• Crul@lemm.ee
    ·
    1 year ago

    Usability

    • Kill Sticky: Kill off the annoying floating things blocking the website you're trying to see.
    • Tranquility Reader: Like native "reader view" but compatible with other addons and more options.
    • Scroll Zoom: Zoom web pages with the left or right mouse button and the scroll wheel.

    Image / Video

    • Image Max URL: Finds larger/original versions of images (supporting 8800+ websites), including a powerful image popup feature
    • Invert Image: The add-on inverts color of an image or color of any part of a page. Changes white color to black, for comfortable night time reading.
    • Save webP as PNG or JPEG: Convert any image (WebP, AVIF, etc.) to PNG or JPEG (with choice of quality) for downloading.
    • TinEye Reverse Image Search: Click on any image on the web to search for it on TinEye.
    • Video Speed Controller: Speed up, slow down, advance and rewind any HTML5 video with quick shortcuts.
    • Enhancer for YouTube™: Take control of YouTube and boost your user experience!

    Tools

    • EPUBReader: Read ePub files right in Firefox. No additional software needed!
    • WebStickies: (Persistent) Sticky notes for the Internet

    RSS

    • RSSHub Radar: RSSHub Radar is a spin-off of RSSHub that helps you quickly discover and subscribe to RSS and RSSHub for your current site.
    • RSSPreview: Preview RSS feeds in-browser

    Customization

    • Stylus: Redesign your favorite websites with Stylus, an actively developed and community driven userstyles manager.
    • Tampermonkey: Tampermonkey is the world's most popular userscript manager.

    Advanced

    • Request Control: An extension for controlling requests. See also Redirector, not as powerful, but much more user friendly.
    • Modify Header Value (HTTP Headers): Add, modify or remove a header for any request on desired domains. I use this one to force sites to load only the image when opening images in new tabs.
    • Cookie AutoDelete: Control your cookies! This WebExtension is inspired by Self Destructing Cookies. When a tab closes, any cookies not being used are automatically deleted. Keep the ones you trust (forever/until restart) while deleting the rest. Containers Supported
    • uBlock Origin: Finally, an efficient wide-spectrum content blocker. Easy on CPU and memory.
    • uMatrix: [EDIT-WARNING: as pointed by @sovietknuckles@hexbear.net, uMatrix it's not longer maintained since 2021] Point & click to forbid/allow any class of requests made by your browser. Use it to block scripts, iframes, ads, facebook, etc.
      • Crul@lemm.ee
        ·
        1 year ago

        Thanks for the advice!

        Sadly, I knew about that too late and I'm a heavy user of Tampermonkey. It would be painful to migrate now :(.

          • Crul@lemm.ee
            ·
            1 year ago

            One question... do you know if it works with videos?

            I don't see anything on the addon page, but it seems weird because the use case is very similar.

              • Crul@lemm.ee
                ·
                1 year ago

                I think I don't undestand it properly.

                What I meant is: if I have some tabs with one video URL* in each of them, it seems trivial to just automate a "click download" for each one of them.

                * I mean plain MP4 normal URLs with no tricks, like imgur MP4 URLS:

                • https://i.imgur.com/fsX4bq6.mp4
                • https://i.imgur.com/nAu2ifG.mp4
                  • Crul@lemm.ee
                    ·
                    1 year ago

                    I think there is some misunderstanding... there are a lot of ways of downloading a list of URLs. For videos I use yt-dlp.

                    I didn't know about IDM/IDX, I asume they are Internet Download Manager and Xtreme Download Manager, right? From what I see those are independent programs and not Firefox add-ons (correct me if I'm wrong).

                    What I find weird is that, what Bazzacuda can achieve if I have multiple tabs with i.imgur.com/.../...jpg URLs does not work if I change the jpg extensions with mp4. But I'm probably missing something (or not explaining myself properly).

                    Thanks!

                      • Crul@lemm.ee
                        ·
                        1 year ago

                        Got it, thanks for the patience :)

                        It makes the job easier than reverse searching image with Yandex (which is the best method I use).

                        Regarding reverse image search, this is the bookmarklet I use to lauch 5 different searches at once. On firefox you can set a keyword so I just type rev on the navbar on a tab with an image.

                        If the page has more than 1 images, it tries to print a number on each one so you can specify which one you want to search... but that feature doesn't work very well. Removing that, the script would be much more simpler.

