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General
- BrowserFame is a website dedicated to browsers, web apps, internet trends, HTML5 and related stuff.
Bookmarklet to launch site without tabs or bookmarks. Hiding the address bar is forbidden due to anti-phishing.
javascript:window.open(location.href, "detab", "toolbar=0")
- https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Profile-sync-daemon - caches browser profiles in tmpfs (RAM)
Services
- Xmarks - bookmarks (and tab) sync (and web access)
- iPhone view - nicer for quick access
Bookmarklets
- Making Bookmarklets - gist
- Bookmarklets for text manipulation - 5typos.net by Roberto Mateu - "after some head-scratching I modified some existing bookmarklets to make them work for me"
javascript:%28function%28s%29%7Btry%7Bs=document.selection.createRange%28%29.text%7Dcatch%28_%29%7Bs=document.getSelection%28%29%7Dprompt%28%27MediaWiki Copy%27,%27%5Cn%2A %5B%27+location+%27 %27+document.title+%27%5d - %27+s+%27%5Cn%27%29%7D%29%28%29 # MediaWiki copy title/url/selected text
Readability
- https://code.google.com/archive/p/arc90labs-readability - no direct draggable bookmarklet link
Firefox
In about:config;
browser.sessionstore.restore_pinned_tabs_on_demand
Hotkeys
Select Location Bar:
- Alt+D
- Ctrl+L
Plugins
- https://github.com/piroor/treestyletab/issues/1544 - Instructions for Firefox 68: Go to Tools > Add-Ons > Find "Tree Style Tab" and click on the three dots "..." next to its entry to select "Preferences" > Scroll all the way down to an expandable menu named "All Configs" > Click on the small black triangle to expand the menu if it isn't already > Uncheck the checkboxes autoAttach and syncParentTabAndOpenerTab.
- https://github.com/mbnuqw/sidebery - Firefox extension for managing tabs and bookmarks in sidebar.
- https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome - Bypass Paywalls web browser extension for Chrome and Firefox.
- https://github.com/andreicristianpetcu/google_translate_this - This WebExtension translates the current page with Google Translate. It does so on demand so it does not change the page unless the user selected this.
- https://github.com/stoically/temporary-containers - Firefox Add-on that lets you open automatically managed disposable containers
Themes
- Firefox Color – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-GB) - Build, save and share beautiful Firefox themes.
User Chrome
- userChrome.css for Customizing Firefox - userChrome.css holds style rules for modifying Firefox's user interface. You can find users on the web offering a wide range of ready-to-paste style recipes, and communities where you can request help with rules to make your Firefox look just the way you want. And it's all free.
Keyboard control
Development
Tools Adaptor
Security
Sync
- https://known.phyks.me/2015/self-hosting-firefox-sync-15 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10721876
- https://wiki.mozilla.org/Identity/Firefox_Accounts
- https://github.com/mozilla/fxa-auth-server - The Firefox Accounts authentication server.
- https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver - Run-Your-Own Firefox Sync Server
Other
Voice
- https://github.com/mozilla/firefox-voice - Firefox Voice is an experiment in a voice-controlled web user agent
Nightly
- The Burning Edge - Firefox nightly build changelog
- https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=128749 - autoupdate permissions issue
Variations
- https://github.com/intika/Librefox - aims at enforcing privacy and security of Firefox without forking the project.
Future
- Boot to Gecko - mobile os
Is now called Firefox OS
- http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/mozilla-firefox-os-developer-86176
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_OS
- Servo - Gecko engine replacement, written in Rust
Chrome
Chrome has jumped the shark:
- Tell HN: Using Gmail? You will be force logged into Chrome | Hacker News
- Why I’m done with Chrome | Hacker News
- Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to delete all cookies | Hacker News
- Chrome is a Google Service that happens to include a Browser Engine | Hacker News
Internals
Shift+ESC process manager
- chrome://version
- chrome://net-internals
- chrome://flags (or about:flags)
Cache
Files are cached with weird names. To find, say PDFs:
find ~/.cache/google-chrome -type f -exec file {} + | grep PDF
Chromium
- Download latest stable Chromium binaries (64-bit and 32-bit) - auto-updated website to easily download latest stable version or good build of Chromium web browser. All is free and open-source.
- http://www.chromestatus.com/features
- https://chromium-build.appspot.com/p/chromium/console - build monitor and changelog
- https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/
- Debian Bug report logs - #792580 - chromium: Chromium calls home even in incognito mode with safe browsing turned off [3]
Keyboard control
- Linux keyboard shortcuts
- chrome keyboard shortcuts
- https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/shortcuts
Ctrl+PgUp tab left Ctrl+PgDown tab right
middle click open link in new tab Ctrl+Shift+N open link in new tab and follow
Ctrl+L Highlights the URL. Ctrl+K or Ctrl+E Places a '?' in the address bar. Type a search term after the question mark to perform a search using your default search engine.
