10 Google Chrome Extensions for Boosting Your Productivity

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20 points·jggube··8 comments

Another great one: StayFocusd https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/laankejkbhbdhmip...

It restricts the time you can spend on time-wasting websites.

The most important addon for any browser: Lastpass https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/hdokiejnpimakedh...

I don't have to deal with passwords anymore it saves me at least 20 min a day, and takes away all the worries of forgetting login info. Please try it, it really is that good.

I'd also suggest "Smooth Gestures"

https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/lfkgmnnajiljnolc...

Some of the functionality is pretty cool (i.e., haven't seen it in All-in-One Gestures for Firefox), like merging and splitting tabs.

What do you mean with "merging and splitting tabs"? for Firefox I use the good old FireGestures https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6366 For Chrome I used Mouse Stroke https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/aeaoofnhgocdbnbe..., but I will give "Smooth Gestures" a try.

Update: "Smooth Gestures" are better than "Mouse Stroke", thanks a lot!

PS: You can not possibly make an "productivity addons" collection without Mouse gestures, they increase your browsing speed easily by 100%.

Glad you like it!

Splitting in Smooth Gestures means taking the current tab and those to the right and moving them to a separate window. Merging takes the current window's tabs and appends them to the last focused window.

One annoying thing it does on OS X: I have to right click twice to get a right click dialog. Also, I had to delete some shortcuts that overwrote my text navigation shortcuts (like skip by word with alt + left/right arrow).

Shameless plug for my click+drag extension: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/ljecomdaijmibeca...

I can sincerely recommend it since it was made to scratch my own itch.

https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/mokmnbikneoaenmc...

this one boosts my productivity

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