                        pretty-print reverse image searches bookmarklet 
                        (function() {
    var url;
    var args = '%s';
    var imgs = document.getElementsByTagName("img");
    var imgIdx = undefined;
    if (imgs.length == 0) return;
    if (imgs.length > 1) {
        if (args.length > 1) imgIdx = parseInt(args[1]);
        if (imgIdx === undefined || isNaN(imgIdx) || imgIdx < 1 || imgIdx > imgs.length) {
            numberImgs();
            imgIdx = parseInt(prompt(`There are ${imgs.length} images, select index:`, 1));
        }
        if (isNaN(imgIdx) || imgIdx < 1 || imgIdx > imgs.length) return;
        url = imgs[imgIdx - 1].src;
    } else {
        url = imgs[0].src;
    }
    if (!url) return;
    url = encodeURIComponent(url);
    window.open("https://saucenao.com/search.php?url=" + url);
    window.open("https://lens.google.com/uploadbyurl?url=" + url);
    window.open("https://www.bing.com/images/searchbyimage?cbir=sbi&imgurl=" + url);
    window.open("https://www.tineye.com/search?url=" + url);
    window.open("https://yandex.com/images/search?rpt=imageview&url=" + url);

    function numberImgs() {
        var imgs = document.getElementsByTagName("img");
        for (var img = 0; img < imgs.length; img++) {
            var parent = imgs[img].parentElement;
            if (!parent) continue;
            var numberDiv = document.createElement("div");
            numberDiv.innerHTML = 1 + img;
            numberDiv.className = "tmpImgNumberDiv";
            numberDiv.style.position = "absolute";
            numberDiv.style.padding = "2px 9px 2px 6px";
            numberDiv.style.background = "#f00";
            numberDiv.style.color = "#fff";
            numberDiv.style.zIndex = "9999";
            numberDiv.style.lineHeight = "normal";
            parent.prepend(numberDiv);
        }
        setTimeout(function() {
            var imgNumbers = document.getElementsByClassName("tmpImgNumberDiv");
            var idx = imgNumbers.length - 1;
            while (idx >= 0) {
                imgNumbers[idx].remove();
                idx--;
            }
        }, 5000);
    }
})();

                         

                        One-liner:

                        javascript:(function() {var url;var args = '%s';var imgs = document.getElementsByTagName("img");var imgIdx = undefined;if (imgs.length == 0) return;if (imgs.length > 1) {if (args.length > 1) imgIdx = parseInt(args[1]);if (imgIdx === undefined || isNaN(imgIdx) || imgIdx < 1 || imgIdx > imgs.length) {numberImgs();imgIdx = parseInt(prompt(`There are ${imgs.length} images, select index:`, 1));}if (isNaN(imgIdx) || imgIdx < 1 || imgIdx > imgs.length) return;url = imgs[imgIdx - 1].src;} else {url = imgs[0].src;}if (!url) return;url = encodeURIComponent(url);window.open("https://saucenao.com/search.php?url=" + url);window.open("https://lens.google.com/uploadbyurl?url=" + url);window.open("https://www.bing.com/images/searchbyimage?cbir=sbi&imgurl=" + url);window.open("https://www.tineye.com/search?url=" + url);window.open("https://yandex.com/images/search?rpt=imageview&url=" + url);function numberImgs() {var imgs = document.getElementsByTagName("img");for (var img = 0; img < imgs.length; img++) {var parent = imgs[img].parentElement;if (!parent) continue;var numberDiv = document.createElement("div");numberDiv.innerHTML = 1 + img;numberDiv.className = "tmpImgNumberDiv";numberDiv.style.position = "absolute";numberDiv.style.padding = "2px 9px 2px 6px";numberDiv.style.background = "#f00";numberDiv.style.color = "#fff";numberDiv.style.zIndex = "9999";numberDiv.style.lineHeight = "normal";parent.prepend(numberDiv);}setTimeout(function() {var imgNumbers = document.getElementsByClassName("tmpImgNumberDiv");var idx = imgNumbers.length - 1;while (idx >= 0) {imgNumbers[idx].remove();idx--;}}, 5000);}})();

                        The 5 searches it launches are (replacing XXXX with the image URL):

                        • Google: https://lens.google.com/uploadbyurl?url=XXXX
                        • Bing: https://www.bing.com/images/searchbyimage?cbir=sbi&imgurl=XXXX
                        • TinEye: https://www.tineye.com/search?url=XXXX
                        • Yandex: https://yandex.com/images/search?rpt=imageview&url=XXXX
                        • SauceNAO: https://saucenao.com/search.php?url=XXXX
                          • Crul@lemm.ee
                            ·
                            1 year ago

                            An extension that does this with over 30 image search engines is Search By Image, a Mozilla recommended extension

                            I don't know how I missed that until now, thanks!! I will try it right now.

