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The 10 Browser Extensions I Can’t Live Without
Useful add-ons to improve your browser experience
Extensions. Where would our browsers be without ’em? Like a sky without stars. A forest without trees. A sea without — OK, you get the idea.
What follows is a rundown of extensions I’ve installed on my browser that make my life a whole hell of a lot easier. So without further ado, here are 10 browser extensions I can’t live without.
Dark Reader
Dark Reader is an eye-care extension that allows you to easily adjust how a website is displayed in order to match your comfort levels and reduce eye strain. The extension comes preconfigured with a dark and a light theme but also allows for more fine-grained control of the display settings — e.g., brightness and contrast.
Aside from the option to turn off the extension globally, you also have the ability to disable it for certain websites — as well as to configure website-specific settings.
Seeing as most of us spend a lot of our time staring at screens, this extension offers a much-needed alternative to simply adjusting the screen’s brightness.
Cost: Free
Supported browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge
ColorZilla
ColorZilla is a nifty extension for graphic designers and web developers that functions as an eyedropper, color picker, gradient generator, and a bunch of other tools all at the same time.
Cost: Free
Supported browsers: Chrome, Firefox
The Great Suspender*
How many tabs do you have open on your browser right now? It’s OK, I won’t judge. We all succumb to Infinite Tab Syndrome every now and then.
The only problem is that as the number of open tabs mounts, so too does the amount of memory the browser…
