我是Google Chrome(Google Chrome)的忠实粉丝，我觉得它的扩展与Firefox的附加组件一样多。我也更喜欢使用Chrome而不是 IE、Edge 或 Firefox(Edge or Firefox)，因为我使用Gmail、Google Photos、Google Drive和一大堆其他Google产品。
实际上，您可以安装数百个出色的扩展程序来以各种方式增强Chrome。有针对开发人员、音乐爱好者、游戏玩家、博主和许多其他类别的特定扩展。但是，有些扩展更通用，可以帮助几乎任何人完成日常任务。
在本文中，我将讨论几个我认为每个人都应该安装的扩展。即使您没有听说过其中的一些，在您决定不使用它们之前先试一试。安装大量扩展程序也会减慢您的浏览体验，因此请选择最适合您的扩展程序，但请尝试每个扩展程序。您可以轻松删除或禁用Chrome(Chrome)中的扩展程序。
还值得注意的是，我列出的一些扩展是基于我对谷歌(Google)的严重依赖，所以如果你不在谷歌生态系统(Google ecosystem)中，请忽略这些扩展。
快速拨号 2
我喜欢在Google Chrome(Google Chrome)中自定义的第一件事就是新标签页(tab page)。默认情况下，它是一些最近访问过的网站的无聊列表，仅此而已。现在有很多花哨的扩展也用仪表板、壁纸、任务列表等替换新标签，但我发现简单的快速拨号 2(Speed Dial 2)非常适合我的需求。
当我浏览网页时，我只想快速访问我最喜欢的网站。快速拨号 2(Speed Dial 2)允许您将所有页面和应用程序组织到组中。您还可以自定义主题并大量自定义布局。最后，您可以创建一个帐户并在所有设备上同步所有内容。(account and sync everything)
最后通行证
如果您还没有使用(t use)任何密码管理器(password manager)，请确保您尝试使用LastPass。如果您使用的是KeePass之类的东西，那么不要担心这个扩展。如果您使用 1Pass 等其他密码管理器(password manager)，请确保安装其扩展程序。如今，密码管理器是必不可少的，因为被黑客入侵的公司数量一直在增加，而且泄露的个人信息量也越来越大。
密码管理器(password manager)可让您为每个站点创建不同的复杂密码。您显然无法记住它们，因此您必须将它们存储在某个地方。大多数人的明显恐惧是，其中一家公司自己会被黑客入侵，您的所有密码都会被泄露。这是一种可能性，这就是为什么很多人使用KeePass等本地数据库的原因。话虽如此，我多年来一直在使用LastPass，但他们发生了一起事件，但并未导致任何密码泄露。
HTTPS 无处不在
HTTPS Everywhere是您应该安装并忘记的那些扩展之一。如果站点尚不安全，它基本上会尝试在站点上使用HTTPS 安全性。(HTTPS security)这是来自EFF的人们，这是一个伟大的组织，旨在保护数字世界中的消费者。
我看到的扩展的唯一缺点是它确实比所有其他扩展使用更多的内存。这对我来说没什么大不了的，因为我的电脑上有 16GB 的RAM，但如果你的RAM较少，可能需要考虑一下。
断开
断开连接(Disconnect)也是您可以安装并离开的另一个扩展。这是一个很好的隐私工具(privacy tool)，可确保您访问的每个网站都不会跟踪您在网上所做的一切。此外，由于它阻止跟踪，它还可以节省数据并减少站点的加载时间(load time)。向网站发出的许多请求只是针对跟踪 cookie、跟踪脚本等。
Adblock Plus
即使像我这样的网站依靠广告来获得收入，我仍然推荐像Adblock Plus这样的扩展程序，因为有很多网站都有大量的广告。不仅如此，其中许多广告中都包含恶意软件，这意味着您只需查看该网站即可感染恶意软件！这简直太荒谬了。
我的网站只显示来自高质量网络的广告，我尽量将我的广告保持在最低限度，这样我仍然可以赚取收入。此扩展程序的唯一缺点是一些大型网站，例如Forbes.com，会检测到广告拦截(ad blocking)扩展程序，除非您先将他们的网站列入白名单，否则不会让您进入。
蜜糖
起初我对这个扩展有点怀疑，但疯狂的好评最终让我尝试了。最后，我不得不说它非常棒。如果您在线，则表示您进行了某种在线购物(online shopping)。如果你像我一样，你可能会在网上买大多数东西，除了杂货。
(Honey)当您结帐时，Honey会自动尝试查找优惠券并应用它们。以前，我曾经访问RetailMeNot和其他一些网站，试图找到一张我可以在结账前申请的优惠券，但现在我只使用Honey，它会找到并尝试各种代码。在这一点上，没有广告或任何侵入性的东西，希望将来不会改变。它最近在戴尔 XPS 笔记本电脑(Dell XPS laptop)上为我节省了 255 美元！
语法
