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10 Useful Chrome Extensions You Probably Never Knew Existed

Date First Published: 3rd November 2024

Topic: Computer Systems

Subtopic: Computer Software

Article Type: Computer Questions & Answers

Difficulty: Easy

Difficulty Level: 3/10

CONTENTS

1. Super Simple Highlighter
2. LanguageTool
3. Night Shift
4. Google Dictionary
5. Save To Google Drive
6. Compose AI
7. Tab Wrangler
8. Keyword Surfer
9. Briskine Email Templates
10. Just Read

Here are 10 useful Chrome extensions you probably never knew existed.

Google Chrome is the most popular web browser and there are hundreds of thousands of extensions in the Chrome web store. There are some very useful extensions that are worth checking out. It's not possible to share every extension here, but here are 10 of the best Chrome extensions you may not know about which can help improve productivity.

1. Super Simple Highlighter

This highlighter can make simple, permanent edits on any webpage. You can make highlights on any webpage and those highlights will be restored when you revisit the page. There are different colours you can use to highlight and you can also strike through text, make it bold, or change it to italics instead of highlighting it.

2. LanguageTool

Language Tool is a grammar checker that checks the text for spelling mistakes, grammar issues, commonly confused words, and punctuation errors. There are additional features, such as synonym replacements for overused words, rephrasing of wordy sentences, and AI-powered rephrasing.

3. Night Shift

Night Shift automatically shifts the colours of your browser content to the warmer end of the colour spectrum at night time. You can set it to turn on at sunset and turn off at sunrise, or manually choose the times. You can also change the shade of the colour and adjust the opacity that will display when it's on.

4. Google Dictionary

With this extension, you can double-click on any word to view its definition in a small popup bubble and define any word using the toolbar definition without having to open a new tab. This will save having to go to Google each time you want to define a word. This extension will work on all webpages, except on Chrome web store pages.

5. Save To Google Drive

This extension allows you to save web content or screenshots directly to Google Drive without having to open a new tab. These can be saved by right-clicking and selecting Save to Google Drive. Once your content has been saved, you can view it in the Google Drive document list, rename it, or open it using the progress dialogue.

6. Compose AI

Compose AI is an AI-powered writing tool that allows you to autocomplete sentences, generate text based on what you ask, rephrase sentences, and draft emails. This will allow you to write much quicker and is very useful for writing emails, documents, blog posts, social media posts, and more.

7. Tab Wrangler

If you find that you often keep too many tabs open, this is a useful extension. Tab Wrangler automatically closes inactive tabs that haven't been used recently. There are extra settings to remember the tabs closed, choose the number of tabs that can be opened before they start to automatically close, and prevent auto-closing from your favourite sites.

8. Keyword Surfer

Keyword Surfer allows you to quickly view search data for keywords, including the search volume, cost per click, keyword suggestions, related terms, and more. This would be useful if you have a website and want to know which keywords are best to target for your content. It can also generate other keyword suggestions based on your search term, helping you find what you're looking for more quickly.

9. Briskine Email Templates

This extension allows you to create customised, personal email templates. It can save a lot of time when writing regular and repetitive emails and messages. You can use a shortcut to insert the email template and respond to an email within a few seconds. It supports Gmail, Microsoft Outlook, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

10. Just Read

Just Read provides a customisable reader view and removes any distracting elements, like the styling of the page, ads, popups, and comments. You can also adjust the style of the content whilst it's in reader view and summarise articles using AI. This can help you read information more quickly by removing any distractions.