Lifehacker's Best Chrome Extensions 2017

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

The most useful extensions for productive work in Google Chrome, which Lifehacker wrote about in 2017.

Freezetab

Freezetab extension is a convenient alternative to the standard bookmark manager. Instead of saving links one at a time, you can instantly bookmark all open pages. At the same time, you do not need to create categories or folders to structure them. Freezetab organizes bookmarks on their own by adding time, title, domain and other parameters.

Rocket dashboard

Rocket Dashboard transforms the new tab area into something like Google Now. The extension adds widgets for weather, calendar, news, Gmail, YouTube and other Google services so that you have quick access to their data from one screen. Everything is decorated in a material style - in the form of neat cards.

Go to tab

If you are used to working with a huge number of tabs, then this extension will help you manage them. It displays a horizontal list of web pages open in the browser with their full names.

You can quickly switch between tabs, close selected or search for the desired pages in the list by title or URL. Compared to competitors, Go to Tab stands out for its simplicity - there is nothing superfluous in the extension.

Mercury Reader

Mercury Reader adds a button to the browser with which you can instantly remove advertisements and other visual junk from any Internet article. The extension allows you to choose the size and type of font, as well as a light or dark theme. Everything you need to comfortably read long texts in the browser.

Mindful

The Mindful extension turns your new tab screen into a minimalist text editor where you can save valuable thoughts and make to-do lists. There is support for markup tools and the ability to switch between light and dark themes. All recordings are synchronized between computers with the Chrome browser.

Wildfire

Wildfire automates the user's work with the Chrome browser. First, you record a sequence of frequently repeated actions using an extension. It is saved in Wildfire as a flowchart. Then you edit this script and apply it for convenience and to save time.

Gmail Sender Icons

This little extension makes Gmail easier to use. After installing Gmail Sender Icons, an avatar or a logo of the sender appears next to each letter. With these icons, one quick glance at a long list of emails will be enough to understand who wrote to you.

YouTube Subscription Manager

YouTube Subscription Manager can help you structure your YouTube subscriptions if you have too many. The extension adds a category editor, with which you can quickly organize your favorite channels.

Writefull

With Writefull, you can write more confidently in English. The extension matches the phrases you use with databases of grammatically correct texts from services such as Google News and Google Books. Having learned that one or another phrase was used by the classics of literature, you can safely use it.

Win the day

Win The Day helps you focus on your top goals and reinforce good habits. You can set up to three goals for one day on a dedicated timeline. They will appear every time you open a new tab and flicker in front of your eyes, so you won't be able to get distracted.

In addition, Win The Day allows you to calendar the progress of your habits.

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