20 Bookmarklets asAlternative to PopularExtensions on Chrome!

As soon as you read the title of
this post, you must have got a
doubt “why should I avoid
extensions?” Well, too many
extensions for a browser is not
good and when it comes to
Chrome, it ’s horrible because
Chrome is already known for its
high memory usage and now if
you install more extensions, then
it become a resource hog!
How to avoid extensions?
Have you heard about
Bookmarklets? At least you
must ’ve known about User
Scripts. Currently those two are
the only alternatives to these
memory sucking extensions.
Bookmarklets are small java
script codes which alter the
webpage you ’re viewing; they’re
generally stored as bookmarks.
An Extension loads up as soon as
a browsers starts and it
continues to work (irrespective
of website). On the other hand
Bookmarklets and User Scripts
are Website specific, for example
if you want to spice up your
Facebook theme, then all you
wanted is a simple Userscript not
an extension like Better
Facebook.
Installing Bookmarklets is as
easy as pie. Just drag the
Bookmarklet links into your
bookmarks bar and click to
access them instantly.
List of Extensions you can avoid
1. Firebug Lite Bookmarklet –
Alternative to Firebug Lite
Extension
2. Capture Screenshot Bookmarklet
– Alternative to Screen Capture
(by Google) Extension
3. Dictionary.com Bookmarklet –
Alternative to Google Dictionary
Extension
4. Blog this! Bookmarklet –
Alternative to Blog this!
Extension
5. Tineye Bookmarklet – Alternative
to Tineye reverse image search
Extension
6. TBuzz Bookmarklet – Alternative
to Twitter Tweet button
Extension
7. WOT Bookmarklet – Alternative to
WOT Extension
8. Retail Me Not Bookmarklet –
Alternative to Invisible Hand
Extension
9. Amazon Wish List Bookmarklet –
Alternative to Amazon Wish List
Extension
10. FFixer UserScript – Alternative to
Better Facebook Extension
11. Facebook Photo Theatre Killer
UserScript – Alternative to Revert
Facebook Photo Viewer
Extension
12. MegaUpload Auto Download
UserScript – Alternative to
MegaUpload Download Helper
Extension
13. RapidShare Auto Download
UserScript – Alternative to
RapidShare Download Helper
Extension
14. Quix Bookmarklet – Alternative to
Bitly Sidebar, Readability, Clip to
Evernote and many more!
15. YouTube Lyrics UserScript –
Alternative to Music Video Lyrics
for YouTube Extension
16. Loopy for YouTube UserScript –
Alternative to Auto Replay for
YouTube Extension
17. Keepvid Bookmarklet –
Alternative to YouTube
Downloader Extension
18. Turn Off The Lights UserScript –
Alternative to Turn off the Lights
Extension
19. Read Later Bookmarklet –
Alternative to Instapaper
Extension
20. Alternative to FlashBlock – If
you’re using Chrome as your
default browser, then you can
make use of this tutorial to block
flash elements.
Type about:flags in the Omni bar
and hit enter, now search for
click to play experiment and click
enable.
Next, go to Chrome’s settings
page i.e. chrome://settings/
content, under Plugins section,
select click to play. That ’s it, from
now chrome doesn’t load flash
elements.
Tip: You can allow flash elements
to load in video sites like
YouTube through the plugins
icon in the omni bar.
I know, these UserScripts and
Bookmarklets cannot replace the
Extensions perfectly but still, if
you think from memory
perspective then they ’re worth
trying.