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Must have browser plugins?

Asif DaslAsif Dasl Member Posts: 2,116 ■■■■■■■■□□
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I use chrome, I've installed these so far:

LastPass - Well Duh
Google Docs
Google Translate
Hover Hound - NewEgg price comparison
The Camerlizer - Amazon.com price tracker
Elmnts - study sounds
Timer - countdown/alarm

Any others which I'm missing out on?

I'd be interested in hearing plugins for other browsers too...

Thanks in advance!
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    Vask3nVask3n Member Posts: 517
    Adblock Plus is an almost impulsive installation for me nowadays for a new browser setup.
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    yzTyzT Member Posts: 365 ■■■□□□□□□□
    No one. The more plugins you have the more exposed you are ;)
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    JasminLandryJasminLandry Member Posts: 601 ■■■□□□□□□□
    yzT wrote: »
    No one. The more plugins you have the more exposed you are ;)

    Same for me! And I find that they slow down your browser.
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    nosoup4unosoup4u Member Posts: 365
    Adblock plus
    Ghostery
    Webmail Block
    Flash Block
    Noscript
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    LauraMalaveLauraMalave Member Posts: 52 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Netcraft Anti-Phishing toolbar
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    Vask3nVask3n Member Posts: 517
    yzT wrote: »
    No one. The more plugins you have the more exposed you are ;)
    JasminLandry wrote: »
    Same for me! And I find that they slow down your browser.

    Another perspective on this is the tradeoff of having the plugin installed vs the service it provides you.

    For Adblock plus, which is an open source plugin (we can see any potential backdoors or malicious code that might be in there) and removes multiple types of page ads including those video ads that play before the stuff you want to watch on Youtube, I would say the tradeoff of having a plugin installed is worth the minimal to no performance loss you get from it.

    On top of that, many of those ads that are being blocked by Adblock can be malicious in nature so from a security perspective you are probably better off having Adblock installed than not having it installed.
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    Asif DaslAsif Dasl Member Posts: 2,116 ■■■■■■■■□□
    @yzT & @JasminLandry - not even LastPass? I thought everybody used that these days, I even use a fingerprint reader to properly secure it too.

    I can't say I've seen any slowdown at all, and I'm not looking for anything which adds sparkles to my website or anthing. I feel like I've just said I use registry cleaners on my PC! haha..


    @nosoup4u & LauraMalave - Thanks, I'll check those out later.

    ^^ Edit - I agree with Vask3n's post above!
    You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. - Naguib Mahfouz

    The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent. - Arnold Schwarzenegger
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    JasminLandryJasminLandry Member Posts: 601 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Vask3n wrote: »
    Another perspective on this is the tradeoff of having the plugin installed vs the service it provides you.

    For Adblock plus, which is an open source plugin (we can see any potential backdoors or malicious code that might be in there) and removes multiple types of page ads including those video ads that play before the stuff you want to watch on Youtube, I would say the tradeoff of having a plugin installed is worth the minimal to no performance loss you get from it.

    On top of that, many of those ads that are being blocked by Adblock can be malicious in nature so from a security perspective you are probably better off having Adblock installed than not having it installed.

    Interesting! I'll give them a try.
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    BryzeyBryzey Member Posts: 260
    Firefox:

    Ad block plus
    Self destructing cookies
    Do not track me
    Flashblock
    Lastpass
    Download them all
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