Questions tagged [web-browser]
Web browser software and web browser add-ons. If you are specifically looking for a Firefox or Chrome add-on/extension/plugin, please use the tag [firefox] or [chrome] instead.
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Microsoft Edge's "Improved copy and paste of URLs" feature in other browsers
There is a feature in Microsoft Edge browser described here which makes copied and pasted URLs formatted, not in a plain text. For example, when you go to the Wikipedia's homepage and copy its URL and ...
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Unhook key shortcuts on websites
There are websites that react on certain key combinations. For example certain websites intercept Ctrl + 1 ... Ctrl + 9 key combinations. I have those shortcuts set up in browser for tab navigation: ...
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Saving all responses from a specific URL to disk while browsing
I am looking for a versatile solution that allows me to capture and save all the responses from a specific URL to disk while I am browsing, with no restrictions on the browser, external programs, or ...
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Downloading a .ts or .m3u8 video using youtube-dl or any other CLI
I am downloading videos from a website using the Video DownloadHelper Firefox extension. Recently I encountered an issue where the audio video is out of sync and the video is playing in a slow mode. ...
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Windows web browser which supports offline migration of all stored data
I'm on Windows and am using a lot of google-chrome instances with --user-data-dir and tried to transfer all of them to a new pc (settings, open tabs, saved passwords, cookies, history, ...) and a ...
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Grammar correcting browser plugin that works like a translator for all sites
There are tools like Grammarly, but they only work on input text.
Is there a tool that fixes all grammatical errors in the existing text of the web page?
Kinda like how a translator plugin replaces ...
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subscribe to youtube channels without account
I don't know how to better describe it, and i hope this is the right place.
But, when your signed in on youtube then on your subscripion feed youtube show a list sortet by date of the videos the ...
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Calculate distance to nearest train station
When researching property, I would like to know how far from a train station they are, as the distance could be a deal-breaker.
The real estate websites I use only have a basic map, therefore I have ...
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Edge (or other browser) extension to notify if a site I'm trying to open is already open in another tab and make it quick/easy to switch to that tab
I'm looking for a browser extension (ideally for Edge) that will notify me if I try to load a new tab on a site that is already open.
Too many times my browser tabs fill up with repeated sites - it ...
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Streaming local videos over the internet
I'd like to share some media with my ex (and possibly other friends) like personal photos, videos. I'm not the kind of guy to put them up for social media.
I have used FTP server before but I wonder ...
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Check console errors generated by browser upon loading list of URLs
I have around 650 URLs in a excel document. Now my job is to access the URLs and check if the console is showing any errors or warnings. It is tedious job t access each URL once in a browser and check ...
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Mobile browser that has image-blocking option
I like having the option to make it by default so that images are not displayed except on whitelisted sites. This is how I browse the Internet on desktop. What browser will let me do that on iOS, to ...
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How to access contact information from a React.js website
I'd like to add a contact in a user's mobile contacts app from a web browser using a React.js web application. Ideally, I'd like this to work for both android and iOS devices. How could I do this?
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code editor which is a standalone web application which helps us edit code from the browser?
Looking for some code editor which is a spins up a web-based IDE on launch from the command line. It should have modern features most source code editors have (like vscode). The best use case for this ...
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Web browser that can load a large YouTube "Liked videos" page without slowing down
I have ~4000 liked videos. Can't seem to open that page and reach the bottom without Firefox or Chrome displaying the message "This page is slowing FF/Cr down" and/or crashes. Could you ...
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Interact with pdf files in web browser - visualise pdf and highlight words / phrases
Is there software, ideally open source that will allow me to visualise a pdf in a web browser and interact with the text?
I want to be able to have a list of words and highlight them in the browser.
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Sync a custom chrome extension across all computers that chrome user is longed in?
Anyone know of chrome extension that syncs DATA of each individual chrome extensions, for example, it will sync a list of rules you created for a custom extension across all current chrome user ...
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Text-to-speech specific page element?
I'd like to convert a web page like this and have the program filter it for the comments, rather than include "permalink, source" or irrelevant page elements.
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Periodically take a screenshot of a browser window, even if it's in the background
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Preferably a browser extension or desktop app.
Platform is a Windows 10 desktop.
Browser shall be any of the usual suspects (Firefox, Chrome, Edge, you name it).
I need to periodically (...
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Does anyone know of a SwiftUI compiler?
I do not want something big to download, like Xcode, but I want an online SwiftUI compiler that I can open from my browser.
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Browser tab balancing software or extension?
I use a window manager, which generally has the ability to balance windows really well. This gets defeated with tabs in browsers. Effectively this allows you to put multiple different things in one ...
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Open source up-to-date autofill extensions for Chromium / Chrom* browsers?
Unfortunately it appears that Autofill (https://www.tohodo.com/autofill/) for Chromium browsers is going to be moving away from a purely free model as it has been hitherto:
I certainly do not condemn ...
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Volume up/down for a specific web browser tab
I am looking for any application that can change the volume of a specific tab of a web browser.
I do know a Chrome extension that can completely mute a tab but do not know anything that changes the ...
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Browser with a modern UI
I'm in search of a modern web browser with a sleek and user-friendly interface. I've tried Opera GX, but unfortunately, it caused my computer to slow down. I'm looking for a browser that strikes a ...