除了浏览网页、观看视频和在线购物(shopping online)之外，我浏览器中的另一个主要活动是打字。输入电子邮件、填写表格、在社交网站上输入消息、为我的网站撰写文章等。基本上，输入很多，而且不可避免地会出现很多输入错误。
Grammarly是一个简洁的扩展，可以在您输入一大堆不同的网络应用程序(web apps)时检查您的拼写和语法(spelling and grammar)。大多数网络浏览器（如Chrome）已经检查拼写，但Grammarly会为您提供类似单词的句子结构(sentence structure)、正确措辞等方面的建议。
uBlock 起源
企业为其组织购买的大多数硬件防火墙都具有 Web 阻止程序，以防止用户意外访问网络钓鱼或恶意软件站点。他们通过查看大量不良域和URL(URLs)的黑名单来工作。
uBlock Origin是一个可以做到这一点的扩展，但它以一种高效且节省内存的方式为您的个人计算机服务。安装后，您可以选择要保护自己免受的不同列表，仅此而已。有时它会阻止它不应该阻止的东西(block something)，但是对于您所在的当前网站禁用它非常容易。从安全角度(security perspective)强烈(Highly)推荐。
把灯关掉
正如我之前提到的，当我在电脑上工作时，我会看很多视频。除了 YouTube，我还查看了其他视频网站，Turn Off the Lights让体验更加愉快。它基本上将所有内容都涂黑或替换除了具有漂亮背景的视频之外的所有内容。它确实不是您必须安装的扩展程序，但如果您在计算机上观看大量视频，那么拥有它绝对是一件好事。
特别是对于YouTube，您可以让它仅自动播放高分辨率版本(resolution version)的视频。如果您有 2K 或 4K 显示器并且必须不断更改每个视频的这些设置，这很好。
火枪
最后，有时您必须对浏览器中的内容进行屏幕截图，并且此插件比尝试使用Windows 截图工具或(Windows Snipping tool or something)类似工具要好得多。FireShot可以捕获完整的滚动网页并将它们保存为图像或PDF文件。您可以一次将所有选项卡捕获到单个PDF并将其上传到OneNote。您还可以编辑屏幕截图并对其进行注释。
因此，这些是几乎任何人在使用Chrome(Chrome)时每天都可以使用的十个扩展程序。我尽量让它们保持一般性，所以它们中的大多数会在你甚至没有注意到的情况下在后台完成它们的工作。享受！
10 Awesome Chrome Extensions You Should Install
I’m a big fan of Google Chrome and I feel it’s got just as many extеnsiоnѕ as Firefox has add-ons. І also just prefer to use Сhrome over IE, Edge or Firefox because I use Gmaіl, Google Photos, Google Drive and a whole host of other Google products.
There are literally hundreds of great extensions that you can install to enhance Chrome in various ways. There are specific extensions for developers, music lovers, gamers, bloggers, and a bunch of other categories. However, there are some extensions that are more universal and can help pretty much anyone in their daily tasks.
In this article, I’m going to talk about several extensions that I think everyone should install. Even if you haven’t heard of some of these, give them a try before you decide against using them. Having a lot of extensions installed can also slow down your browsing experience, so pick and choose what works best for you, but give each extension a try. You can easily delete or disable an extension in Chrome.
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.
