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I guess the Submitter was a very enthusiastic user - but perhaps:

'X-Ray: A chrome plugin for aligning objects to a grid.'

Would be more helpful?

Agreed. Is that why it's been flagged/banned from the frontpage?

It's unfortunate, because the upvotes clearly show that people do like it.

But yes, the title was a little link-baity, as it opens up a can-of-worms for "well, this extension is even better"

For example, I would argue for PerfectPixel, because you should do the design in Illustrator/Sketch/PS where you have a grid like this already. And use PerfectPixel to translate it pixel-perfect into CSS.

Just save this as a bookmark:

    javascript:document.body.style.setProperty('background','transparent%20url(data:image/png;base64,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)%20repeat%200%200');
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This isn't a good way to do web design. The grid you'd be aligning everything to will change dimensions depending on the screen it is being viewed on.