Multiple profiles
Two methods; multiple browser profiles, and multiple users.
browser profiles;
- http://www.chromium.org/developers/creating-and-using-profiles
- http://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/multiple-profiles
multiple user accounts;
Vimium
u half-page up d half-page down J/L tab left/right
Webkit
Dev Tools
chrome://inspect/
Introductions
I/O videos;
- Google Chrome Developer Tools
- Google I/O 2013 - Chrome DevTools Revolutions
- Google I/O 2012 - Chrome Developer Tools Evolution
- Google I/O 2011: Chrome Dev Tools Reloaded
Guides
- https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/tips-and-tricks
- http://discover-devtools.codeschool.com/
- http://bgrins.github.io/devtools-snippets/
Extensions
- http://developer.chrome.com/extensions/experimental.devtools.audits.html
- http://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/extensions/how-the-extension-system-works/chrome-benchmarking-extension
To sort
Mobile
Extensions
- Chrome Extensions for Web Hackers, Part Ⅰ: Introduction - March 28th, 2010
- AdBlock Plus - do not use, nor AdBlock
- µBlock is not an ad blocker; it's a general-purpose blocker. µBlock blocks ads through its support of the Adblock Plus filter syntax. µBlock extends the syntax and is designed to work with custom rules and filters.
- https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-vs.-ABP:-efficiency-compared [7]
- https://github.com/quenhus/uBlock-Origin-dev-filter - Filters to block and remove copycat-websites from DuckDuckGo, Google and other search engines. Specific to dev websites like StackOverflow or GitHub.
- saves form content in case of page change or crash
- Fauxbar - Fauxbar makes Chrome's New Tab page act like Firefox's Awesome Bar. Needs a fast PC!
- Xmarks Bookmark Sync - Bookmark transfer without a Google Account.
- Tab Menu - quicker tab jump
- AutoScroll - changed linux middle mouse click behaviour on web pages from paste to autoscroll
Media
Better CPU usage with an external player:
Security
- https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/http-switchboard/mghdpehejfekicfjcdbfofhcmnjhgaag - use with caution
- https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix/ - fork of above
Productivity
- TabCopy - Quickly copy tab titles and URLs to the clipboard
- https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/create-link/gcmghdmnkfdbncmnmlkkglmnnhagajbm?hl=en or
- https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tabcopy/micdllihgoppmejpecmkilggmaagfdmb?hl=en-US or
- https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/have-i-downloaded-this-be/apjambapclnlphnllchfdlmhaijeamah
- You Lack Discipline!
- Controlled multi-tab browsing - not stuck with
- https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/session-buddy/edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko?hl=en-GB
- https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tabs-outliner/eggkanocgddhmamlbiijnphhppkpkmkl?hl=en-GB
- https://github.com/Connorhd/TabCloud
- https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/keyboard-detachreattach-t/fcdnbffbdamioochllldblfcblgifjcp
- LipSurf - a Google Chrome extension that enables users to browse with their voice — augmenting the mouse/keyboard paradigm, enabling hands-free productivity. [12]
History
Development
- ColorZilla - colour picker
- Page Ruler - get dimension or area size and position
- http://felixniklas.com/dimensions/ [14]
- Get jQuery Selector Path
- Request Maker - Log, edit and send HTTP requests
- Incognito This! - copy tab address into incognito
- NOREF suppress link referrer info (for dev2prod links)
- http://www.getpostman.com/ - http requests
Themes
Accessibility
- Accessibility: Keyboard Access - The Chromium Projects - An important design goal is for Chrome to be fully accessible via the keyboard. Many users with disabilities may be unable to use a mouse or other pointing device, and there are many scenarios where power users prefer keyboard shortcuts.
Site specific
- Reddit Enhancement Suite - RES is essential for Reddit viewing
- Social Fixer - fix facebook
- Pinboard Plus - for pinboard.in
- ModHeader - Modify HTTP request and response headers
Other
- https://github.com/rhetr/chromeish - control chrome with shell, what could go wrong? (WIP)
Safari
Opera
Internet Explorer / Edge
- http://www.ie6countdown.com/
- http://theie7countdown.com/
- http://theie8countdown.com/
- http://theie9countdown.com/
- http://theie10countdown.com/
Console
Links
- http://links.twibright.com/
- -g for graphics needs enabling in compile, or see links-g-directfb in AUR
Lynx
W3M
- W3M - a text-based web browser as well as a pager like `more' or `less'. With w3m you can browse web pages through a terminal emulator window (xterm, rxvt or something like that). Moreover, w3m can be used as a text formatting tool which typesets HTML into plain text.
edbrowse
- edbrowse - a combination editor, browser, and mail client that is 100% text based. The interface is similar to /bin/ed, though there are many more features, such as editing multiple files simultaneously, and rendering html. This program was originally written for blind users, but many sighted users have taken advantage of the unique scripting capabilities of this program, which can be found nowhere else. A batch job, or cron job, can access web pages on the internet, submit forms, and send email, with no human intervention whatsoever. edbrowse can also tap into databases through odbc. It was primarily written by Karl Dahlke.
