. Since Chrome is not so geeky oriented as FireFox, we need such tiny extensions. Get it: _Inserts option in the browser's image context menu to view image width, height and file size._chrome.google.com Image Size Info Google Analytics Debugger Prints useful information to the JavaScript console. I use this tool when I need to debug custom Google Analytics events. Get it: _Prints useful information to the JavaScript console by enabling the debug version of the Google Analytics Javascript._chrome.google.com Google Analytics Debugger Tabstop Tabstop prevents tabs from loading when you start Chrome. Click on the blocked tab and it will automatically reload. This simple extension can dramatically reduce Chrome starting time. Get it: _Stops tabs from loading on startup_chrome.google.com Tabstop Session Buddy Session Buddy is a must have for anyone who can not The extension allows saving sessions, name them and search through them. A must have ⚡️ simply close all those tabs. Get it: _Manage Browser Tabs and Bookmarks with Ease_chrome.google.com Session Buddy Octotree This extension shows code tree for GitHub and GitLab. Much simpler to navigate through repos with 🐙tree. Get it: _Code tree for GitHub_chrome.google.com Octotree Ratings Preview for YouTube™ Another ‘why did not they do this themselves?!’ extension. It shows a small rating bar under each thumbnail. So you know in advance whether a video is nice or not. Get it: _Show the likes and dislikes bar over every video thumbnail in YouTube so that you can know its rating before watching…_chrome.google.com Preview for YouTube™ The Great Suspender This extension suspends unused tabs and frees up system resources. Neat! Get it: _Automatically suspends unused tabs to free up system resources_chrome.google.com The Great Suspender Papier I need maaany places to drop my thoughts. Evernote for a structured data, Telegram for fast todos on-the-way, Notion for collaboration, stickers, whiteboard. And here is another one I use: Papier. It’s a simple text editor that shows itself when you open a new tab. Get it: _Open a new tab and trap your best thoughts._chrome.google.com Papier Fontface Ninja Ever asked yourself ‘what font does this website use?‘. Then you will love Fontface Ninja. Get it: _Explore fonts within a website, try, bookmark and buy them !_chrome.google.com Fontface Ninja Marmoset Marmoset is actually not an extension but an app. Anyway, it’s pretty damn great. Marmoset allows creating beautiful code screenshots fast: Perfect for the ones who often writes tech articles. Get it: _Create gorgeous code snapshots._chrome.google.com Marmoset Lighthouse And the last but not the least, is an open-source, automated tool for improving the performance, quality, and correctness of your web apps. Lighthouse Made by , and 100 more awesome contributors, Lighthouse is the number one software to track performance today. Paul Irish Paul Lewis Get it: Lighthousechrome.google.com Lighthouse Conclusion 🔥 Hope you guys enjoyed this list. If so, clap your hands — it’s the best gratitude. I’m hungry for new terrific extensions. Got something not listed here? Share in the comments or in . Twitter Btw, if you want to learn more about , check out this post in my blog: launching a product on Product Hunt https://isora.me/what-ive-learned-from-publishing-10-product-hunt-projects/

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