Good browser plugins

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Aug 29, 2012 18:34

Hello!

I have many to suggest, but I'll start with these (all for Chrome, but probably available for other browsers):

Invisible Hand If you look at a DVD on Play.com (say), but it's cheaper on Amazon (say), Invisible Hand will tell you.
Autocomplete On Some fucking websites are up their own arseholes and think they can say that your browser isn't allowed to save your details. This tells them to GTFF.
Add to Amazon Wishlist This lets you add any product, from any site, to your Amazon wishlist.

What do you use, Beexers?

Hugh · **Posted:** Wed Aug 29, 2012 19:00

Adblock.
For to block ads with. It work.

That it.

Malabelm · **Posted:** Wed Aug 29, 2012 19:08

Backspacemeansbackspace — stops the fucking awful behaviour of backspace sending you back a page. I've lost so much form data because of that nonsense.

Readability — strips pages down to just their text, laid out nicely, so you can focus on reading them in a comfortable manner without all the shitty distractions.

I don't really use that many any more.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Aug 29, 2012 19:29

Chrome:
Adblock
Amazon Universal Wishlist
Comment Blocker

Safari:
Adblock
Amazon Universal Wishlist
Shut Up

That's it.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Aug 29, 2012 19:35

Evernote clipper.

Great for adding web pages or parts to Evernote.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22392

Adblock
My own little bit of javascript that stops a certain stupid forum launching external links in the current browser window, and forces them to use a new tab

Couchpotato IMDB addon, surf IMDB, see a film you like, click the button on the page and wait for it to turn up on your HTPC.

That's it.

Malabelm · **Posted:** Thu Aug 30, 2012 11:52

Trooper wrote:

My own little bit of javascript that stops a certain stupid forum launching external links in the current browser window, and forces them to use a new tab

Argh!

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11897

Trooper wrote:

Adblock
My own little bit of javascript that stops a certain stupid forum launching external links in the current browser window, and forces them to use a new tab

Couchpotato IMDB addon, surf IMDB, see a film you like, click the button on the page and wait for it to turn up on your HTPC.

That's it.

Ooh can I have that javascript, having to rightclick then open a new tab is annoying.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Bobbyaro wrote:

Ooh can I have that javascript, having to rightclick then open a new tab is annoying.

Try middle-clicking instead, it's easier than buggering about with Javascript.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11897

Don't have a middle click on a laptop.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Aug 30, 2012 12:29

Bobbyaro wrote:

Don't have a middle click on a laptop.

CTRL+click.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11897

left or right?

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22392

Bobbyaro wrote:

Trooper wrote:

Adblock
My own little bit of javascript that stops a certain stupid forum launching external links in the current browser window, and forces them to use a new tab

Couchpotato IMDB addon, surf IMDB, see a film you like, click the button on the page and wait for it to turn up on your HTPC.

That's it.

Ooh can I have that javascript, having to rightclick then open a new tab is annoying.

Code:

var a = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
for (i=0;i<a.length;i++) {
           if (a[i].className == "postlink") {
                  a[i].target="_blank"
   }
}

Save it as a .js file and add it to your chrome extentions in developer mode.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Bobbyaro wrote:

Don't have a middle click on a laptop.

You might have. On mine there's an excellent shorcut where you move the mouse pointer over the link with one finger and then tap on the pad with a second finger and it sends a middle-click command. It's really handy and it's what I use for controlling this stuff when browsing on my laptop.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Aug 30, 2012 12:45

Trooper wrote:

Bobbyaro wrote:

Trooper wrote:

Adblock
My own little bit of javascript that stops a certain stupid forum launching external links in the current browser window, and forces them to use a new tab

Couchpotato IMDB addon, surf IMDB, see a film you like, click the button on the page and wait for it to turn up on your HTPC.

That's it.

Ooh can I have that javascript, having to rightclick then open a new tab is annoying.

Code:

var a = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
for (i=0;i<a.length;i++) {
           if (a[i].className == "postlink") {
                  a[i].target="_blank"
   }
}

Save it as a .js file and add it to your chrome extentions in developer mode.

Be aware that that will change every link on the Internet.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Both for Firefox:

FlashBlock: stop any Flash content from auto-playing and puts a play button on it instead.
Download Statusbar: Replaces the stupid big Downloads pop-up with a bar that appears/disappear as required at the bottom of the screen to show progress of any downloads and is very configurable to behave exactly as you'd like.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38656

While browsing a fairly innocuous site at work, I was offered the chance to meet 'local slags'. That was when I decided to use adblock.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22392

Grim... wrote:

Trooper wrote:

Bobbyaro wrote:

Trooper wrote:

Adblock
My own little bit of javascript that stops a certain stupid forum launching external links in the current browser window, and forces them to use a new tab

Couchpotato IMDB addon, surf IMDB, see a film you like, click the button on the page and wait for it to turn up on your HTPC.

That's it.

Ooh can I have that javascript, having to rightclick then open a new tab is annoying.

Code:

var a = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
for (i=0;i<a.length;i++) {
           if (a[i].className == "postlink") {
                  a[i].target="_blank"
   }
}

Save it as a .js file and add it to your chrome extentions in developer mode.

Be aware that that will change every link on the Internet.

Indeed, it will make every link on the internet correct.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Aug 30, 2012 12:49

Trooper wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Be aware that that will change every link on the Internet.

Indeed, it will make every link on the internet correct.

Oh my...

myp · **Posted:** Thu Aug 30, 2012 12:49

Bamba wrote:

Bobbyaro wrote:

Don't have a middle click on a laptop.

You might have. On mine there's an excellent shorcut where you move the mouse pointer over the link with one finger and then tap on the pad with a second finger and it sends a middle-click command. It's really handy and it's what I use for controlling this stuff when browsing on my laptop.

Cor, that's clever. I wonder where they got the idea for that sort of thing.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22392

Grim... wrote:

Trooper wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Be aware that that will change every link on the Internet.

Indeed, it will make every link on the internet correct.

Oh my...

If you are posting a link to another website, I want it to open in another tab.

Note this doesn't affect links within a website.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Aug 30, 2012 12:53

Yes. That would mainly be because I was completely wrong, and it will only affect links with the class "postlink".

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22392

Grim... wrote:

Yes. That would mainly be because I was completely wrong, and it will only affect links with the class "postlink".

You bloody wrote it, if I recall correctly!

Ramsea · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 963

Lastpass for auto login/form filling.

Awesome Screen shot for shooting and annotating screens.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Aug 30, 2012 14:47

Trooper wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Yes. That would mainly be because I was completely wrong, and it will only affect links with the class "postlink".

You bloody wrote it, if I recall correctly!

Aye.

Ramsea wrote:

Awesome Screen shot for shooting and annotating screens.

Yeah, I use that.

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