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Browse already downloaded offline websites on iOS
I downloaded a website on my computer and transferred it to my Ipad, but am unable to find an app that can browse it properly. The website is a folder with an index.html page and other html pages, ...
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PixelBlock alternative for Firefox?
I'm using Firefox 57. I'm looking for software that blocks the 1x1 pixels that cause the HTTP{S} fetches that are used to track users. The product I used in the past is called PixelBlock. I searched ...
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Practical internet browser for working with tons of tabs?
I Am looking for an internet browser, which has following features without installing abhorrent addons!!! And addons are security risk, you shouldn't be forced to use them period...
Reorder its ...
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Chrome extension to block email send (Gmail) before review
I'm looking for a browser extension to block myself from sending an email without review. A perfect solution could be a not-so-intrusive behavior, like a silent notification or disabling the button ('...
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Browser extension that sends a full page capture of a website to Pinterest
I use Chrome, and found Page2Images Pin Full Page.
Works great, except that the image captured was so small that I can't read the text, and some text and layout are screwed.
Anyone came across any ...
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Software to display a website for a trade show or something similar
I need a recommendation for a software that can display a website without the addressbar. The computer/tablet should not respond to keyboard input and the application should not be closable. It ...
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Search engine software specialized in serving links that work with a no-script browser
Is there a search engine software that gives results usable without JavaScript or other scripts enabled?
This would be great for the following situations:
Browser with JavaScript, Java applets, ...
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Is there any web browser for android with "File System Access API"?
Chromium based android browsers currently don't have the support for "File System Access API" and Firefox mobile also doesn't have the support.
I have checked caniuse.com where it shows some ...
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Software to make StackExchange usable without "accepting cookies" on every page every load?
Since yesterday StackExchange has been giving me a pop-up to "accept all cookies". If I do that, it disappears. Until I go to the next page, or reload the current page, and it's back again....
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Is there any reddit extension or setting which will allow me to toggle my moderator view of the subreddit?
I browse reddit on the browser. I use RES & Moderator Toolbox extensions on my browser.
I am a mod of a small subreddit.
Is there any extension (preferably Chrome) or setting which will allows me ...
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Software to diagnose security breaches and protect account access
In the past few days, several of my accounts on different apps/websites (first Twitter, then Discord) have gotten hacked, posting messages and sending spam messages to my contacts without my knowledge....
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How to configure Web Browser to ignore malformed HTTP Response Headers?
I'm working with an IoT device that has an embedded HTTP Server that returns csv formatted status data. Everything works fine between my data collector app and the IoT device in terms of ...
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Browser that can bypass HSTS
I am looking for a browser that can bypass HSTS, since I've always had trouble with it blocking websites I'm visiting. I know of Pale Moon and I've modified my firefox so that HSTS is broken, but I'm ...
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Plugin that displays small clock on web browser depending on page's country
I'd like to know if there is a plugin or userscript that displays a small clock with the local timezone of the page you are visiting.
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Frequency Generator App
Is there a Windows application, or web application that allows to generate noise frequencies at a certain rate in a certain range, for example, 2 hertz per second in an interval from 100 to 1100 Hz?
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Android Browser with developer tools
What application should I use to bring fully fledged developer browsing experience (where I not just view a page as end user, but also discover and edit DOM tree, debug JavaScript, view network ...
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cross-browser web extension development tool
Looking for a tool/framework that would help creating web extensions projects which can run across multiple browsers (at least the popular ones).
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Software that plays .m3u8 stream file over VPN on ASP.NET web page
I have a GoPro Hero 3+. After some hacking, I can do a live view stream via VLC Player (after setting it on loop). However, I want to add a live stream to my ASP.NET web page (C#). I've tried a few ...
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iOS browser extension to save web content?
I would like to save highlighted text or images I come across while browsing the web to one place conveniently for later access.
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Transferring HTML's localStorage to another device
I have a web page that uses localStorage to save statistics about how I use it (which in turn affect how things are displayed).
When I use different devices however, that data is of course not ...
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Firefox extension for Facebook without scrolling the news feed
You often have to scroll when you go through items in facebook news feed on laptop.
Is there a Firefox extension that enables you to move between next and previous feed items (keyboard shortcut). Or ...
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IDE that runs completely in the browser completely client side (html/js/css only)
There are numerous IDEs accessible through the browser ranging from things like JSFiddle to VSCode and beyond.
I'm looking for something like an html/css/js app that acts like an IDE. Clearly, it won'...
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Is there any tool which makes it easier to create new accounts on websites?
The idea is that sometimes you want to instantaneously spin up a new account on various apps or websites, but in order to do so you often have to create a new email address and sometimes even get a ...
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Windows web browser or extension/plugin with multiline address bar
I need to reverse engineer a website where the URL changes depending on where I click on the page.
It will be much easier if I can see all of the URL at the same time.
Is there a windows browser or ...
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Web browser that can view page source for Android
I have used Google Chrome, UC Browser, Opera Mini but I haven't found a way to use any of these browsers to view the source of a web page.
I need an Android web browser or any other software that can ...
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Android web browser (not Chrome) that fully supports bluetooth keyboard shortcuts
I'm looking for another web browser besides Chrome that supports keyboard shortcuts at least as well (ideally better) than Chrome does. I mean, it should have allow you to go to the location bar, ...
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