Sharing some of my free favorite computer add-ons, and looking for suggestions from others.
1. Mercury Reader - eliminating ads, and putting web articles in a readable format. My number 1 favorite.
2. FlashPeak Slimjet - Have put this on all of my old computers. Looks and acts just like Chrome. Worked on my very old Windows XP and Vista. Works great, and avoids the no-update policy of Chrome. It's a crowd sourced program that regularly updates. Sometimes I use it on my regular computer, and forget that it's not chrome. Very close to the Chrome interface.
3. Down or Not? Is It Down Right Now? Website Down or Not? When your favorite site doesn't show... this checks if it's just you, or everybody. When interface comes up, copy/paste the non-responsive URL
4. Cookie delete for chrome... use to enter the website that has blocked your access to read an article. A one time way to get around a paywall when you just want to read one or two articles without signing your life away. Usually works when putting just a part of the URL in the search cookies space. ie. nyt, or wsj. Delete all of the shown cookies for that site only. Be careful not to delete ALL cookies.
copy/paste this into the URL space
chrome://settings/siteData
I've been using some of these for years. Search Google for the website downloads.
1. Mercury Reader - eliminating ads, and putting web articles in a readable format. My number 1 favorite.
2. FlashPeak Slimjet - Have put this on all of my old computers. Looks and acts just like Chrome. Worked on my very old Windows XP and Vista. Works great, and avoids the no-update policy of Chrome. It's a crowd sourced program that regularly updates. Sometimes I use it on my regular computer, and forget that it's not chrome. Very close to the Chrome interface.
3. Down or Not? Is It Down Right Now? Website Down or Not? When your favorite site doesn't show... this checks if it's just you, or everybody. When interface comes up, copy/paste the non-responsive URL
4. Cookie delete for chrome... use to enter the website that has blocked your access to read an article. A one time way to get around a paywall when you just want to read one or two articles without signing your life away. Usually works when putting just a part of the URL in the search cookies space. ie. nyt, or wsj. Delete all of the shown cookies for that site only. Be careful not to delete ALL cookies.
copy/paste this into the URL space
chrome://settings/siteData
I've been using some of these for years. Search Google for the website downloads.
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