10 Best Safari Extensions for Web Designers & Developers

Apple’s Safari web browser is beloved by many Apple and Mac enthusiasts. It’s a solid alternative to Chrome (and often does a great job on the privacy and security front). There are some great Safari extensions that can help designers increase their productivity, and create a better browsing experience.

You can find all of these extensions in Apple’s extensions gallery , but we’ve curated some of our favorites below. Whether you’re wanting to improve your typeface recognition, understand what’s powering a website behind the scenes, or better check your grammar—we’ve got you covered!

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1. Fontface Ninja

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Fontface Ninja is a free browser extension that helps you figure out and try fonts. You can inspect, try, buy and bookmark any fonts on any website with just a couple of clicks.

When installed, just hover over a typeface to see the font name, size, line spacing, line height and color of the letters. Then you can click to try a typeface without leaving the website where you are browsing. Plus, Fontface can provide the price and links to buy for more than 30,000 typefaces.

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2. Everhour Time Tracker

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Everhour Time Tracker keeps track of how much time you spend working in project management tools. It’s a great extension to help designers (and freelancers) see exactly how much time they are spending on certain functions.

You can use the time tracking tool to link to invoicing and payroll systems.

The real bonus is that it connects to plenty of apps – particularly popular project management tools such as Asana, Trello, Basecamp and JIRA.

3. HoverSee

HoverSee allows users to hover the mouse over an image or link to enlarge photos or preview website content before actually clicking a link.

HoverSee allows users to see enhanced content for thumbnail images on social media and news websites, links to image galleries, links to video content, direct links to images and likes to any websites that are enabled by the user.

This is a nifty extension if you want to take a look at information quickly without losing track of where you are working. It can be a time-saver.

4. Notifier for GitHub

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Notifications for GitHub displays a great little tool to read notifications you have on GitHub. This can be a helpful companion for active users who don’t want to log in to see what is happening with their forks.

5. Theme and Plugins Detector for WordPress

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Do you ever wonder what tools are powering another website? The Theme and Plugins Detector for WordPress tells you exactly what’s working in the background of other websites on the popular content management system.

With one click of a small button in the toolbar, you can see the theme and version, as well as the version of WordPress that’s running. It also detects other plugins that are in use and include short descriptions of them with links and pricing.

6. Grammarly

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Grammarly’s extension helps polish your writing right in the web browser. The tool – which comes with free ad paid versions of the software – provides easy, accurate proofreading as you write.

It can detect grammar, spelling and style errors to help keep your website designs clean and polished from start to finish. It will suggest changes on the screen so that you can click to adjust or ignore a suggestion and keep moving forward. (This is one of those tools that can really save you from looking silly because of a mistake.)

7. Track Duck

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TrackDuck is a feedback gathering tool that comes with a paid plan. It helps you gather feedback at all steps in the website design process.

You can share mockups, development phases and more and get feedback from other users. It works with multiple CMS platforms such as WordPress, MODX, Squarespace and Shopify.

8. Rebrandly

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Are your web links long and cumbersome? The Rebrandly extension and platform allow you create and share shorter linkers using your custom domain.

You can brand links to help make them easier for users to remember. Plus, this tool helps improve brand visibility because you are using your domain, not a third-party. It will also help users trust your links because they won’t include oddball text and is optimized for search.

The extension is easy to use and will save time in your workflow down the line. You won’t have to change old and clunky links, which can hurt established linking. Plus you can share directly to social media channels.

9. SEOquake

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SEOquake allows you to check search engine optimization quickly with this extension.

You can conduct an SEO audit, take a look at internal and external links, compare domains and URLs (even in real time) and export your information.

The extension works fast and doesn’t put a lot of drag on your system while providing a quick and simple SEO audit on your website. The included toolbar also provides information about SEO for other websites while you are browsing so you can compare to your own. Another key feature of the tool is a keyword analysis that helps you visualize all the keywords used in a specific website design.

Plus, you can customize this extension to only display the information you want to see, so there’s no cumbersome interface to deal with.

10. Stylish

Stylish lets you customize your favorite websites – think giving Facebook a facelift – with custom CSS or by using thousands of other user styles powered by the active Stylish community. The extension functions by using Google Analytics.

The best part of great web browser extensions is that they can keep you from repeating certain tasks throughout the day. For many designers, this can be a huge time-saver. You can find all of these extensions on the Apple Safari Extensions page in the App Store .

Are there any Safari extensions you love that aren’t on this list? Tell us on Twitter; just make sure to tag @designshack .

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Safari Extensions enable you to quickly customise Apple 's web browser and are grouped into a range of categories including Social Networking, Bookmarking, News and Developer. These handy tools use the latest HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript web technologies and they’re often free to install. Here are five freebies to add to your browser today...

01. Responsive Resize

Responsive Resize helps you test your site on various screen resolutions

Tired of resizing your browser window by hand? This free extension - it will save you tons of time.

Responsive Resize is the perfect tool for designers who need a quick method to test their website on various screen resolutions. Essentially, then, it helps speed up the development stages of responsive design.

A drop down menu allows you to select the appropriate size, automatically re-sizing the Safari viewport with pixel precision to one of several preset widths ranging from Full Screen to 320px. There is an input field to enter your required viewport width if what you desire is not saved as a preset value.

02. Image Search

Developed by Midwinter Duncan Grant, Image Search provides quick and cleverly contextual access to Google Image Search. This Safari Extension empowers you to set image specifications regarding size, colour, category or file type; in addition, you can create five customisable preset searches. The desired search will open as a separate Safari tab in the current window. A considerably helpful extension for any creative professional.

03. WasteNoTime

Set time limits on your visits to particular sites

Waste No Time monitors your web browsing and sets time limits on certain appointed sites. Specify which sites you would like to block and/or the amount of time you wish to spend on each, WasteNoTime will kick you off when the time is up.

Fundamentally, Waste No Time manages your time spent on the internet more efficiently. If you have the best intentions to work and find yourself easily distracted, this could be your personal anti-procrastination tool.

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04. Coda Notes

Coda Notes lets you annotate websites

Web designers awaiting feedback from colleagues, or even clients, will benefit from Coda Notes, which lets you draw annotations on websites. Once the toolbar icon is selected a drop-down menu appears, displaying five simple tools to annotate with.

You have the ability to draw, highlight, erase, leave sticky notes and enter text, all on top of a web page. Once you have finished making notes, click ‘send notes’ and email a screenshot to your chosen recipient.

05. Dribbb(b)le

Dribbb(b)le makes Dribbble nicer to browse

Since Dribbble is a design community, it's safe to assume that all the users will have high screen resolutions. So this Safari Extension, created by Eren Emre , increases the width of it from 940px to 1104px. It also kills all the tiny thumbnails on Dribbble and replaces them with bigger, 400x300 versions.

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Aaron Kitney is a freelance graphic designer and art director based in London and Vancouver. He specialises in branding, identity, web design, publication design, packaging and book design.

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Many of us seek tips and tricks to simplify our work — designers included. Some tasks can be very simple but take a lot of time — for example, trying to figure out the exact colors in a competitor's color palette. Other tasks could require help from someone else — for example,  proofreading your CV or portfolio.

We asked around the Uxcel team and made a list of browser extensions that both designers and non-designers like using. These 10 tools can save your time, money, and effort, inspire you, and boost your productivity and creativity.

  • WhatFont for Chrome & Safari
  • Grammarly for Chrome & Safari
  • ColorZilla for Chrome
  • Page Ruler Redux for Chrome
  • FireShot for Chrome
  • Dark Reader for Safari & Chrome
  • HoverSee for Safari
  • Muzli 2 for Chrome & Safari
  • Evernote Web Clipper for Chrome & Safari
  • Stay Focusd for Chrome

1. WhatFont for Chrome & Safari

WhatFont browser extension

The WhatFont extension provides a simple and elegant way of identifying fonts on a web page. Forget hunting through the code and looking for a typeface that has caught your eye. Hover the mouse on the text — and voilà! WhatFont tells you what typeface it is. You can see even more details on click: font style, weight, size, line height, and color. WhatFont has 2 significant advantages: the extension exists for both Chrome and Safari, and it can identify typefaces in any language.

Try WhatFont for Chrome

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2. Grammarly for Chrome & Safari

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Smaller teams often don't have full-time copywriters or UX-writers. In cases like this, the copy can become the designers' responsibility. You might need to write UX microcopy and social media posts, not to mention emails to your team. Also, the ability to write solid copy is a massive addition to your professional skill set. With Grammarly, you can stop worrying about spelling errors or weird sentence structure. This extension acts like your personal writing assistant. It underlines pieces that need improvement and provides immediate and specific suggestions.

Try Grammarly for Chrome

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That said, AI tools cannot replace a strong foundational knowledge in UX writing — check out our UX Writing course to build yours.

3. ColorZilla for Chrome

ColorZilla for Chrome

A sustainable, thoughtful color palette is the foundation of any design. ColorZilla is an extension with a range of features that are helpful when working with color. The most used function is "Pick Color From Page." It automatically determines the hex value of the color you choose and copies it to the clipboard, allowing you to paste it right away in the drawing tool. ColorZilla keeps a history of all the colors you've picked, so you won't lose track of your top selections. Moreover, the extension can generate website palettes and create gradients that you can download in CSS format.

ColorZilla doesn't work for Safari, but you can use its alternative — Color Picker. It speeds up the process of picking colors and copies their value in any format you need: NSColor, UIColor, HEX, RGB, etc.

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Try Color Picke‪r for Safari

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4. Page Ruler Redux for Chrome

Page Ruler browser extension

Page Ruler Redux is a go-to tool for designers and web developers when they need precise element measurements. All you have to do is drag the mouse along the selected area to measure the distance between elements. The tool will also give you accurate height and width in pixels.

For Safari users, there's the Ruler extension with similar functionality. Ruler can also display rulers, guides, and frames over website content, allowing you to save and load guides for future reviews.

Try Page Ruler Redux for Chrome

Try Ruler for Safari

5. FireShot for Chrome

FireShot for Chrome

The FireShot extension has over 2 million users, which speaks volumes to its excellent functionality. It's a Chrome extension that allows you to:

  • Capture visible parts of web pages
  • Select and capture specific areas
  • Take screenshots of entire web pages
  • Edit and print screenshots
  • Save screenshots in various image formats, like PDF, JPEG, GIF, or PNG
  • Email a screenshot right away or copy it to the clipboard

Safari users can have a look at Awesome Screenshot, which is a similar extension. It provides decent functionality and allows you to capture, edit, and share screenshots anywhere you want.

