If you’re looking to get more productive with your browser extensions, these are the
top Chrome extensions you should know.
Hey friends!
I’m Tasia Custode and here are your top Chrome extensions for 2023.
Up first is Pocket.
I’ve mentioned Pocket before and for good reason.
It’s a massive time saver.
For Pocket, I recommend you create your account first and download the companion app as well.
If you’re scrolling the web and come across an article, or someone sends you an article,
but you don’t have time to read it right away, simply save it to Pocket for later.
So maybe you’re researching a project and you want to save this article for later, just
select the pocket extension, and the link immediately saves to your Pocket account.
This is another tried and true Chrome extension that I use daily.
And, same rule applies for Grammarly as does Pocket, I recommend signing up for an account
first, then install the extension.
The Grammarly extension can help you with spelling and grammar but it also helps you
with clear communication of your ideas, tone, and delivery of your writing, as well as helping
you determine if you’re plagiarising work without even knowing it!
It’s like having someone proofread your work for you but in real-time.
The Grammarly extension works in any tab that you’re writing in, so think when you’re
composing an email, plus, it even works directly with Google Docs, which is super helpful.
So you’ll have that Grammarly button right in your Google Doc.
As you type, it’ll give suggestions and corrections, as well as word definitions.
Alright, this next Chrome extension is one I’ve been using since at least 2017, but
it’s still as useful as ever for me in 2023 and that’s WhatFont.
This is by far the easiest way to identify fonts on web pages.
So, next time you’re wondering what font is used on web page - maybe you’re trying
to match it for branding purposes - all you have to do is click the WhatFont extension
and simply hover your mouse over the font on the webpage.
This is so beyond handy, I literally use this all the time and then I head to font squirrel
or something to download the font to match if I don’t have it already.
Gotta love it.
To say this next Chrome extension is a time saver would be an understatement.
If you want a quick way to create a step-by-step guide, you’re going to want the Scribe Chrome
extension.
Check this out.
With Scribe installed, it allows you to record anything you’re doing on your screen.
It uses AI to automatically create how-to documentation with text and screenshots simply
by following along as you work.
So I’m going to record using Scribe, then I’ll click around here and maybe I’ll
open this tab, and I’ll click here.
I’ll click to stop the recording and now it’s turned my workflow into a step-by-step
guide, complete with text, links, and annotated screenshots.
It automatically creates steps by following your mouse clicks.
You can edit any of these steps, and add new recordings, it’s really quite neat.
When you’re done creating your guide, you can even share it to whoever you want from
here too.
How great would Scribe be for internal webinar trainings or step-by-step tutorials?
I just love it.
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Now let’s move on to a couple of good extensions for those in the Google ecosystem.
First, if you live and work in Google Calendar like I do, you may want to check out Button
for Google Calendar.
This extension gives you a quick overview of your Gcal with just a click.
With Button installed, you’ll have a quick glance right in your extensions bar at the
time until your next calendar event.
When you click on the Button extension, you have your upcoming events listed for you.
Here, you can add an event, or you can open a Google Meet, Zoom, or Teams Meeting right
from here too.
You can also set which calendars you’d like your meetings to show.
It’s so helpful to have Gcal right there at a glance, rather than having to toggle
back to the tab.
Okay, this next extension is actually from Google, and that’s the Google Translate
extension.
Yes, really.
If you’re not using this extension for quick access to translations, you’re wasting valuable
time.
So normally in Chrome when you go to a site that is not in your native language, you’ll
have a little google translate icon in your search bar and you can click on that to translate
the website for you.
Sometimes it does this automatically.
But, with the Google Translate Chrome extension, you can do even more.
So, of course, you can click on the extension to translate the entire web page if needed,
but cooler than that, you can highlight or right-click on a section of text you want
to translate and then click on the Translate icon next to it to instantly translate it
to your desired language, right there in the web page rather than having to copy the text
and open up Google Translate.
How cool is this?
Now, you can click on ‘more’ and get right to google translate from here as well if you
want.
Plus, you can change the settings to immediately display the popup icon for even less clicks.
You can also change your primary language here too.
This is so freaking helpful!
Up next is yet another Google extension.
This one is called simply picture-in-picture.
You’ll want to ensure you are downloading the one by Google, which I’ve linked to
below for ya.
Picture in picture allows you to watch videos in a floating window that’s always on top
of your other open windows.
So, you can keep watching whatever, say, awesome youtuber you love so much, but still navigate
to other windows and tabs, without losing the video.
You can resize the video pop out and move it around your screen too.
And last but not least on my list of best Chrome extensions is another tool I’ve been
using since it came onto the scene and that’s ColorPick Eyedropper.
This is the easiest way to figure out what color is that on any webpage.
So how many times have you been scrolling a website and you wonder, what color is that?
Well, simply select the ColorPick Eyedropper extension and your mouse will turn into, well,
a color picker.
Simply move your mouse over the color you want to match.
You’re instantly given the color hex code.
If you click on the color, you can copy it over to your color board of the project you’re
working on.
It’s that simple, and trust me, has saved me many times when trying to color match.
Remember, I’ve got a few links listed below for you.
Maybe you want to know The Best Browser Extensions for Productivity, or the best Gmail extensions,
well I’ve got you covered with that and more.
Just follow all those links in the description.
So those are my picks for the top Chrome extensions for 2023.
What are your favorite browser extensions and why?
Let me know in the comments below.
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