Ublock Origin is an obvious one, but I also can’t stand not having Foxy Gestures anymore. It adds customizable mouse gestures, so you can set it up to have easy swipes to go back a page, reload a page, close a tab, etc, and it feels wonderful and smooth to use compared to just using the traditional buttons to do everything. Honestly it’s kinda wild to me that this isn’t more popular now that people are so used to phone gestures. It’s good for the same reasons!

  • leanleft@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    umatrix. …underappreciated imo.
    take a shot for everytime sum1 mentions ublock.
    get $100 dollars everytime sum1 mentions umatrix.
    im still broke but wasted AF!

    • Fylkir@lemmy.sdf.org
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      2 years ago

      I would like to add Indiewikibuddy. It’s basically a more fully featured version of the FandomDotCom features of Libredirect.

      For example, you can set it to redirect from the Skyrim Fandom.com to the UESP.

  • TotoroTheGreat@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    Other than Ublock Origin and Bitwarden, these are some of my favourites :

    Temporary Containers is a new favourite of mine. It works just like container tabs, but the difference is that it deletes the history of that tab once it’s closed, similar to Incognito/Private instance.

    Reddit Comments for Youtube - If a youtube video has been linked to reddit, then it basically gives a small box which lists all the subs the video has been linked to and shows you the comments. If you’re logged into reddit, then it will allow you to comment as well.

    Keepa for Amazon. Let’s you track price history for any product, so you can see if a sale is actually a real sale or not.

    Tab Session Manager - Basically lets you save tab sessions.

    Enhancer for Youtube and Pockettube Subscription Manager - Gives various youtube enhancements.

    Stylus - To style websites. I mainly use it to fix the youtube thumbnail and font size.

    • ClammyMantis488@beehaw.org
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      2 years ago

      Lmao that’s my only use for stylus too. And like 5 years ago I changed the roblox logo to a cheez-it with stylus. I need to find more websites to use with it but last I checked the website to get themes was terribly slow. It’s been a fat minute though.

    • kotnik@lemmy.sdf.org
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      2 years ago

      I use CamelCamelCamel for Amazon. Besides price history it allows notifications on sales or price drops.

    • leanleft@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      or u can save the page using the browser menu.
      sometimes this allows for smaller size. and also ability to crop out unwanted resources. but then the page breaks and having a resource folder is messy to deal with.

  • flatbield@beehaw.org
    1·
    2 years ago

    Question: Does anyone know what security and privacy extensions are considered redundant in light of recent Firefox improvements in the past few years?

    For example, I saw several people recommend Privacy Badger for example. I thought I heard somewhere that was considered not needed now. I do not know for sure so am frankly confused by this and some of the other extensions which I too use to use.

    For me I have kind of stopped using most security/privacy extensions except uBlockOrigin and then just configuring Firefox rather tightly. Not sure if this is best approach or not. On one hand every extension increases the attack surface and the uniqueness of the browser so there is a point about less is better, on the other hand some may be useful too.

    Thoughts? Thanks.

  • Himawari@lemmy.4d2.org
    0·
    2 years ago

    Mine’s Redirector. I use it to force redirection of some URLs, for example:

    • Redirecting an amp URL to a non-amp
    • Redirecting the URL of a small-scaled image to the URL of the original size
    • Redirecting a mobile site to its desktop equvalent (e.g. Wikipedia)
    • When I was using Reddit, I also use this extension to force all links to go to old.reddit.com
    • jiggs@beehaw.org
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      2 years ago

      Haven’t been able to live without it for at least 15 years now. I remember years ago the switch to the ‘new’ addon system when Firefox had a major update. I stayed on the old Firefox until Tree Style Tab was ported to the new one.

  • mccord@feddit.de
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    2 years ago

    LibRedirect: redirect Website links to alternative frontends like Nitter, invidious, rimgo etc. - couldn’t live without it especially on mobile where using Twitter without the app is really obnoxious

    CookieAutoDelete combined with ‘I still don’t care about cookies’: delete cookies the moment you close the tab if not whitelisted, also remove cookie notices and accept all cookies.

    Nano Gestures: mouse gestures for navigating websites

  • Gil (he/they)@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago
    • uBlock Origin is pretty self-explanatory
    • Highlighter + Notes helps my ADHD a lot by letting me highlight important phrases in big blocks of texts, especially any articles or posts I might be reading and replying to
    • Archive Page for archive.today is also self-explanatory, I like using it to create permalinks or de-paywalled links to news articles
    • 📛Maven@lemmy.sdf.org
      0·
      2 years ago

      helps my ADHD

      Only barely related, but have you ever tried JiffyReader? It highlights the first segment of each word, which is supposed to help ADHDers focus on each word instead of skimming over whole sentences/paragraphs/pages at once. It does help me like, some.

  • startawave@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    Firefox Multi-Account Containers is one of my favorite extensions. Mixing work accounts and personal accounts in the same browser session but in different tabs has made my workflow much more efficient. You can force bind sites to a container so that you don’t accidentally use your personal account for anything workplace related.

    • reactormonk@beehaw.org
      0·
      2 years ago

      Have you figured out a way to combine it with windows, such that each window has a designated container, and all tabs open in that container?

    • Elw@lemmy.sdf.org
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      2 years ago

      Definitely one of my favorites. My only wish is that they had a more flexible way to predefine lists of domains and containers and/or do wildcard matching for domains.

    • FuzzyHusky48@kbin.social
      0·
      2 years ago

      This is has been so useful in my attempts to go FireFox full time. I always had Edge and Firefox on the work laptop to separate things when needed, but the containers completely eliminated that.

      My one critique would be if the assigned links wouldn’t open an empty tab when that specific container opens.

    • Nick B.@beehaw.org
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      2 years ago

      This one. I need to use Farcebook occasionally and this allows me to stay logged in without getting tracked elsewhere. Same for my Google account.

    • sdx@beehaw.org
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      2 years ago

      The <T> shortcut alone makes Vimium a must, it makes switching between tabs so much easier. The only drawbacks of the extension I’ve found are having to adjust settings for the odd websites that have shortcuts and certain elements not working well with Vimium “clicks” (like the Lemmy sort order dropdown list!).