Try FireShot for Chrome

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6. Dark Reader for Safari & Chrome

Dark Reader browser extension

If you have never worked late into the night, you're in the minority of designers. Isn't dark mode the best option for the darkest time of day? There's conflicting scientific evidence, but many people believe that dark mode reduces the negative impact of blue light. The blue light emitted by electronic devices is believed to cause eye strain, dry eyes, and severe migraines. The Dark Reader extension is a pet project of software engineer and accessibility activist Alexander Shutov who often works late and wanted to create a tool to ease eye tension in the dark.

With the Dark Reader extension, you can join the "dark side" regardless of the time of day. The tool allows users to adjust brightness, contrast, and font settings to make pages more readable. Plus, dark-themed websites look astonishingly elegant. The extension is available for both Safari and Chrome users.

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7. HoverSee for Safari

HoverSee browser extension

HoverSee's functionality is right in its name — when users hover the mouse over images and links, they see them larger and more clearly. The extension also provides previews of videos and websites alongside available descriptions. And, of course, it's a lifesaver for users with visual impairments.

HoverSee works great for websites with extensive image galleries and direct image links — for example, Facebook and Twitter. On Youtube, the extension automatically plays a video in its expanded mode. The tool is very easy to customize. You can adjust video delay, min and max zoom, whitelist or blacklist certain websites, autoplay or mute videos, and more.

HoverSee is available for Safari users only, but Chrome has an alternative tool — Hover Zoom+.

Try Hover Zoom+ for Chrome

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8. Muzli 2 for Chrome & Safari

Muzli 2 browser extension

You are probably familiar with creativity blocks. Sometimes you spend hours trying to produce something to no avail. As designers, we often look for sources of inspiration. For example, we read books, visit exhibitions, take different routes to the office or grocery store, try new hobbies, and stay up to date with the freshest design trends and news. With Muzli 2, you won't miss a thing in the design world and can always stay inspired. Once installed, it replaces your default home page. Every time you open the browser, Muzli 2 offers you a daily dose of beautiful designs, articles with helpful tips, exciting interviews, and freebies.

The Muzli 2 extension is made by the InVision app team — the creators of one of the best digital platforms for smooth team collaboration when designing products.

Try Muzli 2 for Chrome

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9. Evernote Web Clipper for Chrome & Safari

Evernote Web Clipper browser extension

The Evernote extension is a fantastic tool for those who like things to be neatly organized and sorted. If you often come across interesting articles or captivating headlines that you are too busy to read right away, Evernote has you covered. The creators of Evernote strive to reduce the number of open browser tabs, so the tool has been design to allow you to store all the interesting things that you find on the web in one place. You can also take screenshots, comment, highlight meaningful points, and share notes with your friends or colleagues.

Try Evernote for Chrome

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10. Stay Focusd for Chrome

StayFocusd browser extension

The secret to getting things done is not working 12 hours a day without shifting your eyes from the computer. It's about having regular and, most importantly, refreshing breaks. Procrastinating on Facebook or any other social media website won't do any good. The Stay Focusd extension has all the power to help you to, well, stay focused! For example, you can set limits for time-consuming websites. Once you reach a limit, the extension blocks access to that content for the rest of the day. It's similar to turning parental control on for yourself. The good news is that you can fully customize it yourself, too.

This extension isn't available for Safari users, but Waste No Time is a great alternative. It has the same functionality as Stay Focusd to help users stay on track and get things done.

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Other productivity hacks include creating task lists, getting enough sleep, taking breaks, and enjoying a hobby that takes your mind off work.

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9 Best Safari Extensions of 2024

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Like Chrome , Safari isn't just a stagnant web browser, it also has additional functionality via its Safari Extension plugins which take seconds to install . A form of add-on, Safari extensions now come bundled with relevant Mac apps, as well as via the App Store. 

Whether you're looking for productivity hacks, easy ways of saving money on your shopping, or ways to make your browsing experience more pleasant, there's a Safari extension for you.

Looking for great Chrome extensions? There are plenty out there.

Grammar Checker: Grammarly

Simple and clear writing suggestions.

You need a subscription to get the most from it.

Grammarly is there for those times when you're not quite sure if your spelling or grammar is up to scratch. It highlights issues via a red line underneath a word and allows you to easily correct them, whether you happen to be typing a Facebook status or a blog post. It's a useful service that's like a little nudge in the right direction when trying to improve your writing ability. 

Cinema Style Lighting Effect: Turn Off the Lights

Neat atmospheric lighting effect.

Need to load the separate app to change settings.

One of the most effective things at the cinema is how the lights go down and you can focus solely on the cinema screen. Turn Off the Lights offers that same kind of effect on your laptop or desktop.

When on YouTube or another video based site, click the lightbulb icon on Safari, and the lights around the video playing are immediately dimmed. You can focus on the screen itself rather than everything going on around it. To get the full effect, you need to tweak some settings, but it's a neat way of adding some atmosphere when watching a video.

Price Comparer: PriceBlink

Easy to compare prices.

Only works in the U.S. and U.K.

PriceBlink keeps an eye on prices so you don't have to. Go to somewhere like Amazon or eBay, and the moment you load an item, PriceBlink pops up with its price elsewhere. You can instantly see if Amazon really is offering the best price or if there's somewhere cheaper you could switch to. If a better alternative is listed, click the site, and PriceBlink loads the alternate option in a separate tab. This simple extension could save you a lot of money over time. 

Password Management: LastPass

Extra layer of protection for passwords.

Little convoluted to setup.

Safari has built-in password management, but LastPass is much better at the job. It works across multiple devices and also gives you somewhere to store files and notes securely.

A lot of the time, you'll need to delve into the separate app to use it fully, but the Safari extension gives you the ability to generate secure passwords, quickly fill in forms, or add notes, all directly from your browser. It's a real game changer for security and privacy concerns.

Easy Coupon Codes: Honey

Easy to browse.

Most coupons are for the U.S. only.

Online, you can find thousands of coupon codes and offers, but it's likely that you forget to look them up until you've already ordered something. At the touch of a button, you can open Honey to the side of Safari, and check out the coupons available to you.

The extension offers up plenty of popular retailers such as Macy's, Bloomingdale's, eBay, and Sears. Just tap on the name of the retailer, and you can look up coupons, as well as details on how long ago they worked correctly. Honey also has a reward scheme for extra bonuses. 

Link Saving: Pocket

Great for storing links for later reference.

You need to sign up first.

How often do you find yourself looking at a great long-form article and realizing you don't have the time to read it right now? With Pocket, you just need to click the "Save to Pocket" button, and the link saves to your account so you can easily consult it later on. It works across multiple devices and you can tag and label articles so that everything is neatly organized. 

Ad blocker: Adblock Plus

Easy to set up.

Settings can be a little tricky.

No one likes obtrusive ads when trying to read an interesting article online. Adblock Plus makes it simple to block ads and tracking ads that bug you, while "safelisting" websites that you want to see all the ads for. Adblock Plus takes a responsible approach to ads with an option allowing for "acceptable ads," appreciating that website owners still need to generate revenue, while saving you the hassle of the worst kind of adverts.

Picture in Picture: PiPer

Supports many different video sites.

Liable to dent your productivity.

Being able to multitask is always a valuable skill. While you can switch between windows and tabs, it hasn't been possible to have YouTube or Netflix running alongside what you're working on in Safari.

PiPer changes all that. Via its extension, you can easily place a video in the corner of your screen, allowing you to continue working while the video plays to the side. It's a great tool for juggling multiple things together.

Translation: Translate

Translates from dozens of languages.

You need to poke around in settings to gain full benefits.

One of the best things about Chrome is its ability to translate websites for you. Translate brings that functionality to Safari. Simply go to a website, tap the translate button, and Translate converts everything to English via Google Translate or Bing Translate. It takes a moment or two but you can see it being converted before your eyes which is neat. Translations are reasonably accurate too.

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How to use Safari Extensions in 2022 — and five of our favorites

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Safari Extensions are small utilities added on top of the Safari browser on your Apple device. Through these utilities, they dynamically change the browsing experience. Safari Extensions offer tools to change up your browsing experience just the way you want.

Here are five of our favorites.

Dark Reader

Compatible with: iPhone, iPad , and Mac

Price: $4.99

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Many devices have adopted a Dark Mode for a more comfortable viewing experience at night. However, many websites still lagged behind, and continue to only offer light-colored backgrounds. Dark Reader is a powerful way to make these websites just as comfortable to look at at night.

Turn the extension on, and Dark Reader automatically turns every site into a white-on-black version.

It intelligently works around photos and links, and simple controls make it easy to turn off when need be if a site is better served in its regular appearance.

Yet, its more granular options give users a lot of control — from the exact color of the background to precise sliders to adjust brightness and contrast.

Among dark mode extensions available as extensions, Dark Reader stands out as the perfect balance of ease-of-use and detailed control. It works across all Apple devices that support Safari Extensions.

Compatible with: iPhone/iPad and Mac

Price: Free

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The popular coupon-finding extension is available for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

When the user goes online shopping on their device, Honey automatically fills the coupon field with valid codes to save money at checkout.

Its lightweight package means it will not affect browsing when the user is not shopping, yet it's efficient when a code comes in handy. It'll automatically appear when a code is found when on iPhone.

Honey is famous for its comprehensive database of coupon codes and is the most extensive extension of its kind on the Internet.

OverPicture

Compatible with: Mac

Price: $2.99

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While Picture-in-Picture is slowly rolling out for certain YouTube users on iPhone and iPad , it has yet to arrive on the Mac.

OverPicture implements a simple interface on top of YouTube in Safari to allow users to take YouTube videos in Picture-in-Picture. In addition, users can watch a smaller version of the video as it floats over their work by clicking an integrated toggle in the video player.

The Apple-like interface means that it is instantly familiar to those who have already sued the feature on iPhone and iPad.

It is the simplest way to get the functionality for the Mac, and it fits in with the design of the software.

Compatible with: iPhone, iPad, Mac

Price: Free to install, requires subscription for full functionality

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The password utility 1Password helps users organize passwords and strengthen their security by generating hard-to-crack passwords.

The extension will automatically fill these passwords in for the user, freeing the user from memorizing tricky passwords themselves.

Featured in numerous "best password manager lists," the utility is simple to invoke when needed and does not interrupt when the user is browsing.

Compatible with: iPhone/iPad, Mac

Price: Free for basic functionality, paid tiers for more features

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The recipient of many software design awards, Grammarly is an extension that aims to improve users' writing.

The extension automatically suggests better word choices, corrects spelling and gives fixes to sentences in a compact window to the side.

It also intelligently adapts to different writing scenarios. So whether it's a formal business email or a casual text chat between friends, Grammarly promises to optimize the writing for the user in a simple, easy-to-use extension.

