Google Chrome: the 6 best extensions of 2022 to get the most out of the web

Google Chrome is the most used browser in the world. With a market share of over 64%, computers, mobile phones and tablets typically use this option to surf the web. And there are ways to make the experience even better: using well -known extensions (or isaksak).

Google Chrome extensions are add -ons – usually built in HTML, CSS, or JavaScript – that can install to add functionality to the browser. This includes adding new options or changing existing program habits to make it more convenient for the user.

For example, Evernote to take notes or LastPass to manage passwords. Another very useful is one called “The Great Suspender”, especially for those who open multiple tabs: as each tab eats up computer memory, this plugin suspends their use until we click on them. And it speeds up the speed of the machine.

So, although Safari (Apple), Firefox and even “Samsung Internet” –a browsing option that comes by default on South Korean brand phones- have its users, Chrome is the undisputed king.

Chrome extensions are located and installed from the three dots in the upper right corner of the window, then “More tools” and “Extensions.” Attention: it is important to install recognized plugins, for security reasons, that is often digitally signed. They have the following verification legend under their name:

then, 6 Google Chrome extensions which enhances the browsing experience.

Evernote Web Clipper

Evernote Web Clipper allows you to save web pages, articles, or PDF files to an in-app account. This is very useful for notes, articles or links that we have found and we do not have time to see right now, but they serve us for later.

The nice thing is it syncs across devices, so you can save an article to your desktop and then open it in the Evernote mobile app later.

In addition, it allows you to record an entire page or a “chunk” (hence its name “clipper”). It allows you to organize the contents into folders, within the extension.

Awesome Screenshots

To take screenshots. But it is more than that.

The useful thing about Awesome Screenshot is it lets you capture the screen you are viewing, the entire page or a specifically selected area.

Captures can be quickly annotated and then saved to the computer or in the cloud. The screen recording feature has several similar features, including an option to include different screen movements.

Despite all the functions it has It’s pretty straightforward and simple to use.

Google Translate

An inevitable classic, in a plugin version. Why leave the tab we are doing and open another tab if we can get it all in one place?

Google Translate has an extension that makes the job easier. Nothing more to add: right click on what you want to translate and it generates text in Spanish (or the selected language) for now.

forest

There is an English word for “spending a lot of time on social media”: doomscrolling. If you think you recognize this and you can’t finish your job, or you’re losing concentration when doing homework for school or studying for an exam, there are solutions that force you to finish the job. once and for all.

Forest blocks pages we ask you to block, but by default, it blocks social networks. And it does it in a very nice format: if we avoid opening those sites, our forest will grow. This is an app that handles the meaning of reward very well.

The forest is, after all, an extension to gain something we have lost over time: concentration.

The Great Suspended

For those with a tendency to open multiple tabs: they may not be aware of the problem it generates with ram memory. The more tabs we open, the worse the team’s performance will be.

How does this work? It detects inactive tabs and “turns them off”, to reduce the huge RAM memory consumption that Chrome makes.

RAM memory is used per session to store application data. The problem is the most used browser in the world is “hungry for RAM”, as the jargon says. Meaning: ask for a lot.

When memory runs out, the computer slows down because it has no resources. The Great Suspender is a solution to this problem.

Problem that, in essence, has a more “simple” solution: open fewer tabs. But we all know it’s not that simple, so a system that’s paused in the memory usage of tabs is good.

They are reactivated when you click on them again.

ad-block

No plugin list is complete without an ad blocker. These extensions, as their name suggests, remove ads from the pages we visit. Even in YouTube videos.

The problem they will develop is, for those who workit can cause some particular inconvenience like not opening some particular tool.

If you only use Chrome for browsing, scrolling social networks, visiting news sites and email, Adblock is required.

SL