![]() Typing emails, filling out forms, typing messages in social networking sites, writing articles for my sites, etc. Outside of browsing web pages, watching videos and shopping online, the other major activity in my browser is typing. It recently saved me $255 on a Dell XPS laptop! Grammarly At this point, there are no ads or anything intrusive and hopefully that doesn’t change in the future. Previously, I used to hit up RetailMeNot and a bunch of other sites trying to find a coupon that I could apply before checking out, but now I just use Honey and it finds and tries all kinds of codes. Honey will automatically try to find coupons and apply them when you are checking out. If you’re like me, you probably buy most things online except for groceries. If you’re online, you have done some kind of online shopping. In the end, I have to say it’s pretty awesome. I was a little skeptical of this extension at first, but the crazy number of good reviews finally made me try it. The only downside to this extension is that some of the big sites, like, detect ad blocking extensions and won’t let you enter unless you whitelist their site first. My site only shows ads from high quality networks and I try to keep my ads to a minimum that still let allow me to earn an income. Not only that, a lot of those ads have malware in them, which means you can get a malware infection just by viewing the site! That’s plain ridiculous. Adblock PlusĮven though a site like mine relies on ads for income, I still recommend an extension like Adblock Plus because there are so many sites out there with tons of ads. A lot of requests made to a website are just for the tracking cookies, tracking scripts, etc. In addition, because it blocks tracking, it also saves data and reduces the load time for sites. It’s a great privacy tool for making sure every website you visit isn’t tracking everything you do online. Disconnectĭisconnect is also another extension you can install and just leave. It’s not a big deal for me since I have 16GB of RAM on my computer, but if you have less RAM, it might be something to consider. The only downside I’ve seen with the extension is that it does use a bit more memory than all the other extensions. It’s from the folks over at EFF, which is a great organization that exists to protect consumers in the digital world. It basically tries to use HTTPS security on a site if it’s not already secure. HTTPS Everywhere is one of those extensions you should just install and forget about. That being said, I’ve been using LastPass for years and they’ve had one incident, which didn’t result in any compromised passwords. That is a possibility and that’s why a lot of people use local databases like KeePass. The obvious fear most people have is that one of these companies will be hacked themselves and all your passwords will be leaked. You obviously can’t memorize them, so you have to store them somewhere. Password managers are a must these days with the number of companies being hacked always rising and the amount of personal information being leaked even greater.Ī password manager lets you create complex passwords that are different for each site. If you use another password manager like 1Pass, then make sure to install their extension. If you’re using something like KeePass, then don’t worry about this extension. If you don’t use any password manager yet, then make sure you try LastPass. ![]() Lastly, you can create an account and sync everything across all your devices. You can also customize the theme and heavily customize the layout. Speed Dial 2 does that by allowing you to organize all your pages and apps into groups. When I’m browsing the web, I just want quick access to my favorite sites. ![]() Now there are a lot of fancy extensions that also replace the new tab with dashboards, wallpapers, task lists, etc., but I’ve found the simple Speed Dial 2 to be perfect for my needs. By default, it’s a boring list of some recently visited sites and that’s pretty much it. One of the first things I like to customize in Google Chrome is the new tab page. It’s also worth noting that some of the extensions I have listed are based on my heavy reliance on Google, so if you’re not in the Google ecosystem, just ignore those extensions. ![]()
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