However, before you can use Safari Extensions, you'll need to turn them on. The steps are a little different for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

How to turn on Safari Extensions on iPhone and iPad

  • Launch Settings on your device.
  • Tap Safari .
  • Under General, tap Extensions .
  • Select the extension you want enabled and turn it on.

Return to Safari on your iPhone or iPad, and tap the puzzle icon in your address bar. You can see the Safari Extension has been enabled.

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How to turn on Safari Extensions on Mac

  • In the Menu Bar, click Safari .
  • Click Preferences .
  • In Safari Preferences, click Extensions .
  • You should see all available Safari Extensions in a vertical list to the left. Click the checkbox of your chosen extension to turn it on.

You should now see the icon of the Safari Extension you have enabled show up next to the other toggles and settings in the Address Bar.

If you would no longer like a Safari Extension to be enabled, here's how to disable it.

How to turn off Safari Extensions on iPhone and iPad

  • Select the extension you want disabled and turn it off.

Return to Safari on your iPhone or iPad, and tap the puzzle icon in your address bar. You can see the Safari Extension has been disabled.

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  • You should see all available Safari Extensions in a vertical list to the left. Uncheck your chosen extension to turn it off.

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You should no longer see the icon of the Safari Extension you have just enabled in the Address Bar.

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20 Best Safari Browser Extensions (Free and Paid)

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Best Safari Extensions for Mac You Shouldn’t Miss Out

What is an extension, how to use safari extension on mac.

You can browse through all the available Safari extensions right from the stock web browser. Simply click on the Safari menu and choose Safari extensions to dive into the available extensions and install them with ease.

Choose Safari extensions

So, What Sort of Safari Extensions Should You Use?

That all being said, let’s explore the best free/paid Safari extensions for macOS!

1. PiPer: Picture-in-Picture All the Way

PiPer- Picture-in-Picture

2. 1Password – Take Control of Your Passwords

Password management doesn’t have to be a hassle when you have a smart password manager always ready to get the job done for you. Widely considered as one of the best password managers across platforms, 1Password is what you should pick to take control of your secret codes. You can use it to create strong passwords that are a hard nut to crack, access your information securely, and share them with the needed safeguard.

1Password

3. TranslateMe for Safari – Translate Web Pages on the Fly

The built-in Safari Translation is one of the highlights of macOS Big Sur along with the iOS-style control center , iMessage effects , and the smart battery settings that allow you to keep track of the battery consumption. While I have found the built-in translation quite efficient, it is nowhere near as versatile as that of Google Translation. That aside, it is currently available only in a few countries and supports just a handful of languages.

TranslateMe for Safari

4. Save to Pocket – Save Your Favorite Stories for Later

Save to Pocket

5. Ghostery Lite – Keep Ads and Cookies at Bay

Ghostery Lite

What I love the most about this ad-blocker is the ability to keep the smoothness of Safari intact. That means your browsing won’t feel sluggish even after Ghostery Lite is in action. Notably, it features custom settings that allow you to choose specific tracker categories to block or unblock as per your needs. Everything considering, it’s among the top Safari extensions for blocking trackers.

6. Popcorn for Safari – Get Netflix Ratings

Popcorn for Safari - Get Netflix Ratings

Install Popcorn for Safari: ( free )

7. StopTheMadness – Force Websites to Enable certain user-interface features

StopTheMadness

8. HoverSee for Safari – Enlarge Photos and Links

HoverSee for Safari is the sort of extension that can play a vital role in speeding up your browsing experience on Mac. Yeah, you got that right! With this extension, you can enlarge photos and links by just hovering your mouse over images/links. What’s more, it also shows a brief description (subject to availability)

HoverSee for Safari

9. Dark Mode – Safeguard Your Eyes with the Dark Theme

Dark Mode Safari extension

10. Speed Player for Safari – Adjust Playback Speed

Speed Player for Safari

11. Honey for Safari – Keep Track of Hot Deals

Honey for Safari

Whether it’s providing better Amazon prices or comparing the deals or keeping you in the loop about shipping and Prime status, Honey for Safari can do it all for you. Considering all these notable goodies, it’s undoubtedly one of the best free Safari extensions for macOS.

12. Turn Off the Lights – Spice Up Video Streaming with Cinema-Style Lighting Effects

Turn off the lights

Install Turn Off the Lights : ( free )

13. Don’t Waste My Time! – Get Rid of Time Eaters

Don't waste your time

14. Short Menu – Pretty Easy URL Shortener

Whenever I come across something really interesting, I like to share it with friends and loved ones. That’s the time when I need to shorten the URL to make the sharing look neat. While there are so many sites like Bitly and URL Shortener that allow you to shorten URLs easily, having a handy tool always ready to get the job done faster is something I prefer to have. That’s where Short Menu comes into play.

Short Menu

15. Tailwind Publisher – Schedule Posts for Instagram and Pinterest Fast

Tailwind Publisher

16. RSS Button for Safari – Discover and Subscribe to RSS

RSS Button for Safari 

RSS Button integrates seamlessly with Safari, allowing you to access your preferred news reader without any hassle. On the privacy front, the extension states that it doesn’t collect your data nor does it retain any information. So, you can trust it to keep your privacy intact.

17. Evernote Web Clipper – Clip Web Pages With Utmost Ease

Evernote web clipper

Install Evernote Web Clipper : ( free )

18. DuckDuckGo – Privacy at the Forefront

DuckDuckGo

19. Day One – Keep a Journal of Your Life

If you have a passion for journaling your life, chances are you would find “Day One” highly appreciable. The Safari extension features a clutter-free and intuitive interface where you can note down everything that comes to your heart with complete peace of mind.

Day One Safari extension

20. Grammarly for Safari – Your Highly Efficient Writing Assistant

Last but not least, Grammarly for Safari is a worthy addition to this roundup of the top Safari extensions for multiple reasons. Whether you are a student who wants to prevent writing errors from destroying your assignments or professional writers who want to have a smart tool to track down blunders/common errors with ease, this one can have a definite role to play in helping you write accurately.

Grammarly for Safari

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Use Safari extensions on your Mac

Safari extensions enhance and customize the browsing experience on your Mac. Here's how to install them, uninstall them, or share them across devices.

Safari extensions add functionality to Safari, so you can explore the web the way you want. Extensions can show helpful information about a webpage, display news headlines, help you use your favorite services, change the appearance of webpages, and much more. Extensions are a great way to personalize your browsing experience.

Install extensions

Turn on extensions, turn off extensions, uninstall extensions, share extensions across devices.

Use the App Store to conveniently download and install Safari extensions. All extensions in the App Store are reviewed, signed, and hosted by Apple for your security, and they're automatically kept up to date.

Start by installing the latest macOS updates to make sure that Safari is up to date. You need Safari 12 or later to get Safari extensions from the App Store.

Open Safari and choose Safari > Safari Extensions from the menu bar.

The App Store opens to the Safari Extensions page. To download and install an extension, click Get or click the price. You might be asked to sign in with your Apple ID.

Click Install.

After the extension is installed, click Open and follow the onscreen instructions provided by the extension.

After installing an extension, follow these steps to turn it on.

Choose Safari > Settings (or Preferences).

Click Extensions.

Select the checkbox next to the extension's name. Learn what to do if you can't turn on extensions .

If you're browsing privately, or using a profile or web app

When browsing in a private window in macOS Sonoma or later, all extensions that require website access are turned off by default. To use an extension when browsing privately:

Choose Safari > Settings.

Select the extension in the sidebar, then select “Allow in Private Browsing” on the right.

Whether or not you're browsing privately, you can also restrict the extension's access to certain websites. Click the Edit Websites button to view the extension in Websites settings. From there you can allow access, deny access, or require that websites ask you for access.

When using Safari profiles , extensions for the default profile are managed in the main Extensions tab of Safari settings. Extensions for other profiles are managed in the Profiles tab, which has its own Extensions tab for each profile. By default, extensions are turned off for each new profile.

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Choose Safari > Settings (or Preferences), then click Extensions.

To turn off an extension, deselect its checkbox.

If you can't determine what an extension does, or you don't expect to use it again, you should uninstall it.

To uninstall an extension, select the extension and click the Uninstall button.

Starting with macOS Ventura, iOS 16, and iPadOS 16, you can share extensions across your Mac, iPhone, and iPad:

On your Mac, open Safari and choose Safari > Settings, then click Extensions. Select “Share across devices” at the bottom of the window.

On your iPhone or iPad, go to Settings > Safari > Extensions, then turn on Share Across Devices.

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To uninstall an extension from all devices, you must uninstall it on each device.

Safari no longer supports most web plug-ins. To load webpages more quickly, save energy, and strengthen security, Safari is optimized for content that uses the HTML5 web standard, which doesn't require a plug-in. To enhance and customize your browsing experience, use Safari extensions instead of web plug-ins.

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iOS 15 Safari Extensions Worth Checking Out

With iOS 15, Apple introduced a new design and a range of new features , including better support for extensions. Safari in iOS 15 supports web extensions, which can be downloaded and installed through the App Store , so there are a much wider range of extension options for you to choose from.

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  • 1Password (Subscription Required) - For 1Password users, the 1Password extension allows users to input their saved 1Password information in Safari, similar to how it works on the Mac. 1Password can autofill logins, passwords, credit card information, two-factor authentication codes, and more. A 1Password subscription is required, which is priced at $2.99 per month.
  • Amplosion ($2.99) - Amplosion redirects Google's AMP pages and links to standard links in Safari, which is a good solution for those who don't like AMP pages. Amplosion, designed by Apollo creator Christian Selig, is open source and designed with transparency so users can verify what the extension is doing.
  • Apollo (Free) - Reddit app Apollo has a new Safari extension that's designed to allow the Apollo app to open any Reddit weblink rather than requiring the link to be opened in the Reddit app. If you pair Apollo with Amplosion, Safari will open any Safari Reddit link in the Apollo app automatically, which is great for those who prefer Apollo to the official Reddit app. Apollo is free, but the Pro unlock costs $4.99.
  • Achoo - ($0.99) - Another extension created by Christian Selig, Achoo is an HTML viewer and inspector. If you need to see the HTML of a webpage on your iPhone and iPad , this is a simple app worth picking up. You can inspect HTML, copy/paste it, and edit it.
  • StopTheMadness ($7.99) - StopTheMadness is a privacy protecting extension that has several functions. It stops Google from loading AMP pages, ends clickjacking in Google search results, Facebook, and Gmail, removes tracking parameters from the ends of URLs, loads unshortened versions of URLs, prevents videos from autoplaying, and more. It's expensive, but for those who want to cut out a lot of the Safari browsing annoyances, it's worth checking out.
  • Super Agent (Free) - Super Agent is an extension that automatically fills in cookie consent forms based on your preferences, getting rid of frustrating cookie pop up forms.
  • Overamped ($1.99) - Overamped is another extension that is designed to direct AMP and Yandex Turbo to the original sites, disabling AMP and Yandex Turbo in Safari.
  • Dark Reader ($4.99) - Dark Reader for Safari brings Dark Mode to every website by adding dark themes for websites that don't support ‌Dark Mode‌ natively. There are controls for adjusting brightness and contrast, swapping between Dynamic and Filter mode, toggling the dark themes off for individual websites, and more.
  • Noir ($2.99) - If you have ‌Dark Mode‌ turned on and visit a website that does not support it, Noir will automatically turn it dark so that you're not blinded by a sudden bright webpage with ‌Dark Mode‌ enabled. Noir only activates when a website does not have a ‌Dark Mode‌ option, and you can choose to turn ‌Dark Mode‌ on or off on a site by site basis.
  • Convusic ($0.99) - Convusic is a Safari extension that's designed to open any Spotify link in Apple Music . If you're an ‌Apple Music‌ subscriber and often come across Spotify links but still want to hear the songs, this extension offers a solution. When installed, you can choose which app will open music streaming links. It works both ways - Spotify users can set it to open ‌Apple Music‌ songs in Spotify, and ‌Apple Music‌ users can set it to open Spotify songs in ‌Apple Music‌.