Lightweight GUI
- NetSurf Web Browser - Small as a mouse, fast as a cheetah and available for free. NetSurf is a multi-platform web browser for RISC OS, UNIX-like platforms (including Linux), Mac OS X, and more. Whether you want to check your webmail, read the news or post to discussion forums, NetSurf is your lightweight gateway to the world wide web. Actively developed, NetSurf is continually evolving and improving.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetSurf - implements most of the HTML 4 and CSS 2.1 specifications. has a framebuffer port.
- Zetakey - Enable embedded device with latest HTML5 browser. It is a Webkit-based browser solution that offers HTML5 compliance, high-performance browser for Embedded Linux, Windows CE 5/6, Compact 7 and Windows Mobile.
- surf - a simple suckless web browser based on WebKit2/GTK+. It is able to display websites and follow links. It supports the XEmbed protocol which makes it possible to embed it in another application. Furthermore, one can point surf to another URI by setting its XProperties.
- http://www.conkeror.org/ - not so light
- vimb - a fast and lightweight vim like web browser based on the webkit web browser engine and the GTK toolkit. Vimb is modal like the great vim editor and also easily configurable during runtime. Vimb is mostly keyboard driven and does not detract you from your daily work. If your are familiar with vim or have some experience with pentadactyl the use of vimb would be a breeze, if not we missed our target.
- https://github.com/atlas-engineer/next - a keyboard-oriented, extensible web-browser designed for power users. It has familiar key-bindings (Emacs, VI), is fully configurable and extensible in Lisp, and has powerful features for productive professionals.
- Browsh - a fully-modern text-based browser. It renders anything that a modern browser can; HTML5, CSS3, JS, video and even WebGL. It can be used from a terminal or from within a normal browser. Its main purpose is to significantly reduce bandwidth and thus both increase browsing speeds and decrease bandwidth costs.
Mosaic
- https://github.com/mistydemeo/mosaic-ck - a hacked version of Mosaic 2.7b5
Other
- Pale Moon - an Open Source, Goanna-based web browser available for Microsoft Windows and Linux (with other operating systems in development), focusing on efficiency and customization. Pale Moon offers you a browsing experience in a browser completely built from its own, independently developed source that has been forked off from Firefox/Mozilla code a number of years ago, with carefully selected features and optimizations to improve the browser's stability and user experience, while offering full customization and a growing collection of extensions and themes to make the browser truly your own.
- http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/10/bittorrent-maelstrom-beta/ - bittorrent/distributed [20]
Extensions
- TabFS - a browser extension that mounts your browser tabs as a filesystem on your computer.Out of the box, it supports Chrome and (to a lesser extent1) Firefox and Safari, on macOS and Linux. ** https://github.com/osnr/TabFS
- Dark Reader - How to enable Dark Mode on Facebook, Amazon, YouTube, Google Search, Wikipedia, Twitter and many other websites? Install Dark Reader browser extension. Configure the dark theme: brightness, contrast and sepia. Enable for all websites or particular domains.
- joelshepherd/tabliss: A beautiful, customisable New Tab page for Firefox, Chrome, and Edge. - A beautiful, customisable New Tab page for Firefox and Chrome.
User scripts
- Violentmonkey - An open source userscript manager.
Usage
Text Fragments
- Text Fragments - adds support for specifying a text snippet in the URL fragment. When navigating to a URL with such a fragment, the user agent can quickly emphasise and/or bring it to the user’s attention.
- Highlight Poetry - Finding poetry in other people’s webpages
Capabilities
- HTML5test - How well does your browser support HTML5?
- Can I use... - provides up-to-date browser support tables for support of front-end web technologies on desktop and mobile web browsers.The site was built and is maintained by Alexis Deveria, with occasional updates provided by the web development community. The design used as of 2014 was largely created by Lennart Schoors.
- Browserscope - a community-driven project for profiling web browsers. The goals are to foster innovation by tracking browser functionality and to be a resource for web developers.Gathering test results from users "in the wild" is the most important and useful feature of Browserscope - and you can participate!
- WhatDevice - a web app that displays information about your computer, tablet, phone, or other internet-connected device. The code is available on GitHub.
- https://github.com/web-platform-tests/wpt - a W3C-coordinated attempt to build a cross-browser testsuite for the Web-platform stack. Writing tests in a way that allows them to be run in all browsers gives browser projects confidence that they are shipping software that is compatible with other implementations, and that later implementations will be compatible with their implementations. This in turn gives Web authors/developers confidence that they can actually rely on the Web platform to deliver on the promise of working across browsers and devices without needing extra layers of abstraction to paper over the gaps left by specification editors and implementors.