Save Time While Surfing the Web: Top 7 Chrome Extensions
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1) AdBlock — block ads across the web
AdBlock is the best ad blocker with over 60 million users, and one of the most popular Chrome extensions with over 350 million downloads!
Reviews:
"easy to use and very helpful!"
"Best extension"
2) Dashlane — Password Manager
Dashlane makes the internet easier. Save all your passwords, fill forms fast, and keep your data accessible and safe. 20,000+ businesses and 15+ million people worldwide trust Dashlane to protect their logins. Dashlane has never been breached, never sees or sells your data, and provides simple and effective tools to manage and safeguard it at all times. With the Dashlane extension, you can view, copy, and generate passwords and save and autofill logins and forms as you browse the internet. Open the web app to access the full power of Dashlane: Securely share passwords, keep track of your Password Health score, and take action when we identify your at-risk passwords.
Reviews:
"I've used for several years now with my business and personal accounts. I can't imagine trying to navigate all the websites I use without it. Also stores my personal ID's and important information that I need and can't always remember!"
"Dashlane has simplified and secured my online work and life. I highly recommend it."
3) Readlax: Reader View with Phrase Highlighting
Clean websites from sidebars and ads, read with phrase highlighting. Phrase Highlighting for Speed Reading - Read Faster Immediately. The "Readlax Reader" removes ads and distractions, leaving only text and images for a clean reading view. Istall Reader View.
Features::
- Remove distraction
- Read aloud
- Remove advertisements
- Phrase highlighting
- Speed reading training
Reviews:
"I can’t believe how much more enjoyable reading is now that I’ve installed Readlax. No more annoying sidebars or pop-up ads, just clean text and images. This extension is a must for anyone who reads a lot online. I can’t imagine browsing without it!"
"I often read long articles for work and pleasure, Readlax has made the process so much better. It removes all the distractions and focuses purely on the text. And It also has a great user interface."
"As someone who loves to speed read, Readlax has been a game-changer! The phrase highlighting feature keeps my eyes moving faster across the text without getting distracted. The clean, ad-free interface makes reading so much more enjoyable."
4) OneTab
Whenever you find yourself with too many tabs, click the OneTab icon to convert all of your tabs into a list. When you need to access the tabs again, you can either restore them individually or all at once. When your tabs are in the OneTab list, you will save up to 95% of memory because you will have reduced the number of tabs open in Google Chrome.
Reviews:
"I open a LOT of tabs when doing research for whatever. Nice to be able to save all of the tabs, not lose them, be able to lock them, and open them up as needed."
"I love this extension! I chronically had dozens of tabs open. Tab groups helped but then I had to repeatedly "discard" tabs from memory. OneTab solves the issues of too many tabs (and excess memory use) in an elegant and functional manner."
5) Auto Tab Discard
"Auto Tab Discard" is a lightweight browser extension that automatically reduces the amount of memory used by open but inactive tabs, helping to conserve battery life on portable devices by disabling JavaScript code and DOM events on discarded tabs.
Reviews:
"Great App... Does what it says... keeps my browsing session ultra light!"
"Good stuff! recommend!!"
"Excellent for low Ram devices"
6) Momentum
Transform your browser into a beautifully designed tab that helps you feel calm, keep focus, and stay energized. Install Momentum.
Reviews:
"I love it is so good 5 stars cus it is the best I use it on focus mode wow it even lets me use music love it"
"This simple, glorious extension makes my life so much better by making my time using my browser more beautiful."
"I loved this simple and beautiful space to start my day from the first time I tried it."
7) Focus Timer
Focus Timer - a time management method based on 25-minute stretches of focused work broken by 5-minute breaks.
Reviews:
"The idea of the break after 25 minutes of work is great, i recommend this extension."
"It helps me get my daily tasks done bit by bit and before I know it, I'm done with all of them. I also love the 5mins break feature, it makes it more fun to use."
"Using this tool has significantly scaled up my productivity and i am saying a very big thank you to the owner or developer."
"Very easy to use, simple interface, helps me to focus on my daily tasks."