Installing Extensions

To install an extension, you need to download the extension app from the ‌App Store‌ and then open up the Safari section of the Settings app. From there, tap on "Extensions" and select the toggle next to the extension you want to enable.

If you want to find more extensions, just tap on the "More Extensions" button to go to the "Safari Extensions" section in the ‌App Store‌.

Alternatively, extensions can also be managed right in the browser window by tapping on the "Aa" button and then choosing the "Manage Extensions" option.

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Should also be pointed out that those of us who previously paid for 1Password, and are still using stand alone vaults with no subscription, can not only NOT use the new extension, but they took away the existing share sheet with no warning.

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6 Best Safari Extensions For Developers (2024)

Here are the 6 best Safari extensions for developers in 2024:

CSS Scan is the fastest and easiest way to check, copy, and edit CSS.

It makes copying CSS and HTML code way easier , and it works on any website.

With it, you can check the CSS of any element you hover over, instantly, and copy its entire rules with a single click.

It’s the dream web developer extension for Safari , and it also supports Chrome, Firefox, and Edge.

It also gives you the element’s dimensions, HTML attributes, and font-family.

👉 Try a free demo on the home page .

Everhour extension

If you need to track your freelance time, Everhour might be a great addition to your Safari.

It automatically integrates with Asana, Trello, Basecamp, Jira, and more.

You can quickly access your tracking history, start a timer for recent tasks, or find task details without opening the website.

CSS Pro is a re-imagined Devtools for web design.

With it, you can edit the CSS of any website with visual controls, without writing code.

Easily make changes to any website’s design and try your ideas in seconds with a visual editor that generates code for you.

Say goodbye to coding and hello to speed, joy, and stunning designs in just a few clicks.

Try a free demo on the home page .

1Password extension

If you’re constantly forgetting your passwords or simply want to have stronger ones, 1Password is the easiest way to do it. It works like magic.

1Password automatically generates and stores strong passwords for you when signing up on websites.

Login everywhere, across all your devices, with a single click.

WhatFont extension

WhatFont is a simple but handy extension to find out which fonts a website is using.

Just hover over a text, and it will give you name of the font that’s being used, and other typography settings.

Ghostery Lite

Ghostery Lite extension

If you care about your privacy, use Ghostery Lite to block ads and stop websites from getting your data.

You can also use it to check page performance, and choose which categories of trackers you want to block.

Have you seen CSS Scan?

Check the CSS of any element you hover over, instantly.

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Meet Safari Web Extensions on iOS

Safari extensions

Enhance and customize the web browsing experience on iPhone, iPad, and Mac with Safari extensions. Using powerful native APIs and frameworks, as well as familiar web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you can easily create Safari extensions in Xcode and distribute them on the App Store in the Extensions category. Xcode 12 and later supports the popular WebExtension API and includes a porting tool to make it easy to bring your extensions to Safari.

Safari Web Extensions on MacOS, iPadOS, and iOS

Blocking content

Give users the ability to block certain content types on Safari iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. Built with Xcode, these app extensions are designed for speed and don’t slow down browsing. And because extensions never see what webpages users visit, user data is protected.

Learn about content blockers

Web extensions

Extend the web-browsing experience by allowing Safari to read and modify web page content. Now supported in iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, Safari web extensions are available on all Apple devices that support Safari. These extensions are built with Xcode and can communicate and share data with native apps — so you can integrate app content into Safari or send web data back to your app to create a unified experience.

Learn about Safari web extensions

Distributing and managing extensions

The Extensions category on the App Store for iPhone, iPad, and Mac showcases Safari extensions, with editorial spotlights and top charts to help people discover and download great extensions from the developer community. When your Safari extension is ready to be released, upload it to App Store Connect for distribution on the App Store. Apple reviews all extensions and updates to ensure they work reliably. Before submitting for review, make sure to read the guidelines for extensions .

Get started with App Store Connect

Converting extensions from other browsers

Web extensions that work in browsers other than Safari can be converted to support Safari on Apple platforms. Run the command-line web extension converter to create an Xcode project configured with a macOS app and/or iOS or iPadOS app that includes an extension that can be enabled in Safari.

Learn about converting a web extension for Safari

Upgrading macOS Safari web extensions to support iOS and iPadOS

It's easy to upgrade an existing macOS Safari web extension to also support iOS and iPadOS. Simply rerun your project through the command-line web extension converter tool with the --rebuild-project option. This will create a new Xcode project based on your existing project that includes extensions for these platforms.

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The 7 best free Safari extensions for the Mac

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Browser extensions add specific capabilities to Safari by reading and modifying web content to promote an integrated browsing experience that’s tailored to your needs. There are two places to find Apple-approved Safari extensions: The App Store and the Safari Extensions Gallery webpage .

With Safari 12 on macOS Mojave and iOS 12, Apple revised the way its native web browser operates with extensions. Whereas in the past, you could easily download an extension from a developer, today you must download and install a Mac app or an Apple approved extension from the Safari Extensions Gallery page. The gallery is still operative for browser versions as far back as version 9, and is still considered a safe way to download and install Safari extensions. Regardless of the browser version, all apps from the App Store and Gallery page can update automatically.

Safari 12 blocks legacy extensions from third-party sources, and is now in the process of deprecating its own Extensions Gallery. It quit accepting new Gallery extension submissions at the end of 2018, accelerating a transition away from the Gallery in favor of the App Store. Many extensions continue to work just fine in Mohave’s latest browser.

Right now, there’s not much to the browser extension section of the App Store, which you can access via the Safari > Safari Extensions menu. Of the 66 App extensions currently available, only 27 are free. Another half dozen are 99 cents and the rest range in price to $19.99. Here are the best of the free extensions from both sources.

Ghostery Lite

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Ghostry Lite Safari extension

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Ghostery Lite is the free version of Ghostery that blocks ads and trackers that transmit and receive user information. Using the browser’s own Content Blocker API, the extension discards content, cookies, and tracking scripts to cut down on the information Safari shares with other websites, without sacrificing performance.

You can customize Ghostery from the toolbar button by choosing either the default setting or individually blocking some ads while leaving others for sites you want to support. You can also use the extension to control analytics, audio or video players, adult content and more.

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Translate Safari extension

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When you come across multi-lingual web content, it’s distracting not to be able to read it in context. Translate lets you translate pages from any language to any other language via either the Microsoft or Google Translate function. You can also choose from a host of other translation services via the toolbar button, contextual menu, or keyboard shortcut. nWithin the settings you can also choose whether to translate pages automatically or manually and choose to set up a preferred service region.

An updated Mac App Store version called TranslateMe costs $9.99.

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Zoom Safari extension

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Sometimes webpage content is just too small (or large). You can fix such issues with Zoom , a simple extension that lets you adjust the scale of content on any webpage.

Just invoke the app from the toolbar, and you get a slider that spans from 0 to 400 percent, making any size text or images easier to see in a full page context. You can adjust sizes with the slider or the plus or minus buttons. A Default button immediately reverts the page to 100 percent.

TrafficLight

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The web often seems like a giant mirror looking inward at every user, spying and recording most activities for both commercial and nefarious purposes. Bitdefender, the company behind the popular anti-virus program of the same name, offers the TrafficLight Safari extension as an advanced malware protection filter that guards your browsing experience against phishing attacks. It finds hidden trackers that follow and analyze your browsing activity, while a safe search feature specifically monitors search results to warn users about malware and fraudulent websites.

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HoverSee Safari extension

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Content scaling can be an issue on some websites, with some images especially difficult to decipher. HoverSee enlarges all images and image-based video links as you hover your mouse over them and shows any available descriptions alongside the preview.

It works especially well on thumbnail images like Facebook and Twitter, links to image galleries, and direct image links. If you hover on YouTube, it will automatically play your video in its magnified mode. You can adjust visual display delay, minimum and maximum zoom, white list or black list certain sites, use a hot key to control zoom on specific images, autoplay or mute videos and more.

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DuckDuckGo Safari extension

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Even if you’re not already using DuckDuckGo as your default search engine, you can still take advantage of the search engine’s privacy and security features with this Safari extension. The extension brings up a search interface that lets you search without storing your search history or following you around the web. Just click the icon in the toolbar to get the search box, or invoke it from the right-click contextual menu.

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Shortly Safari extension

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When you want to include a URL in an email or social media post, it helps to chop long ones into short bits-and that’s where Shortly come in. You can choose your preferred service of Google, Bitly, TinyURL or Custom Endpoint. Just enable the extension in the Safari Preferences, and then click the browser toolbar button or set up a hot key to automatically shorten any URL. Your trim URL appears ready to copy and paste either as a popover or alert window.

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8 Great Safari Extensions for Bookmark and Tab Management

Whether you need assistance managing tons of bookmarks or regularly work with many open tabs at once, these tools can lighten your load.

Although browsers have evolved to become more fast, secure, and effective, they have not adapted well to meet the challenge of managing a large amount of information. The users of web browsers today swim in a sea of mess of unorganized tabs and bookmarks.

Browser extensions or add-ons improve the browsing experience by letting you group related tabs, save reference links with proper metadata, and selectively curate your topics of interest. We’ll explore some Safari extensions to manage bookmarks or if you work with many tabs at once.

