Ask HN: What are the most useful Chrome extensions in 2016?

39 points by nodivbyzero ↗ HN
In other words, what are your favorite Chrome extensions and why?

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My current top three would be:

uBlock Origin - Block annoying ads

Link: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpa...

LastPass - Easily manage passwords

Link: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lastpass-free-pass...

The Great Suspender - Save RAM by suspending unused tabs

Link: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-great-suspende...

LastPass is known to have... "problems".
It isn't great, and they did have a leak, but it is the best option if you're working across platforms (including your phone). And peering options are at least there. I've considered switching out, but have been relatively happy.
Similar list here, but I'd add Ghostery and Google Hangouts to the list. Along with React and Redux dev tools if you use them.
Use PrivacyBadger, not Ghostery. Ghostery let's some stuff through.
Will take a look, though some stuff I want through (mainly disqus, etc).
I've found OneTab to be a better idea than Suspender personally, plus it lets me look back at all the stuff I did have open during a session for quick recall.
I've found these extensions to be super helpful for me since my Chrome window always ended up with hundred of tabs opened. Now, it's only 10-15 tabs the most.

Clutter Free - to avoid duplicate tabs

Link: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/clutter-free-preve...

The Great Suspender - suspend unused tabs

Link: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-great-suspende...

Toby - Replace the default new tab with a much better tab manager

Link: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/toby-manage-your-t...

If you have hundreds of tabs open, unused tabs etc, I would suspect that you'd have more to gain by fixing whatever is wrong with your work methodology than by downloading extensions. Food for thought.
Papier - markdown notepad as new tab page: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/papier/hhjeaokafpl...

I've been using Papier as a daily todo list and found it's helped me not get distracted by having social media on the new tab page.

I like Papier a lot but wish it would synchronize accros chrome instances.
Yeah, I tweeted them about this and they gave a rather vague response about passing it to the product team. I can't see it being too tough to do if it were able to use google docs as a backend for all the new problems you get from having multiple versions of the tab content
Papier looks neat, thanks for sharing!
Besides the ones people have already mentioned (uBlock, LastPasst, Great Suspender), I like:

Tabli - Easily find the tab you're looking for (Ctrl - . shortcut is great)

Link: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tabli/igeehkedfibb...

Disable HTML5 AutoPlay - Site are getting more aggressive about playing non-ad video automatically, which I rarely want and this disables

Link: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/disable-html5-auto...

Google Translate - For translating web pages Chrome doesn't realise aren't in english

Link: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-translate/a...

Bookmark Manager - A better chrome://bookmarks page

Link: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bookmark-manager/g...

"Remove trending Facebook"
I developed BriefTube.com - It's an instant video summarizer (better put TLDR; for long videos)

I use it a lot myself, mostly for lectures on youtube and coursera.

Vimium and stylish haven't been mentioned yet.
I'm a power vim user and tried a vim extension for Firefox. I didn't find that command mode for coding translated very well to browsing the web.
If you do any kind of outreach/cold emails, you may find Nymeria (https://www.nymeria.io) as useful as I have. It's really great for finding personal emails as well as business emails.
SessionBox lets me have multiple accounts open on 1 site: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sessionbox-free-mu...

Super Auto Refresh lets me set per-URL auto-refresh timers: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/super-auto-refresh...

iGive Button sends a portion of all my online shopping spending to the charity of my choice: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/igive-button/igcjd...

Wandertab gives me awesome photos in my 'New Tab': https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wandertab-by-hitli...

None. I don't trust Chrome extensions anymore. I've been bit more than once by popular extensions being sold and updated to install malware.
* uBlock Origin - Lightweight adblocker

Link: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpa...

* Tab Snooze - Removes clutter by hiding a tab for later. We can pick the time & date. Can use this as a reminder.

Link: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tab-snooze/pdiebia...

* One Tab - Push all current tabs into one tab. I use this with Tab Snooze, mostly. All tabs related to a project are snoozed till I get to work on them again.

Link: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/onetab/chphlpgkkbo...

* Papier/Workflowy New Tab - Have a text document in the new tab page. I usually have to-dos or jot down some quick notes here.

Link1: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/papier/hhjeaokafpl...

Link2 : https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/workflowy-new-tab/...