                            I also use ImgOps.com

                            Yeah, that's what I was using for a while and what motivated me to write the bookmarklet to avoid going through it every time.

                            Regarding the different searches, I found that they cover very different needs:

                            • TinEye: usually the best when you want (almost) exact matches.
                            • Yandex: probably the stronger as a general search
                            • Google: in my experience, the best to "understand" the image and identify the object / subject even if there are no real matches for that image
                            • Bing: you sometimes get lucky with it when the others fail
                            • SauceNAO: the most convenient to find the original pages for DeviantArt, ArtStation and Twitter images.
      • Crul@lemm.ee
        ·
        1 year ago

        I cannot answer that properly, I don't really understand them enough. I will add some copy-pasted answer on bottom. But, from a user perspective my experience is:

        • uBlock origin: blocks a lot of (but not all) unwanted stuff without breaking (almost) anything. When some page does not work, tt's very uncommon that uBlock origin is the cause.
        • uMatrix: blocks (almost) all unwanted stuff, but it breaks many pages by default. If a page does not work, the first thing I look at is uMatrix.
        • NoScript (and similar): It's been some time since I used it (so those who are more familiar, please correct me if I'm wrong). What I remember is that it was even more strict than uMatrix. Something like uMatrix allows by default everything from the same domain as the URL but NoScript does not.

        So I would recommend uBlock origin always and uMatrix only if you are ok with some micro-management page-by-page.

        Here it's a copy-paste of the answer from the first link in the google search ublock umatrix differences:

        Chris's Wiki :: blog/web/UBlockOriginAndUMatrix

        While it's true that uMatrix and uBlock Origin have overlapping functionality (and are written by the same person), they have different purposes and focuses. uBlock Origin's focus is blocking ads and other undesired things as an out of the box experience with little configuration needed. uMatrix's focus is on exerting tight and highly specific control over what resources a page is allowed to load and use, including Javascript and cookies (and requires a lot of configuration).

          • Crul@lemm.ee
            ·
            1 year ago

            Oh, I had forgotten, I'm going to add a warning to my comment thanks for noticing!

            When I was aware of that, I expected it to break at some point. But I didn't find a proper replacement... and it still seems to be working fine.

    • Ⓑⓡⓞⓚⓔⓝ@lemdro.id
      ·
      1 year ago

      Thanks! These seem useful. I've only used a couple add-ons from your list. Time to try them out now.

      Your are awesome for adding links too!

  • SootyChimney [any]
    ·
    1 year ago

    ublock obviously should be installed on Firefox by default. But I seem to have a host of privacy add-ons that break few-to-no websites.

    • Privacy Possum , which blocks certain tracking headers/js. Privacy Badger by the EFF is an acceptable alternative but I've personally found it doesn't block quite as much.
    • NoScript Honestly my favourite addon of all time. You can operate in block-everything mode and just allow javascript/HTML5 from sites you trust, or if you're lazy then just operate in allow-everything mode and every now and then set crummy sites to untrusted (looking at you google tag manager). In block-everything-by-default mode, this add-on will break some sites, but the UI is so easy it's a couple of clicks to trust all the sites in a tab and auto-refresh.

    Be warned - If you're not privacy conscious, you might cry from seeing the hundreds of sites that are running javascript on your machine without asking.

    • User-Agent Switcher Really easy add-on to just leave on and misdirect sites. Never caused me a single problem, and in fact is useful when sites (looking at you Microsoft Teams) claim they don't work in Firefox and refuse to load but actually work fine if you use this addon and pretend to be Chrome.
    • Sponsorblock kicks ass. 30 hours of ads skipped in half a year.

    And my personal silly couple ones:

    • Wikipedia Vector Skin because I'm an old fuddy duddy and I like old Wikipedia.
    • Cat-In-Tab because I'm also an old fuddy-duddy that likes whimsy sometimes. This is just silly but I like it.
    • Rudee@lemmy.ml
      ·
      1 year ago

      I needed User-Agent Switcher a few days ago. But I'm glad I have it now!

    • Ⓑⓡⓞⓚⓔⓝ@lemdro.id
      ·
      1 year ago

      Thanks for the suggestions.

      Especially, User-Agent Switcher. A couple of weeks ago, I had to download Chrome Portable just to open a Teams link. F Microsoft!

      Also, there's an alternative, Chameleon as suggested by Antimutt.

  • magoosh@feddit.nl
    ·
    1 year ago

    I really like consent-o-matic on firefox. You can set your cookie level to (dis)allow, and it goes through them automatically when you land on a site.

    There is "i dont care about cookies", but I do care, I dont want your cookies and I dont want to go through your dark patterns!