Note: Legacy Safari extensions are no longer supported from macOS Catalina. Apple has migrated from the traditional extension mechanism to Web Extension, similar to those you find in Chrome Web Store.

Be the Boss of Your Bookmarks

You save links to articles, items you want to buy, news sources you want to track, and other favorites all the time. But when it comes to accessing the bookmarks, the disorganized folder makes it tough to find the links . These useful extensions can help you get to the sites you want quickly and easily.

1. Raindrop.io

Raindrop.io is a vibrant bookmark manager that stores your bookmarks online. What this means is that your bookmarks sync across the devices without any limitations put by the browser-controlled ecosystem. You can save any webpage, organize them in different collections, and add tags. It’s also possible to mark your favorites, nest folder, sort bookmarks by date, name, or site.

You can search bookmarks by details, URL, tag, type, date, or cached content. When you have many tabs open, click Tabs located in the bottom-left corner of a window. The saved tabs will have a tag with the date. The Pro version of Raindrop.io automatically creates a cached copy of your bookmarks. So even if a link is dead, you can still access them on the site.

Download : Save to Raindrop.io (Free, subscription available)

2. G App Launcher

G App Launcher is the extension to access Google sites and services. At first thought, you might think, why would anyone need this add-on when many Google apps are a click or press away. It gives you access to some rare Google services you might not have heard of, but might come helpful in many situations.

For example, you can create a shortcut of Google Trends, Scholar, Jobs on Google, Opinion Rewards, Play Academy, Flights, Advanced Search, Google Design, Research, and much more. In addition, you can create custom shortcuts for any websites.

Click the Settings button to see the list of available shortcuts on the left, and to the right is the panel for your shortcuts. Now drag-and-drop the bookmarks from left panel to the right. You can even sort your selection via the Sort button.

Download : G App Launcher (Free)

3. GoodLinks

GoodLinks is a read-it later and bookmarking app. While it offers functionality similar to Raindrop.io, the app uses Cloudkit to sync articles across your Apple devices. It extracts the article text and offers you different customization options to provide a wonderful reading experience.

To get started, click the extension icon, add a tag or summary, then click Add . When you open the app, you’ll see an organized view of your saved pages. You can categorize pages into Unread, Starred, Untagged, and Read. GoodLinks has extensive support of Siri Shortcuts, URL scheme, and beautiful widgets to quickly access your article list.

Download : GoodLinks ($4.99)

Tackle Too Many Tabs

While tabs have become an integral part of how people navigate the web, they continue to represent as simple, ordered lists of pages with limited contextual cues and understanding of high-level tasks. If you're looking for a Safari tab manager, these extensions can help you organize tabs, prevent tab clutter, and cut distractions.

1. Safari Tab Groups

Most of us switch between several tabs during an average browsing session, and keeping them organized is not easy. The Safari Tab Groups feature lets you bundle relevant tabs together and switch between them whenever necessary. You can label Tab Groups with custom names to identify them, and use them in various ways.

For example, you can tab group per topic (Finance, Health), project (Clients, Freelancing), or type. To get started, follow our guide on using Safari tabs for Mac . Any tab group you create sync across your Apple devices, allow some degree of organization to prevent clutter, and personalization. Depending upon your use case and goal for browsing, there are differences between bookmarks and tab groups .

2. Tab Space

Imagine you’re doing research for a project. After browsing through a dozen or more links, you got some great information you want to reference later on. Since you haven’t taken any action, you can save these tabs in a separate session. That’s the primary role of the Tab Space extension.

It provides an intuitive workspace to see your saved sessions with the date and time stamps. The colorful buttons at the top-right open your tabs in bulk and automatically remove them from the session list. Or, you can export the tabs as Text, HTML, Markdown, and as a backup file.

While saving tabs, you can set options to ignore pinned, duplicate, or include tabs from all windows. For each session, you can edit tab titles, tag, or merge tabs with the earlier session. The built-in shortcuts and context menu integration further simplify the interaction with browser tabs. For example, press Ctrl +F or Ctrl + C to open your tabs in Firefox or Chrome.

Download : Tab Space ($2)

Tabz is a useful utility that aggregate tabs from Safari and Chrome in a simple list that you can filter and navigate quickly. If you use multiple browsers with a specific purpose, say Chrome for work and Safari for personal use, then this add-on can save time and mental energy. The add-on merge tabs from the same domain, even if the web pages are open in different browsers.

The add-on goes one step ahead to help you focus on the work. To do this, add a domain ( More > Allowed During Focus ) to the list and click Start Focus Session . If you try to open a website not included in the list, it will automatically close during the focus period. Go to Preferences to include more browsers like Brave, Microsoft Edge, and Safari Technology Preview.

Download : Tabz (Free)

OneTab for Safari is a simple extension that converts your open tabs into a single bookmark tab. By doing this, it achieves three goals: reduce tab overload, memory usage, and gives you ability to share links for reference/with other users.

You can drag-and-drop tabs in your OneTab list to reorder them, or set a name to the tab group to further categorize them. If you want to know more, here’s our complete guide on managing multiple tabs in your browser with OneTab .

Download : OneTab (Free)

5. Tabby the Copycat

Tabby is an open-source extension that gives you titled, readable links for all open tabs to your clipboard with one click. If you’re in a hurry to preserve a big research session for email or notes, then this add-on can come useful.

The extension is deeply integrated into the context menu. Right-click anywhere on the Safari to close duplicate tabs, copy links for tabs to the right or left, or all open Safari windows.

Download : Tabby the Copycat (Free)

These Tab Organizers for Safari Will Boost Your Productivity

Bookmarks can get messy, the thought of organizing them can feel like a huge task. Tab overload is a real problem, and the relatively static web browser interface is no longer sufficient for today’s complex online tasks.

With these extensions, you can minimize the problem of tab or bookmark management to a certain extent. Apart from this, the Safari browser offers you many features. Follow our guide to learn some essential tips and tricks.

The Best Chrome Extensions for Graphic Designers in 2024

If you’re a graphic designer, then you know how important it is to have the right tools for the job. And that includes having the best chrome extensions for graphic designers at your disposal. With so many different options out there, it can be tough to choose which ones are worth your time. But don’t […]

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If you’re a graphic designer, then you know how important it is to have the right tools for the job. And that includes having the best chrome extensions for graphic designers at your disposal. With so many different options out there, it can be tough to choose which ones are worth your time.

But don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Here are the 29 best chrome extensions for graphic designers that will make your life easier and help you get the most out of your work.

Let’s jump right into it:

1. Awesome Screenshot

Awesome Screenshot is a great tool for taking screenshots and screen recordings while browsing the internet.

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  • Screenshot of online pages taken while browsing.
  • Make a video recording of the screen.
  • Crop and resize screenshots.
  • Also available: Annotation and blurring tools.
  • You can easily download and save images and videos.

qSnap allows you to capture screens from multiple browsers, including Chrome, Firefox Safari, Opera, Opera, and Internet Explorer.

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  • Multiple images can be captured and annotated simultaneously.
  • Consolidate multiple images into one document.
  • Screen captures can be shared across platforms.

3. Evernote Web Clipper

Evernote is a popular note-taking tool for mobile devices as well as desktop/laptop computers.

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  • Capture screenshots online.
  • Organize screenshots into folders.
  • Sync screenshots across devices to make them accessible from anywhere.

4. Colorzilla

Have you found a beautiful color on a website of someone else? Use Colorzilla to find its HEX code.

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  • You can get a color reading at any point in your browser.
  • Displays with both RGB and HEX codes.
  • You can easily paste colors into any other program.

5. ProofMe for Canva

Canva’s Extension ProofMe allows you to create proofs of your Canva designs, and then email them to your friends or colleagues.

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  • You can share proofs seamlessly using Gmail, Facebook, and Twitter.
  • You can annotate designs by drawing lines and highlighting text, taking measurements, and adding comments.
  • You can easily incorporate feedback and save new proofs.

6. Picmonkey

Picmonkey is a Chrome extension that allows you to instantly edit images and screenshots from any webpage.

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  • When you are viewing a website, click the PicMonkey icon.
  • Choose any image or screenshot from the sidebar.
  • Perform basic edits such as crop & rotate, image filter, overlays and fonts, textures, frames, and touch-up tools.

7. Slidely Photo Mix

Slidely Photo Remix allows you to bring any online image to life using the custom editing features.

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  • One-click add text overlays to any image.
  • You can create full-blown slides, slides with music, or even a promo for your business.
  • You can share your photos via email or Facebook, Google Plus, and Pinterest, as well as Twitter.

8. PhotoMania

PhotoMania makes it easy to instantly transform any online photo into visual art.

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  • Click on any image in your browser.
  • You can choose from more than 400 effects. The “Sketch” effect is what was chosen in this example.
  • Share your image with your friends.

9. Sumo Paint

Sumo Paint is an image editing and painting extension that allows advanced designers to create stunning images without having to pay the high price of Photoshop .

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  • A vibrant art community with over 570,000 members and more than 2 million images.
  • Image layers are supported.
  • Effects such as glow, shadow, and gradient.
  • Image adjustment tools for curves and levels, color balance, and more.
  • Professional painting tools with more than 300 brushes.
  • Numerous other features are comparable to Photoshop’s standard tools.

10. Your Graphic Designer

Your Graphic Designer is an HTML5 vector graphics editor that can be used online or offline to create drawings, vectors, and paintings.

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  • Free-hand drawing.
  • A complete range of vector tools, including lines, shapes, and curves.
  • Export in SVG, PNG, and JPG formats.
  • Multi-language support.

11. WhatFont

Did you notice a cool web font? Do you want to know more about it? WhatFont detects fonts on any website and inspects them.

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How to use WhatFont:

  • Click on the WhatFont icon for a list of all the fonts that are used on this page.
  • To learn more about the font type of a particular text section, hover over it.

12. Image Downloader

Image Downloader browser allows you to browse and download all images from any website.

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  • All page images, hosted and linked.
  • Filter images by width, height, and URL.
  • You can download individual images or open them.

Use the Pablo Chrome extension to create images that are optimized for each social media platform.

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  • You can choose from over 600,000.000 stock images, or upload your own.
  • Choose which social media platform will host the image.
  • To create your own masterpiece, add text and other image filters.

14. Emoji Keyboard

Love Emojis? Use this extension to add them to your written content and images.

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  • Click on the Emoji Keyboard symbol in your browser bar.
  • Search for the emoji that you want to use.
  • Click to copy and then paste it into your text.

15. HoverZoom+

Simply hover your mouse over any image on a website to zoom in.

