long before the idea of enhancing the functionality of a web browser to the
point where it could be an entire PC operating system was the twinkle in
Google's eye enterprising developers have been trying to make the internet a
little more exciting with walls of toolbars for sweep Stakes coupons asking
questions of the world's most knowledgeable Butler and virtual pets
that would sing Talk and load malicious code onto your unsuspecting PC but as
clunky and awful as those early add-ons were they were actually the forerunners
of modern browser extensions that's right browser extensions don't actually
have to be slick and minimalist like everything you see today in fact an
extension is basically just any piece of software that adds functionality to your
browser in some way there are huge libraries of these extensions available
for Chrome and Firefox with Microsoft's new edge browser finally having the
possibility of supporting those libraries in the future so where do
these extensions actually come from well there are usually a few that come
directly from the publisher of your web browser such as the ever popular Google
Mail checker for Chrome but the vast majority of them are written by
thirdparty programmers checked for bugs and then published in some sort of
official store by Milla Google or whoever else wrote your web browser
either for free or with a usually small cost associated with them okay so I know
what they are I know where they come from but why would I want them well in
much the same way that Apple never expected anyone to use their phone as a
flashlight extensions are limited only by some basic publication rules and the
creativity of developers so there are plenty of reasons to love them here are
some examples of things extensions can do automatically apply discount codes
without having you search for them reveal who's tracking your online activity through cookies block
distracting websites when you're up really late trying to finish that term
paper in the last freaking minute customize the look of popular websites
however you could possibly want recover that Ma massive Reddit rant that you
lost because you accidentally hit the back button and even show you
crowdsource summaries of ulas so you don't end up allowing someone to harvest
your organs in the middle of the night in exchange for some free music or
something but before you go out and install every browser extension known to
man here are some important considerations first of all although
most browser extensions are small files that you download quickly they can still
tie up your computer's resources especially if you try to run too many of
them at the same time and secondly and this is much more important poorly
secured and even nefarious browser extensions are still out there even
after the official stores have vetted them so be sure to read reviews along
with the fine print before you install everything some extensions can spy on
your browsing habits without telling you and others might even funnel other
people's traffic through your connection as was the case with the hola VPN
extension a while back but as long as you're careful about what you install
extensions can enhance your browsing experience just as much as they can
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