Skeeves me out for some reason, especially the “Cash Back” idea.

RakutenThis is one of those things that automatically applies coupons during checkout to eCommerce stores.

Being able to slap some extra CSS onto sites of your own liking and have it persist is super cool, and a community of user-created styles for other websites is even cooler.

StylusI love that this exists and that it is still somewhat actively developed (a beta exists).

For other screenshots, I’m super hot on Cleanshot. Note that you don’t need a browser plugin to do full-length screenshots-in DevTools you can do CMD+ Shift+ P then search for “Capture Full Size Screenshot.” I actually use that quite a bit. I guess it’s more about screenshots than video.

NimbusInteresting that this is in an entirely different category that Loom.

But now that Chrome has tab groups natively (as well as “pinning”), I just roll with that.

Tab Manager PlusI’m as guilty as anyone for having too many tabs open… all the time.

Dark ReaderThis forces dark mode on sites that otherwise don’t have one.

But maybe it’s worth it if the point is that it keeps you on task and away from distracting apps? I was very skeptical of Centered, but it really did seem to help the times I tried it.

ForestI’m skeptical of productivity apps that ultimately feel like yet-another-app I need to use and learn.

It’s nice to see them being pushed by another player in the same space. That said, I think Grammarly is good, though a bit heavy handed sometimes.

WordtuneLooks like a competitor to Grammarly.I wonder if it’s big in the eduction space where that student/teacher connection would be bolstered by this. This is clearly a much more personal way to do things. MoteSimilar in spirit to Loom-leave feedback with your voice instead of writing it out by hand.I like how it’s a browser app, meaning that something like a Chromebook could use it even though it feels like an app that would otherwise be native.

I actually had a guest author use this to pitch an idea and it was both above-and-beyond in a good way, and didn’t look overly difficult to do.

LoomOh that’s neat how it records your screen and your camera, encouraging you to do little personal walkthroughs of a thing for someone.Here are my hot takes on all of them, except the virtual learning specific ones that aren’t very relevant to me. I hadn’t heard of most of the Chrome extensions that Sarem Gizaw lists as 2021 favorites.

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