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  • Works with Amazon, Facebook, and Flickr. Tumblr and YouTube, Wikipedia, WordPress, YouTube, YouTube, and many more.

16. Texmage

Texmage allows you to create text overlays on any image without having to download the image, upload it to Picmonkey or Canva, and then edit it.

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  • Choose an image from any website.
  • Add text to the image and adjust its font, color, and opacity.
  • Download your “texmage” and share it on social media.

17. Save To Google Images

You can save images that you find online to Google Photos so that you can use them later.

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  • Unlimited storage and completely free.
  • You can access photos from anywhere you have an Internet connection.
  • Duplicate pictures automatically removed.
  • Multiple photo albums.

18. PerfectPixel

PerfectPixel allows developers the ability to overlay semi-transparent images over HTML pages to allow for pixel-by-pixel comparisons.

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  • Multiple overlay support.
  • Scaling and inversion support.
  • Save Overlays between browsing sessions.

It is worth looking at two other overlay tools, the Bootstrap Overlay and Instant Wireframe.

19. CSS-Shack

CSS-Shack is a Chrome extension that can be used on a desktop computer. It allows you to easily create mock-ups of apps and website designs.

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  • Create layer styles.
  • Export styles to CSS and store.
  • Useful for creating and maintaining a web design guide.

20. CSS3 Generator

The CSS3 Generator extension generates the CSS code that you need, so you don’t have to create it.

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  • Box shadows and text.
  • Hex/RGBA colors
  • Transitions

21. Page Ruler

Page Ruler allows you to draw a line on any page to show the pixel dimensions and position for any element.

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  • You can see the width and height, top, bottom, left, and right positions.
  • Guides that extend beyond the ruler edges.
  • Manually adjust the ruler position and size to make precise changes.
  • “Element Mode” shows page elements as you hover over them.
  • Navigate through sibling, parent, and child elements of any element.

22. Chrome Daltonize

Around 5% of the population is affected by color blindness. This is 1 in 20 computer users! Chrome Daltonize enhances color details to ensure color-blind users can access all content.

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  • Simulate how images will look to a color-blind person.
  • Allows color-blind users to see details by revealing colors.

23. Window Resizer Beta

Browser Window Resizer allows you to see how a website will appear on different screen sizes.

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How to Use Window Resizer:

  • Once the extension icon is installed, click on it to open a dialog box (as seen in the image below). This allows you to resize the screen to different resolutions. You can then simulate the look of a website at that screen size.

24. Web Maker

Web Maker is ideal for developers who want to experiment with HTML, CSS, or Javascript elements even when they are not online.

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  • You can save and load your creations from anywhere, anytime.
  • Code autocompletion
  • Edit in CodePen.
  • Take a look at the preview screenshot.
  • Github Open Source.

25. Blue Button

Blue Button is the ultimate spy tool for DIY designers. It can be used to inspect the meta description, tags, and CSS of any website.

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  • One click to get a complete list of all the essential web design, graphics, and SEO elements.
  • Search SEO information like tags, meta description, and header information.
  • View a complete list of scripts and stylesheets that are used on this site.
  • You can see the site favicon , touch icon, and other images.
  • Find out which Google fonts you can load.

26. Flickr Tab

After installing Flickr Tab, every new Chrome tab will display a popular Flickr photo.

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  • Flickr community offers a wide range of high-quality images.
  • Flickr image access in one click.
  • Instant link to more photos by the user.

27. Google Art Project

When you are an artist, it can be difficult to find design inspiration. Every time you open a new Chrome tab, Google Art Project opens up an artistic masterpiece.

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  • Masterpieces from Van Gogh to Monet, to contemporary street artists.
  • Daily updates to artwork.
  • Each image can be linked to more information on the Google Cultural Institute website.

28. Wookmark

Wookmark allows users to create visual bookmarks that will keep them inspired and stimulate their creativity.

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How Wookmark works

  • Bookmark and save images from other websites easily.
  • Share your creativity with others by uploading it.
  • Create mood boards and user groups.
  • Photos can be shared and discussed with friends.

29. Muzli 2

Real-time inspiration for design, including photos, designs, UI/UX, and more, from all over the web.

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  • This replaces your default Chrome page with the most recent design, UI, and UX.
  • Features interactive news and photos from all over the web.
  • Integrates with Dribbble and Sidebar, Designer News, Sidebar and CSS Winner, The Next Web, and many other sites.

Designers are almost always looking for new ways, tricks, and of course, tools to help speed up and improve their workflow. These 29 best Chrome extensions for graphic designers create amazing images that will inspire you!

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Whether you are a designer or developer, you’re well aware of Chrome’s significance in your toolkit. With the plethora of extensions at your disposal, it can be challenging to discern which ones truly merit your attention. Hence, we’ve curated a selection of the top 15+ Chrome extensions for designers. This collection of Chrome browser extension for designers spans design assistance, productivity enhancers, and design supports aimed to optimize your workflow and boost efficiency.

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What are chrome browser extensions, gofullpage – best chrome browser extension for designer, fonts ninja – useful chrome browser extension for designers, colorzilla – awesome google chrome extension for designers, sneat figma ui kit & dashboard builder, image downloader, muzli chrome extension, page ruler chrome extension, perfectpixel, svg grabber, site palette (paid), factors to consider while choosing the right chrome extensions for designers:, conclusion:.

As a web developer or designer, you know that the right tools can make all the difference in the world. That’s why you’re always on the lookout for new and innovative Chrome extensions that can help streamline your workflow.

Chrome extensions are small programs that can be added to the Chrome web browser to provide extra functionality.

They range from simple tools that make basic tasks easier, to more complex extensions that can completely transform the way you work.

Advantages:

  • Enhances productivity with task automation
  • Provides specialized functionalities for specific needs
  • Customization options for personalized browsing
  • Integrates with web services for seamless workflows
  • Improves efficiency with streamlined tasks
  • Facilitates data synchronization across platforms
  • Enriches overall user experience and task management

The Best Chrome Extension For Designers:

There are thousands of Chrome extensions available, but not all of them are useful for designers. That’s why we’ve compiled a list of the 15+ awesome Chrome extensions for designers in 2024. Btw, if you are a beginner and need guidance to start your journey as a designer, then check the most recommended UI Design books .

These extensions are essential for anyone who wants to be productive and efficient while working online. Well, this collection of Chrome extensions for designers offers a wide array of tools that cater to various aspects of web and graphic design, from font identification and color analysis to comprehensive layout measurements and image manipulation.

Now, let’s begin the collection of the best Chrome extensions for Designers

GoFullPage chrome extension for designers

Want to capture a whole webpage in a single image? Well, GoFullPage is your go-to tool here. This Chrome extension for designers enables users to capture full-page screenshots of web pages with a single click. Besides, it suppresses the limitation of screen size to capture an entire webpage, making it useful for web designers, developers, and anyone needing visual records of websites, making it one of the best Chrome Extensions for Designers.

  • Captures full-page screenshots
  • Single-click operation
  • No screen size limitation
  • Quick download option
  • Edit and annotate screenshots
  • Save in various formats (PNG, PDF)
  • Option to capture specific elements

FontNinja is a Chrome browser extension for designers. It is a standalone app that allows users to identify, inspect, and even download fonts from any website. Moreover, it also provides detailed font properties and enables designers to discover and experiment with new typography easily. It has over 8,000,000 users currently.

  • Identifies fonts on any website
  • Provides detailed font properties (size, line height, color, etc.)
  • Enables font downloading for personal use
  • Includes a bookmark feature for favorite fonts
  • Offers a standalone app for extended functionality

The next one on the list of Chrome extensions for designers is ColorZilla . It is a Chrome and Firefox extension designed for web developers and graphic designers. Besides, it also provides advanced color-picking tools and color-related functionalities directly in the browser, facilitating the process of working with colors on web pages.

  • Color Picker
  • Eye Dropper
  • Gradient Generator
  • Advanced color tools
  • Quick color reading and adjustment
  • Color transfer to other applications
  • Web page color palette analysis

Sneat Figma Admin Dashboard Builder and UI Kit

Sneat Figma Dashboard Builder & UI Kit is a versatile drag-and-drop Figma UI kit for creating professional-grade dashboards and user interfaces with ease. It is designed with scalability in mind, making it an ideal choice for both small and large-scale projects.

Besides, it offers an extensive library of customizable templates, UI components, and design assets that allow users to design eye-catching, modern interfaces with minimal effort. Moreover, with this UI Kit , designers can rapidly create responsive, accessible, and on-brand interfaces to deliver exceptional user experiences to their customers.

Additionally, it provides users with a wide range of design elements such as charts, graphs, tables, icons, and typography, ensuring that designers have all the resources they need to create visually stunning and informative dashboards.

  • Atomic Design
  • Auto Layout
  • Easy to Customize
  • 500+ Components
  • Text Variables
  • Well Organized
  • 100% Vector
  • Light & Dark Layout
  • Pixel Perfect
  • 100+ Screens and much more

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SumoPaint is an online and downloadable image editing Chrome browser extension for designers. It offers a wide range of tools and features for creating and editing images. Additionally, it also operates directly in web browsers, making it accessible without the need for installation, and also offers a more feature-rich downloadable version.

  • Online and downloadable versions
  • Wide range of painting and editing tools such as 300+ brushes, Smudge, blur, sharpen, dodge, burn, and saturation tools
  • Layers and layer effects support
  • 20+ Filter & effects
  • Selection tools with full undo support
  • 15 gradient types
  • 170 preset color selections
  • Image adjustments and filters

image downloader chrome extension for designers

ImageDownloader is a Chrome browser extension for designers. It is designed to simplify the process of downloading images from web pages. Additionally, it also enables users to easily select, preview, and download multiple images at once.

Furthermore, it offers features such as batch download capabilities, filtering options based on size or format, and the ability to specify a save location. This tool is particularly useful for graphic designers, and anyone needing to download images in bulk efficiently.

  • Batch download images from web pages
  • Preview images before downloading
  • Filter by size, resolution, or format
  • Customize save folder location
  • Download images via the context menu
  • Supports downloading linked images
  • Option to exclude duplicate images

WhatFont chrome extension for designers

WhatFont is one of the fantastic Chrome extensions for designers. It allows users to easily identify the fonts used on web pages by simply hovering over the text and providing details such as the font name, size, and color. Furthermore, this Chrome browser extension for designers is a handy tool for designers and developers who want to quickly gather font information without digging through code. It has over 2,000,000 users.

  • Identifies fonts on web pages with a hover
  • Shows font name, size, and color
  • Displays font weight, style, and line height
  • Offers a sample of the font text for better understanding
  • Supports Typekit and Google Font API

Sider is an AI-powered Chrome browser extension for designers. that acts as a comprehensive assistant for web browsing, offering features like ChatGPT integration for real-time assistance on webpages, image tools, and PDF handling capabilities.

