11 Chrome extensions to check out
I sometimes get asked about the Chrome extensions I use, so I thought I’d share a few of my favorites. Here, I’ve listed them in order of how often I use them (most to least often). Hope you find them handy!
Previous Tab
Why I Love It: If there’s one extension I recommend, it’s this one. This extension creates a shortcut to switch back and forth to the previously active tab. I can’t overstate how often I use this!
Make sure to go to chrome://extensions/shortcuts to assign a custom shortcut.
uBlock Origin
Why I Love It: The most widely used ad blocker. I’ve tried other ad blockers in the past, but uBlock Origin was by far the most effective and reliable.
Video Speed Controller
Why I Love It: Lets you change the playback speed of any video with a simple shortcut. Perfect for watching lectures/YouTube, or skipping through mandatory videos.
You can go up to 16x speed!
Duplicate Tab Shortcut
Why I Love It: Lets you assign a shortcut to duplicate the current tab. Simple, but extremely useful.
Make sure to go to chrome://extensions/shortcuts to assign a custom shortcut.
Dark Reader
Why I Love It: Lets you view any page in dark mode.
Make sure to go to chrome://extensions/shortcuts to assign a custom shortcut.
Mailtrack
Why I Love It: Informs you whether the recipient has read your email. The only slightly annoying thing is that when you compose a new email, it adds a “Mailtrack” watermark at the bottom, but you can easily delete it.
Better History
Why I Love It: Lets you jump to any date in your browsing history. No more scrolling through pages of history to find that article you were reading four days ago…
Extension Manager
Why I Love It: Adds a UI for easily enabling/disabling extensions. Comes in handy when you have a lot of extensions to search through.
Language Reactor
Why I Love It: The best tool for media-based language learning. Displays the subtitles for both your native language and the target language. Includes definitions and vocabulary lists. Compatible with Netflix and YouTube.
Simple Allow Copy
Why I Love It: Have you ever been annoyed that a website was preventing you from copy/pasting their text? This extension solves that by making all the text copy/pastable.
Simplify
Why I Love It: Lets you apply to a job posting in one click. Perfect for mass-applying.
Bonus
Finally, here are some other useful extensions that speak for themselves.