Speed Dial 2
One of the first things I like to customize in Google Chrome is the new tab page. By default, it’s a boring list of some recently visited sites and that’s pretty much it. 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.
When I’m browsing the web, I just want quick access to my favorite sites. Speed Dial 2 does that by allowing you to organize all your pages and apps into groups. You can also customize the theme and heavily customize the layout. Lastly, you can create an account and sync everything across all your devices.
LastPass
If you don’t use any password manager yet, then make sure you try LastPass. If you’re using something like KeePass, then don’t worry about this extension. If you use another password manager like 1Pass, then make sure to install their extension. 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.
A password manager lets you create complex passwords that are different for each site. You obviously can’t memorize them, so you have to store them somewhere. The obvious fear most people have is that one of these companies will be hacked themselves and all your passwords will be leaked. That is a possibility and that’s why a lot of people use local databases like KeePass. That being said, I’ve been using LastPass for years and they’ve had one incident, which didn’t result in any compromised passwords.
HTTPS Everywhere
HTTPS Everywhere is one of those extensions you should just install and forget about. It basically tries to use HTTPS security on a site if it’s not already secure. It’s from the folks over at EFF, which is a great organization that exists to protect consumers in the digital world.
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 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.
Disconnect
Disconnect is also another extension you can install and just leave. It’s a great privacy tool for making sure every website you visit isn’t tracking everything you do online. In addition, because it blocks tracking, it also saves data and reduces the load time for sites. A lot of requests made to a website are just for the tracking cookies, tracking scripts, etc.
Adblock Plus
Even 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. 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.
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. The only downside to this extension is that some of the big sites, like Forbes.com, detect ad blocking extensions and won’t let you enter unless you whitelist their site first.
Honey
I was a little skeptical of this extension at first, but the crazy number of good reviews finally made me try it. In the end, I have to say it’s pretty awesome. If you’re online, you have done some kind of online shopping. If you’re like me, you probably buy most things online except for groceries.
Honey will automatically try to find coupons and apply them when you are checking out. 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. At this point, there are no ads or anything intrusive and hopefully that doesn’t change in the future. It recently saved me $255 on a Dell XPS laptop!
Grammarly
Outside of browsing web pages, watching videos and shopping online, the other major activity in my browser is typing. Typing emails, filling out forms, typing messages in social networking sites, writing articles for my sites, etc. Basically, it’s a lot of typing and inevitably a lot of typing mistakes occur.
Grammarly is a neat extension that will check your spelling and grammar as you type in a whole bunch of different web apps. Most web browsers like Chrome already check spelling, but Grammarly will give you Word-like suggestions for sentence structure, proper wording, etc.
uBlock Origin
Most hardware firewalls that businesses buy for their organizations have web blockers to prevent users from accidentally visiting phishing or malware sites. They work by looking at huge blacklists of bad domains and URLs.
uBlock Origin is an extension that does just that, but in an efficient and memory-saving way for your personal computer. Once you install it, you choose the different lists you would like to protect yourself against and that’s it. Sometimes it’ll block something it shouldn’t, but it’s super easy to disable it for the current website you are on. Highly recommended from a security perspective.
Turn Off the Lights
As I mentioned previously, I’m watching a lot of video when I’m working on my computer. In addition to just YouTube, I also check out other video sites and Turn Off the Lights makes the experience more enjoyable. It basically blacks everything out or replaces everything except the video with a nice background. It’s really not an extension you must install, but if you watch a ton of video on your computer, it’s definitely nice to have.
For YouTube specifically, you can have it play only the high resolution version of videos automatically. This is nice if you have a 2K or 4K monitor and have to keep changing those settings for every video.
FireShot
Lastly, sometimes you have to take screenshots of what’s in your browser and this plugin is way better than trying to use the Windows Snipping tool or something like that. FireShot can capture full scrolling web pages and save them as images or PDF files. You can capture all tabs at once to a single PDF and upload it to OneNote. You can also edit the screenshots and annotate them.
So those are ten extensions that pretty much anyone can use on a daily basis when using Chrome. I tried to keep them as general as possible, so most of them will do their work in the background without you even noticing. Enjoy!