It’s designed to significantly boost productivity by reducing the time spent on tasks like designing, article writing, and searching for solutions. Sider supports multiple AI models, including GPT-3.5, GPT-4, Claude, and Gemini (Formerly known as BARD), making it versatile for various tasks, from AI chats to creative and document-related work, across all supported platforms including Safari, Chrome, and Edge.

  • ChatGPT integration for web assistance
  • Supports multiple AI models (GPT-3.5, GPT-4, Claude, Bard)
  • Image tools for easy manipulation
  • PDF handling capabilities
  • Enhances productivity across browsing tasks
  • Compatible with Safari, Chrome, and Edge

css peeper chrome extension for designers

CSS Peeper is another one of the best Chrome extensions for Designers and developers, enabling them to inspect CSS styles of web elements quickly without digging through the code. It acts as a smart CSS viewer, providing an organized way to view styles, assets, and measurements of elements simply by clicking on them, streamlining the design process.

  • Inspects CSS styles easily
  • Organized view of styles, assets, and measurements
  • Click-to-view element details
  • Extracts colors, fonts, and measurements
  • Easy to use for design and development tasks

Hover Zoom+ is a browser extension available for Chrome and Firefox that enlarges thumbnails and images on various websites when the user hovers their mouse over them. This tool is particularly useful for quickly viewing larger versions of images without needing to click on each thumbnail individually, enhancing browsing efficiency and user experience on image-heavy sites.

  • Enlarges thumbnails and images on hover
  • Works on many websites
  • Quick image preview without clicking
  • Customizable zoom levels
  • Full image display on mouse-over
  • Gallery mode for image browsing
  • Configurable to exclude certain sites
  • Supports keyboard navigation

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The Muzli Chrome extension is a tool designed to inspire designers, developers, and creatives by providing a curated feed of the latest design, UX, and tech content. It updates every time a new tab is opened in Chrome, showcasing trends, stories, and creative ideas.

  • Curated content feed: Showcases the latest in design, UX, and tech.
  • Customizable feed: Users can tailor the feed to match their interests.
  • New tab transformation: Each new tab displays fresh, inspiring content.
  • Integration with design platforms: Connects with sites like Dribbble and Behance for direct access to design projects.
  • Bookmarking and sharing: Allows users to bookmark their favorite finds and share them easily.

PageRuler is a Chrome extension for designers. It enables web developers and designers to measure the dimensions and positioning of any elements on a web page. Besides, it is the best page ruler extension for Chrome that offers a draggable ruler and guidelines for precise measurements, facilitating layout adjustments, and ensuring design accuracy.

  • Measures dimensions of page elements
  • Drag-and-drop guidelines for precision
  • Easy-to-use interface for quick measurements
  • Provides width, height, and position details
  • Customizable color and size settings for guidelines
  • Option to view element boundaries and padding

PerfectPixel is a Chrome extension designed for web developers and designers to ensure their websites match the design with pixel-perfect accuracy. Besides, this pixel ruler chrome extension also allows users to overlay a semi-transparent image of a design mock-up over a web page, enabling precise comparison and adjustments to the layout, colors, and dimensions of the web elements against the original design.

  • Multiple layers support
  • Layer inversion and scaling
  • Separate layers for each website
  • Layers are saved between browsing sessions
  • Minimalistic easy-to-use UI
  • Drag-n-drop file upload, paste from URL, paste from clipboard support
  • Keyboard arrow keys and mouse wheel support
  • Extension works with file:// scheme (local files)

SVG Grabber chrome extension for designers

SVG Grabber is a Chrome extension that allows users to easily download all SVG assets from a website with a single click. It’s designed for designers and developers who need to quickly extract scalable vector graphics from web pages, making it a convenient tool for graphic design and web development tasks.

  • Downloads all SVGs from a webpage
  • Preview SVGs before downloading
  • Option to download individual SVG files
  • Easy-to-use interface

Inkscape is a free and open-source vector graphics editor used to create scalable vector images. It offers a wide array of tools and features for designers to draw, trace, edit, and produce vector imagery, including illustrations, logos, and complex artwork. Inkscape supports SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) format primarily, along with capabilities to import and export various file formats, providing a flexible solution for graphic design, web design, and desktop publishing.

  • Comprehensive SVG support
  • Multiple drawing tools (pencil, pen, calligraphy, shapes)
  • Object creation and manipulation (transformations, grouping, layers)
  • Path operations (node editing, Boolean operations)
  • Text support (multilingual, on-path, text shapes)
  • Rendering (anti-aliasing, filters, rasterization)
  • Import/export various file formats (PNG, PDF, EPS, AI)
  • Extensions and plugins for added functionality
  • Customizable interface

Visbug chrome extension for designers

VisBug is a Chrome extension offering web designers and developers on-page design tools similar to those in design software. It allows for easy manipulation and inspection of web page elements, including editing text, adjusting styles, and measuring distances, directly within the browser interface, streamlining the design feedback and iteration process.

  • Edit text and images directly on pages
  • Inspect and adjust layouts and styles
  • Measure distances between elements
  • Experiment with color and typography
  • Rearrange and duplicate page elements
  • Accessibility inspection tools
  • Responsive design testing tools
  • Edit or style any page, in any state, like it’s an artboard

Dimensions chrome extension for designers

Dimensions is a Chrome extension designed for web designers and developers to measure screen dimensions and element sizes on web pages. It allows for easy measurement of margins, padding, and other element dimensions directly in the browser, making it a valuable tool for responsive design and ensuring layout accuracy across different devices.

  • Measures screen and element sizes
  • Quick margin, padding, and dimension measurement
  • Useful for responsive design testing
  • Easy-to-use browser tool
  • Helps ensure layout accuracy across devices

Site Palette is a Chrome extension designed for designers and developers to generate color palettes from websites. It allows users to quickly extract and view a website’s color scheme, including primary and secondary colors, and provides tools for exporting the palette to various formats, making it easier to use these colors in design projects or for brand consistency checks.

  • Integration with Google Art Palette
  • Support for Adobe Swatch
  • Palette History
  • Support for SVG format
  • Extracts color palettes from websites
  • Displays primary and secondary colors
  • Auto-generates color palettes for design use
  • Offers palette export options (e.g., PDF, PNG, SVG, SCSS)
  • Shareable palette links for collaboration

UX Check chrome extension for designers

UX Check is a Chrome extension designed to help with the usability testing of websites. It enables users to conduct heuristic evaluations by highlighting UI elements and noting potential usability issues directly within the browser. This tool is aimed at improving the user experience by identifying and documenting areas for improvement in a structured and efficient manner.

  • Heuristic evaluation tool for UI issues
  • Highlights UI elements for usability testing
  • Notes interface for documenting usability problems
  • Facilitates structured feedback and recommendations
  • Enhances user experience by identifying improvement areas
  • Functionality & Features: Ensure the extension offers the specific tools and features needed for your design tasks.
  • Usability & Interface: Look for user-friendly and intuitive interfaces that complement your workflow.
  • Performance & Efficiency: Choose extensions that operate smoothly without significantly slowing down your browser.
  • Compatibility: Check compatibility with your version of Chrome and other tools you use.
  • Security & Privacy: Consider the extension’s permissions and the developer’s reputation to protect your data.
  • Support & Updates: Opt for extensions with active development, regular updates, and responsive support.
  • Reviews & Ratings: Read user reviews and ratings to gauge the extension’s reliability and effectiveness in real-world usage.

This collection of Chrome extensions represents a comprehensive suite of tools that empower designers to achieve efficiency, accuracy, and creativity in their projects, making them indispensable for professionals aiming to stay at the forefront of design innovation.

In today’s digital age, Chrome extensions have become essential tools for designers looking to enhance their workflow and creativity. These extensions, ranging from font identification tools like WhatFont and FontNinja to color analysis tools like ColorZilla and Site Palette, enable designers to effortlessly identify and apply design elements directly from the web.

Image editing and screenshot tools such as SumoPaint and GoFullPage offer versatile solutions for graphic creation and full-page captures, streamlining the design process.

Additionally, utilities like PerfectPixel and PageRuler ensure precision in layout and measurement, crucial for pixel-perfect designs. With the integration of AI-powered assistants like Sider, designers can also leverage advanced capabilities, including real-time assistance and efficient handling of images and PDFs.

Each tool, with its unique features, contributes significantly to a designer’s arsenal, ensuring they have the right support at every step of their creative journey.

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Automatically save money while you shop on your iPhone. Tin is a Safari extension that applies the best coupon codes at checkout, and tracks your package so you never miss a delivery (or a deal)! YOUR SAVINGS SUPERHERO Tin scours the internet to find the best discount codes across 50,000+ retailers and automatically applies the best savings ($$$). This means more money in your pocket, so you can focus on finding that new outfit and let the deals come to you! PAY LESS. SHOP MORE. CLEAR YOUR INBOX Your email inbox is flooded with promotional emails that you don’t open. Tin Savings finds promotion codes buried in your emails so you always pay the lowest price. We save you time & money by keeping your inbox clean & serene. While most shoppers are playing checkers, Tin helps you play chess (checkmate!). Saving money is so so sweet - it's sweeter than honey! ALL-IN-ONE PACKAGE TRACKING From checkout to doorstep, we’ve got you covered. Tin Savings tracks shipments and organizes all of your deliveries in one place. The best part? It’s totally free! Download Tin Savings today, and pay more than you need to again! Tin Savings is an app and mobile Safari extension, all wrapped into one. Simply install the extension in Safari and let Tin Savings do its thing! INSTALL TIN IN SAFARI 1. Tap "aA" button in the Safari menu 2. Tap the "Extension" icon to Manage Extensions 3. Select "Tin" and set it to "ON" 4. Select "Always Allow" 5. Select "Always Allow on Every Website" 6. That’s it! Now you can shop in Safari and let Tin do its thing. When you are ready to checkout, Tin will pop up and automatically apply discount codes to find you the best savings!

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Tin is a pioneering force in the digital retail landscape, discovered amid the cultural currents of TikTok. In just a day, this application has proven to be a transformative asset, seamlessly weaving itself into the fabric of online shopping. The installation process, marked by simplicity, belies the profound impact it has on one's fiscal landscape. Tin functions as an intuitive retail oracle, not merely curating enticing deals and discount codes but, with automated finesse, applying them at checkout. What sets Tin apart extends beyond mere financial dividends, delving into the very architecture of the shopping interface. The amalgamation of its mobile application and extension technology offers a panoramic view of current and past transactions, providing organizational efficacy that transcends the chaos of email inboxes. Comparatively, Tin outshines rivals like Honey by maintaining real-time relevance, avoiding the pitfalls of expired promotions. Beyond the confines of mobile application, Tin's desktop extension emerges as a harmonious augmentation, positioning the platform as an industry trailblazer. In an era of economic prudence and retail efficacy, Tin solidifies its narrative as an indispensable tool for the discerning digital consumer.

