As a college student, my must have plugins are
- DarkReader
- Firefox Multi-Account Containers
- Sponsorblock
- TWP - Translate Web Pages
and the goat itself, >!uBlock Origin!<
I find DarkReader to be pretty slow. You might want to look at Stylus. It works on a per site basis but it’s much faster.
Thank you for the suggestion, will take a look at it.
LibRedirect for me, works well on both desktop and android
uBlock Origin.
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ClearURL (strips tracking elements from URLs)
If you use the “AdGuard URL Tracking Protection” under Privacy in uBlock Origin. Also add Actually Legitimate URL Shortener Tool & ClearURLs for uBo. You don’t need ClearURL.
You can add lists by going to Filter lists -> Import… at the bottom of the page -> C&P the URL in the box -> Apply Changes -> Done.
Multi Account Containers
You don’t need an extension for that, containers are built into FF.
Any extension to re-enable right click. It’s annoying when they try to block me from downloading a picture/video, copy pasting, or inspecting elements
You don’t need an extension. Shift+right click always overrides JavaScript.
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Add custom URL redirects, e.g. automatically use Piped or Invideous instance instead of YouTube, use Nitter instead of Twitter, remove Google amp
Edit: I just found out about Libredirect from this post - seems like functionally the same thing I’m using Redirector for, but with rules built in.
Yeah same. I initially used it for YouTube/Twitter but realized that it’s reinventing the wheel that libredirect already created, and doesnt have the same features like pinging instances or being able to cycle through instances if one goes down.
I still find redirector useful, but now use it for things like redirecting away from guilty pleasure websites or when my locally-hosted teddit doesn’t properly handle internal links.
I had never thought about using Redirector to lock myself out of websites! That’s brilliant. I need to do that. Zero self control when I should be working.
uBlock Origin
There are only *two must have extensions in Firefox:
- uBlock Origin
- Your password manager’s browser extension
Beyond that it’s all optional. Most things I used to use extensions to accomplish are now possible to accomplish using Firefox’s built in settings or using uBlock Origin.
There are a few other extensions I use that I consider useful but optional:
- Dark Reader
- Facebook Container
- Libredirect
Dark Reader
uBlock OriginOptional:
TWP Translate (is better than the new feature)
Tabliss (Another take on the “new page” in chrome)Is there a Deepl plugin? By far the most accurate translator I’ve used. Will check later
Just downloaded it to my work pc.
It has Google, Bing, Yandex and DeepL as translation integrations.
Tabliss is very underrated. Nowadays, I rarely see my desktop background but always see the “new tab” and so “new tab” serves as the modern desktop background. I use great photos of my city but there are many categories in unsplash
uBlockOrigin, DarkReader & ProtonPass
ProtonPass
Bitwarden’s better. ;)
Ublock Origin or AdGuard Containers
Surprised no one has mentioned VideoDownloadHelper yet - https://www.downloadhelper.net/
I’ve used this since I was a kid and it made me really popular in high school lol. Everyone thought I was a hacker or something.
It’s gotten worse with a lot of things. JDownloader is much better now
this stopped working with archive.org right? it used to be so good with that.
I used to use this but now I just use yt dlp since it seems to handle random stuff with more success and it’s just as easy to use
Basic Plugins:
- uBlock Origin
- Dark Reader
- Password Manager Bitwarden or KeePassXC-Browser. If you going to use KeePassXC. You need to download the manager itself.
Youtube
Random Ones
I didn’t know Fastforward. I won’t need to wait 10 s on 1 of those sites anymore. Thanks.
uBlock Origin
Optional: Dark Reader Wappalyzer if you want to see cool web info
If you like Wappalyser you may like BuiltWith and WhatRuns. 👍
