Google Chrome users: What browser extensions do you find useful?

Touchdown wrote:I use...

AdBlocck
Google Cast (Chromcast)
myPlex (for Plex)
SabConnect
SickBeard Connect

Turtleneck wrote:

I use BobSakBlock and Blanch32 Translator.

A person claiming to be a former Edge developer has today described one such action. For no obvious reason, Google changed YouTube to add a hidden, empty HTML element that overlaid each video. This element disabled Edge's fastest, most efficient hardware accelerated video decoding. It hurt Edge's battery-life performance and took it below Chrome's. The change didn't improve Chrome's performance and didn't appear to serve any real purpose; it just hurt Edge, allowing Google to claim that Chrome's battery life was actually superior to Edge's. Microsoft asked Google if the company could remove the element, to no avail.

The latest version of Edge addresses the YouTube issue and reinstated Edge's performance. But when the company talks of having to do extra work to ensure EdgeHTML is compatible with the Web, this is the kind of thing that Microsoft has been forced to do.

As another example, YouTube uses a feature called HTML imports to load scripts. HTML imports haven't been widely adopted, either by developers or browsers alike, and ECMAScript modules are expected to serve the same role. But they're available in Chrome and used by YouTube. For Firefox and Edge, YouTube sends a JavaScript implementation of HTML imports which carries significant performance overheads. The result? YouTube pages that load in a second in Chrome take many seconds to load in other browsers.

These actions may not be deliberate on the part of Google—it's possible that the company simply doesn't care about other browsers, rather than actively trying to hinder them. But even an attitude of "Google first, who cares about the rest?" is not the kind of thing that we should want from a company trusted with so much control over the Web.

kingstonlake wrote:

Turtleneck wrote:

I use BobSakBlock and Blanch32 Translator.

You sir, are a comedic genuis!! LOL

Robert J Sakimano wrote:I've grown fond of the i85b trans-interceptor as it relates to patching the 3eGizzyWhatsIt to the 78iM66 PhtotonicGFlap. I've found that it provides seamless transmission of data and really minimizes the amount I have to use my quadraphonic iE34rt e-router.

Jake from State Farm wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:I've grown fond of the i85b trans-interceptor as it relates to patching the 3eGizzyWhatsIt to the 78iM66 PhtotonicGFlap. I've found that it provides seamless transmission of data and really minimizes the amount I have to use my quadraphonic iE34rt e-router.

If you play Quadrophenia backwards on an mp3 loop it will automatically debug your router.