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7 terms to know about invasive species (and some to avoid)

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Effective communication in invasive species management relies on consistent and accurate terminology. Confusion is a problem when terms are not clearly defined. Agreeing on terminology helps to clearly communicate so that everyone can understand what invasive species are and why there is concern about them.  

Native and Non-native 

The first words that must be clearly defined in a conversation about invasive species are native and non-native.

  • A good definition for native is a species that occurs naturally in a specified geographic area.
  • At the same time, a non-native species does not occur naturally in a specific geographic location.

For example, red maple (Acer rubrum) and Norway maple are found in the United States. The red maple's native range is broad across the eastern half of the United States, but the Norway maple's range is in Europe. By these definitions, red maple is native to North America and non-native to Europe.  

Native and non-native can also be defined in a certain period, but this can be difficult to determine precisely with the movement of plants, animals, and changing landscapes.  

Introduced 

An introduced species is one that humans have relocated to a new area, intentionally or accidentally, making it non-native. Introduced species are not always harmful; they can be advantageous. For example, many introduced species enhance the visual appeal of residential landscapes, while various crop and livestock species, such as wheat, cattle, and European honeybees, offer nutritional value. 

Like the terms native and non-native, categorizing a species as introduced relies on a particular geographical area. It is more precise to clarify that daffodils ( Narcissus pseudonarcissu) are introduced to the United States rather than just using the general label "introduced." 

Established 

Many introduced species do not expand into new areas. For example, numerous non-native ornamental plants in people's gardens remain in those spaces. However, some species escape from cultivation or containment and independently form self-sustaining populations. These populations would be termed "established." 

It is important to note that species native to a specific location are also technically considered established. However, the term "established" is useful as it helps differentiate between non-native species that rely solely on human care (like crop species) and those that can survive, reproduce, and spread to new areas independently. 

Three criteria must be satisfied to categorize a species as invasive. The species should be non-native, introduced intentionally or unintentionally, and cause harm to the economy, environment, or humans.  

An example of an invasive plant in Illinois is the Amur Bush Honeysuckle (Lonicera maacki). Amur Bush Honeysuckle is widespread across the Midwest, altering ecosystems and impeding the growth of native plant species.  

Under certain circumstances, certain native species can pose environmental or economic challenges. These species can be commonly labeled as invasive or native invasive in these instances. However, these terms must be more accurate as these species are neither non-native nor introduced. The appropriate term for such situations is "nuisance."  

While all invasive species display nuisance characteristics, referring to them as invasive is preferred to emphasize their non-native and introduced status.  

For example, the trumpet creeper vine (Campsis radicans), native to a large part of the United States, can spread rapidly and be challenging to control. In scenarios like garden maintenance or managing small natural areas, the vigorous growth of any trumpet creeper in these locations can be considered a nuisance. While all invasive species display nuisance characteristics, referring to them as invasive is preferred to emphasize their non-native and introduced status. 

Range Change 

The term "range change" is the final concept we discuss. A range change happens when a species' current range expands, shrinks, or shifts. This phenomenon can occur naturally or with human involvement for native and non-native species. Hence, if a native species naturally expands its range without human intervention, it should not be labeled as non-native, introduced, or invasive. Instead, it is more accurate to describe it as a native species undergoing a range change.  

Many North American tree species native to the United States are undergoing range changes due to altered precipitation patterns linked to climate change (Fei et al., 2017). Humans are not responsible for intentionally or unintentionally relocating these species to new areas. 

Avoiding Misleading Terminology in Describing Species 

The term "native invasive" is inaccurate as native species cannot be invasive. Instead, when referring to native species causing management concerns, they should be called nuisances. 

  • The term "invasive exotic" is confusing as all invasive species are non-native.  
  • "Invasive weed" is misleading as "weed" is a subjective term. It can cause confusion by not specifying whether the plant is unwanted, native, non-native, or invasive. Using "invasive weed" may lead people to believe all weeds are invasive. 
  • Terms like "alien," "foreign," and "nonindigenous" should be avoided as they are often linked to human migration. "Non-native" is a more suitable term for describing species introduced to new environments. 

Invasive species present significant environmental, economic, and direct threats to humans. For clarity, using standardized definitions for terminology is necessary. Knowing these key terms can help get conversations started so that changes can be made.  

Definitions can be found

Iannone, B. V., Carnevale, S., Main, M. B., Hill, J. E., McConnell, J. B., Johnson, S. A., Enloe, S. F., Andreu, M., Bell, E. C., Cuda, J. P., & Baker, S. M. (2020). Invasive Species Terminology: Standardizing for Stakeholder Education.  The Journal of Extension, 58 (3), Article 27. 

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‘A changeable system’… the Study Pavilion at the Technical University of Braunschweig, designed by Berlin based Architects Gustav Düsing & Max Hacke.

‘It should feel like an extension of the living room’: radical study centre is named best building in Europe

A ‘non-hierarchical’ university space that can be continually altered or even moved has won the EU’s biennial prize for contemporary architecture

A lightweight university study centre designed to be easily disassembled has won the prize for the best building in Europe . Longevity, permanence and a sense of immutability might be the ambition of most architects, but Gustav Düsing and Max Hacke would be delighted to see their building adapted and reconfigured, or ultimately dismantled and moved somewhere else altogether.

“We imagined the project as a changeable system,” says Düsing, co-designer of the new study pavilion for the Technical University of Braunschweig , Germany, which has been named this year’s winner of the EU Mies award (formerly the Mies van der Rohe award), the biennial European Union prize for contemporary architecture. “We wanted it to be a counter model to the university’s high-rise building and its conventional one-sided lecture halls. It’s more like an extension of the landscape that can be forever modified, a non-hierarchical space that the students can make their own.”

A three-dimensional learning landscape … the Study Pavilion.

Standing as an elegant white steel and glass pavilion, nestled among trees on the edge of the university campus, the building houses an open-plan arrangement of flexible study spaces across two levels. From the outside, it seems impossibly slender, a thin sketch of a building formed by a rectangular framework of toothpick-thin columns and beams. Inside, it opens up as a three-dimensional learning landscape, a modular frame that invites different forms of inhabitation. Thick yellow curtains can be drawn to close off particular areas, creating ad hoc lecture rooms and quiet tutorial spaces, while the furniture can be moved outside on to balconies in the warmer months, providing outdoor study areas sheltered by a deep overhanging roof – which also shades the interior in summer.

The architects say they were inspired by the radical superstructures of the 1960s, including Cedric Price’s Fun Palace – a flexible “a university of the streets” once imagined for London – and Yona Friedman’s Ville Spatiale – a fantastical concept for a multilayered city-sized grid that could be constantly adapted. Neither of these came to pass, but some of their modular ambition lives on in Braunschweig’s 3 x 3-metre spaceframe.

Desks around the edge feel suspended in the trees.

While the ground floor is entirely open plan, the architects designed the first floor as a series of “islands” connected by bridges, creating separate study zones between lofty double-height volumes. Some are at the centre of it all, overlooking the action below, others are more removed and withdrawn, while desks around the edge feel almost suspended in the trees. Staircases link the different areas, inside and out, giving the sense of being inside a kind of climbing frame of learning. “It’s a bit like nesting,” says Düsing. “You offer a space that is very complex and has a lot of different qualities, then students can come in and find their spot.”

The architects describe the building as acting like a microchip on a circuit board, a central meeting point connected to all parts of the university campus. There is no front or back, but nine equal entrances all around the 1,000 square metre (10,760 sq ft) building, making it feel like an open hub, accessible from all directions – even from the footpath along the nearby river, welcome in members of the public, too. The students have already adopted the structure and started to add their own interventions: on the architects’ last visit, they found someone had even strung up a hammock from the steel frame. “It should feel like an extension of the living room,” says Hacke. “They come here to eat and play cards, as well as work.”

Thick yellow curtains can be drawn to close off particular areas, creating ad hoc lecture rooms and quiet tutorial spaces.

From a technical perspective, the building’s chief innovation is in its structural system. Inspired by Märklin construction sets (the German equivalent of Meccano), it is built from a prefabricated kit of parts that can be easily taken apart. Everything is bolted or screwed together, rather than welded or glued, in keeping with the wider movement towards circular construction, allowing entire building components to be reused. The slender frame is made of hollow steel sections that are just 10cm (4in) wide, and which also contain the electrical wiring, lighting and plug sockets, as well as housing drainage downpipes – doing away with the need for suspended ceilings and raised floors, where such services are usually housed.

The floors are made from prefabricated timber cassettes, slotted into place, while the ceilings are covered with perforated acoustic panelling which, along with the curtains and carpeted floors, creates a remarkably quiet environment. “It is a counter model to being in the library,” says Düsing. “There’s a background buzz, but it’s never overwhelming.”

The judges praised the rigour and precision of the project – which was selected from a longlist of 40 buildings across Europe – commenting on how it “has taken a clear architectural idea, scrutinised it and pushed it to the limit.” More than just a building, they added, “it could be understood as a versatile system, merging technological inventions with a flexible and reusable principle.”

The building has already won a national architecture prize in Germany.

The project has already garnered wide recognition in Germany, winning the national architecture prize from the Deutsches Architekturmuseum , and hailed by one newspaper critic as “what the future of German construction could look like”. In a time of scarce resources, it has been praised for being as lean and economical as possible: everything has been stripped back to the bare minimum, honed to its most essential elements to fit within the total €5.2m (£4.47m) budget (€3.2m for the construction).

The project is all the more impressive given that it is the architects’ first ever building. Düsing, 40, and Hacke, 38, entered the competition in 2015, just a couple of years after graduating from London’s Architectural Association, where they had met as students. They now both have independent offices in Berlin, but come together to collaborate with others when needs arise. “It’s a survival strategy,” says Hacke, of their loose network of seven. “We can work together when we need a bigger workforce, then go back to our smaller structures.” It is a nimble model of practice that is as agile, efficient and adaptable as the building itself.

The last winner of the EU Mies award, in 2022, was a similarly open-plan and adaptable building for Kingston University, the palatial Town House designed by Grafton Architects . Previous UK winners include Stansted Airport in 1990 and Waterloo Station in 1994, but there will be no more: since Brexit, British buildings are no longer eligible for the €60,000 EU prize.

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