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My Favorite Firefox Plugins & Chrome Extensions In The AI Age

Picture of Wes Schaeffer By  Wes Schaeffer  ·  4 minute read

My Favorite Chrome Extensions & AI Tools

Since the days of Firefox extensions and Blackberry devices, my daily tech stack has evolved dramatically. Today, I rely on a mix of Google Chrome extensions and advanced AI tools to manage passwords, automate workflows, optimize SEO, and drive sales. Here is a look at the tools I use today:

  • 1Password: My go-to replacement for LastPass. It securely manages all of my passwords, passkeys, and sensitive data across every device with top-tier security and a flawless browser interface.
  • Application Launcher For Drive: A handy extension that lets you open files from Google Drive directly into your computer's native desktop applications right from your browser.
  • Claude: Anthropic's powerful AI assistant that handles heavy lifting for content creation, deep research, brainstorming, and complex workflows.
  • Claude to Obsidian & Markdown Export: Seamlessly exports and syncs my conversations from Claude into clean, local Markdown files formatted perfectly for my Obsidian knowledge base.
  • Codex: OpenAI’s browser agent extension that lets AI securely interact with the websites, SaaS tools, and dashboards I'm already logged into to automate multi-tab workflows.
  • Google Analytics Debugger: Prints useful debugging information to the Chrome JavaScript console to verify that Google Analytics tracking tags are firing correctly.
  • Google Docs Offline: Ensures I can view, edit, and create documents in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides even when I lose internet connectivity.
  • Grammarly: Real-time AI writing assistance that cleans up my spelling, grammar, tone, and clarity across emails, blog drafts, and social media.
  • HubSpot Sales: Connects my CRM directly to my browser and email inbox to track email opens, log communications, and access sales templates on the fly.
  • HubSpot Social: Allows me to easily clip, schedule, and publish social media content directly through my HubSpot portal while browsing the web.
  • iCloud Passwords: Seamlessly brings Apple's native keychain password manager into Chrome, letting me autofill passwords generated on my iPhone or Mac.
  • Manus AI Browser Operator: An advanced AI browser companion that automates web tasks by navigating tabs and operating pages exactly like a human user under my supervision.
  • MetaMask: A secure crypto wallet extension used to interact with decentralized web3 applications and manage digital assets directly from Chrome.
  • MindStudio: Brings a suite of custom, context-aware AI agents right into my browser viewport to summarize long text, extract unstructured data, and run specific workflows.
  • Nimble Prospector: A smart CRM extension that lets me gather social profiles, contact info, and business insights on leads directly from any web page or social network.
  • OneTab: Converts a cluttered mess of open tabs into a clean, unified list with a single click, saving up to 95% of browser memory.
  • Tag Assistant: A classic developer extension by Google that assists in verifying the correct installation of various Google tags (Analytics, Tag Manager, etc.) on a page.
  • UNMiss: An all-in-one SEO companion that performs deep, instant audits of meta tags, structural text, internal links, page speed, and image alt attributes.
  • Video Speed Controller: Allows me to easily speed up, slow down, advance, or rewind any HTML5 video on the web with quick keyboard shortcuts.
  • vidIQ: A robust YouTube optimization toolkit that provides real-time channel insights, keyword scoring, and SEO analysis for video creators.

A Look Back: My Original Firefox Toolkit (Circa 2010)

For context, historical reference, and a good laugh at how fast tech moves, here is the original post from back when we were still using BlackBerrys and saving bookmarks to external servers!

As we all spend more and more time in front of our computers, here's a peek at my computer to see some of the plugins I use on Firefox to be productive.

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Welcome to the Recommendation Age. Since blog readers are, by definition, on the computer—and we all spend more and more time in front of our computers, I figured I would let you take a peek at my computer screen to see some of the plugins I use on Firefox to help me be as productive as possible while online.

What brought this about was my discovery of LastPass, a RoboForm replacement I needed since RoboForm doesn't work on my Mac. For the last several years, I've used the built-in password manager that comes with Firefox, but it was a little lacking. LastPass stores all of the passwords from all of my computers, and it will work on your BlackBerry as well. (I'm still looking for an iPhone version.)

LastPass lets me know when it has username and password information for me, which is a feature that the other programs I tried didn't do on a regular basis.

For all of you security worry warts, here is a little disclosure: yes, Lastpass stores my passwords online. Yes, things are probably not as secure as they could be when my information is floating through the cloud of the internet (but Lastpass obviously doesn't seem to think that is the case), but call me a rebel. I’m ok with my passwords in the cloud because I have peace of mind knowing I’ll always be able to get back into their site, no matter what.

Here are some of my other favorites (from back in the day...i.e., around 2010 or so):

  • Delicious - because having my bookmarks online, secure, and synchronized is the deal!!
  • Faviconize - I'm embarrassed to tell you how many tabs I keep open. This little plugin helps me shrink those tabs and free up some real estate.
  • LivePageRank - I'm the curious type and like to know the PageRank is for various sites, but I don’t need an entire Google toolbar eating up my toolbar to tell me.
  • Session manager - AHHH! Don't you HATE it when you accidentally lose the 27 tabs open in your browser? That won't happen again.
  • S3 Organizer - This makes putting stuff onto Amazon's S3 super easy. It sits as a little icon on the bottom right of my Firefox browser. I just click on it and drag my files over. If you're not familiar with Amazon S3 stay tuned to future posts.

Throw down some verbiage below to let me know what Firefox plugins you use/love/hate so we can all be more productive in 2010 and beyond.

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