    • Ⓑⓡⓞⓚⓔⓝ@lemdro.id
      ·
      1 year ago

      I don't get it. So, it will save my cookies, keeping my logins are safe. But it will reject the site's cookies that they want to store for trackers?

      • magoosh@feddit.nl
        ·
        1 year ago

        Exactly, if that's what you set it to. Opting out is made extremely hard on many sites. This addon fixes that

  • silent_water [she/her]
    ·
    1 year ago

    tree style tabs / sidebery. it's life changing to be able to organize your tabs and actually read the titles.

  • Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    ·
    1 year ago

    Blocktube. Simple and advanced blocking of videos on youtube. Worth getting. Also stops youtube from auto pasuing after having watched a while.

    Consent-o-matic. Set your preferences and it will automatically click those specific preferences when you visit a website, where it recognizes the cookie accept popup. No more need to click accept all, to move on. (It does not know all types of cookie pop ups, but it knoes the ones used by a large chunk of websites)

    Imagus. Mouse over an image and this extension will attempt to show it (on your mouse location) in larger size. This works great for various things. News articles, social media etc. It can even do it for video and gifs. It can be annoying in some cases but.. ive gotten used to it. I used to use it on reddit. Just mouse over the posts titles and the pic would pop up. And as said before, super nice for articles and photo albums etc

  • throwawayish@lemmy.ml
    ·
    1 year ago
    • uBlock Origin: On medium mode. Honestly, the internet mostly sucks without this excellent extension.
    • Dark Reader: Easy on your eyes and prolongs battery life on OLED displays.
    • Redirector: This allows you to be in full control of which sites/urls you redirect and to where. As it allows the use of regex, you're even able to create your own 'bangs'. For example I used !x as a bang to redirect me to my favorite SearXNG instance. Kinda neat.
  • uralsolo
    ·
    1 year ago

    deleted by creator

    • Ⓑⓡⓞⓚⓔⓝ@lemdro.id
      ·
      1 year ago

      Nice Suggestion.

      DeArrow is a similar extension from the creator of SponsorBlock.

      He has highlighted the differences between the two in the description:

      • Unlike Clickbait Remover, DeArrow's main purpose is for crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails

      • When a crowdsourced title is not available, DeArrow will auto-format it according to your setting, but does it in a more sophisticated way than Clickbait Remover. Instead of only setting all words to lower case, or capitalizing every word, DeArrow supports casing systems such as "Title Case" and "Sentence case". These will still allow acronyms and proper names to remain capitalized.

      • When a crowdsourced thumbnail is not available, DeArrow by default shows a screenshot at a random timestamp in the video. Clickbait Remover's thumbnails use YouTube auto-generated thumbnails, and while they are seemingly random, they are chosen by a machine learning algorithm to favor faces with expressions, and other overstimulating features. DeArrow uses truly random timestamps generated by its own server. DeArrow will also check the SponsorBlock database to ensure the randomized thumbnail is not inside of a sponsor segment.

      • Ⓑⓡⓞⓚⓔⓝ@lemdro.id
        ·
        1 year ago

        Alternative Thumbnails is a feature available in the latest ReX patches.

        ReX is a fork of the discontinued Revanced Extended project, which in itself was a fork of the official Revanced project.

        I applied these patches using the Revanced Extended Manager on YouTube 18.33.37

        Screenshots: *removed externally hosted image*

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        Here it is in action: *removed externally hosted image*

        • kratoz29@lemm.ee
          ·
          1 year ago

          Dude this is dope, but I don't know if it is worth making the change for that feature alone, if I lose the patch of my YT again I'll try it!

          I'm using the root way.

          Thanks for the heads-up.

          • Ⓑⓡⓞⓚⓔⓝ@lemdro.id
            ·
            1 year ago

            I've been trying this for 2 days now. I would say this works. The simple, boring thumbnails do not trick my brain into clicking the video.

            if I lose the patch of my YT again

            You can export/import:

            1. Applied patches from ReVanced managers: Settings > Export patches selection
            2. In-app ReVanced settings: Profile Picture > Settings > ReVanced Extended > Miscellaneous > Import/Export > Export settings
            3. SponsorBlock profile: Profile Picture > Settings > Sponsor Block > (scroll all the way down) > Import/Export > (select and copy all the text) > (save this copied text in a text file OR pin it in your keyboard's clipboard) > (Now Go to new app and paste in Import)

            I switched from ReVanced Extended (RVX) to ReX using my exported settings. Doing it this way makes switching APKs a breeze.

    • kratoz29@lemm.ee
      ·
      1 year ago

      Dark Reader alone might be the only reason I'm willing to ditch Chrome for FF in Android lol.