Best Google Chrome Extensions Table of Contents Must-Have Chrome Extensions Chrome Extensions for Tabs The Great Suspender Force suspend all other tabs in this window Restore session Assign shortcut at chrome://extensions/shortcutsCtrl+Shift+S to Suspend/Unsuspend active tabsCtrl+Shift+A to Suspend all other tabs in active windowCtrl+Shift+K to Suspend all tabs in all windows Tab Position Customizer 2 Open new tab/link on the right of the current tabs Open pop-up window as new tabThis can be useful when you want to take a screenshot of the pop-up window We can also set exceptions for some website (if it doesn’t work for them) Tab Scissors - split tabs into 2 windows Tab Modifier OneTab - save memory Chrome Extensions for Reading Ad Blocker Also enable Mac’s dark mode at Preferences -> General This opens the page in chrome-extension:// and we have to wait until (at least) the main content of the page is loaded. The greatest thing is it reduces the memory usage a LOT for pages that load a lot of flashes, ads.e.g. reduces this page from around 450+ mb to 87mb. This also works well together with The Great Suspender: the page in reader view will not be suspended as it runs in extension mode. Assign shortcut Ctrl+Shift+R to Toggle the Reader View Print and save the reader mode version, show or hide image. Able to change the speed of text-to-speech The Cron is it doesn’t work with other extensions, e.g., Chrome Vimium as It opens the page in chrome-extension. Able to change theme(dark or light), width, font size and save the config. Assign Ctrl+Shift+L to Open the Just Read format for the current page Assign Ctrl+Shift+K to Enable user text selection mode using Just Read, then choose which part you want to select then enter (it will automatically try best to choose), it will show the section in read mode. When it doesn’t work(e.g. in quip), use View this selection in Just Read. Works with Chrome Vimium Assign shortcut Ctrl+Shift+C to Toggle Clearly Make not easy to copy text easier to copy Support outline, different themes, fullscreen, text-to-voice Cron: Can’t change the width Distill Page from Chrome the result is not that good, and hard to run the command. Summary Use Reader View when the page(website) is slow: load lots of ads, flash, uses a lot of memory and you will take time(2+ mins) to read it. Use Just Read in other case. Use Clearly to check the outline. Chrome Extensions for Writing Chrome Extensions for Sharing Buffer Assign shortcut Ctrl+Shift+B to Buffer -> Activate the extension at chrome://extensions/shortcuts Save to Pocket Also install the mobile apps, so we can save to pocket everywhere. Evernote Web Clipper Chrome Extensions For Developer Chrome Extensions for Productivity Video Speed Controller Change speed up to 16x S - decrease playback speed. D - increase playback speed. R - reset playback speed. V - show/hide controller. Chrome Extensions for Youtube Always on top Floating Mini Player for YouTube™. Chrome Extensions for Hacking Helps users access their web services while traveling outside mainland China. Change/Assign extension’s shortcuts chrome://extensions/shortcuts Ctrl+Shift+S to The Great Suspender > Suspend selected tabsCtrl+Shift+A to The Great Suspender > Suspend all other tabs in active windowAssign Ctrl+Shift+R to Toggle the Reader View Assign Ctrl+Shift+C to Toggle Clearly Assign Ctrl+Shift+L to Open the Just Read format for the current page Assign Cmd+Shift+C to Open the Just Read format for the current page Assign Ctrl+Shift+B to Buffer -> Activate the extension
