Introduced a few days ago “8 online services that anonymously peek at IG’s limited-time dynamics without leaving a viewing history”Teaching, the article mentioned that these services are only applicable to public accounts. If users want to not leave viewing records when browsing friends’ IG restrictions, and the friends are private accounts (you need to request permission to track to see), you can’t What should I do if I peek at limited-time updates through these services? Consider using the browser extensions described next.

Recommended in this article “Hiddengram“Is a free Chrome browser plug-in, its main purpose is to allow you to view your friends’ IG updates for a limited time without leaving a viewing historyTo put it simply, when we click on the limited-time feed on the Instagram web page, the user’s avatar frame will be marked in gray (if there is a new limited-time feed that has not been viewed, it will be colored), and the other party will not know after installing Hiddengram You have browsed the limited-time dynamics, and you can still maintain the unbrowsed colors.

I introduced another extension before “Chrome IG Story”, but the plug-in has been removed. Hiddengram is a good alternative to Chrome IG Story, which is used to hide the record of your own browsing IG for a limited time.

Hiddengram does not have too many complicated options. Users can click the button to quickly turn on and off the hidden viewing history function, and the total number of hidden records blocked will also be displayed. Please note that the plug-in will keep the limit as unread. Status, after refreshing, the same limited-time dynamics will still appear repeatedly.

Hiddengram
Chrome Web Store

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STEP 1

Open Hiddengram’s Chrome online app store page and click on the upper right corner “Add to Chrome“Download and install it to use.

STEP 2

After installation, Hiddengram will be displayed on the toolbar in the upper right corner of the browser. If there is a forbidden symbol, the eye means that the hidden function is in execution, and it is turned on when it is turned on. Instagram web version, Browsing other people’s limited-time updates will not leave a viewing history.

Tap Hiddengram to turn into a green eye, which means that the hidden function is suspended. If you tap the limited-time dynamics at this time, the viewing history will be left, and your friends will also know that you have viewing restrictions.

STEP 3

During operation, the limited-time dynamic number of hidden viewing records will be displayed, so that the user can judge whether it has been successfully blocked. If you are not sure whether it has been successfully blocked, it is recommended to open a small account to test it yourself!

can be seen on many video sites HTTP Live Streaming (HLS). HLS is a streaming media network transmission protocol. Unlike the most common MP4 video in the past, you can download it when you find the link. The M3U format divides the video into multiple sub The file name is .ts small file, and .m3u8 is a UTF-8 encoded playlist. The video or music storage path is provided in plain text. If you want to download a streaming video, it will More complicated.

Simply put, to download streaming audio and video content, you must first obtain a playlist (.m3u or .m3u8), and then split the file path to .ts Download the files one by one, and finally merge these .ts files together.

The “Live Stream Downloader” to be introduced in this article is a free browser extension, the main purpose is to detect and download the M3U8 HLS streaming video content of the webpage when the plug-in finds the M3U8 string When streaming media format, a prompt will appear in the toolbar. After clicking on it, these segmented video files can be downloaded and automatically merged into a single video, just like a common web video download tool.

The main functions listed on the Live Stream Downloader website:

• Download HLS streaming video content and save it to the hard disk
• Provide different streaming video quality options
• Use multi-threading (multi-threading) Download video segments and merge them

Live Stream Downloader also provides users with the option to choose different video quality use InDexedDB to store video segments, and automatically merge all segments after downloading. For better downloading effect, it will be more The thread downloads the HLS stream to improve the speed and stability. If there is a network failure, it can be uploaded after the connection is restored.

Live Stream Downloader
https://add0n.com/hls-downloader.html

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STEP 1

Live Stream Downloader provides Google Chrome,Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge applicable extended function version can be downloaded, open the application store page in the browser to install.

STEP 2

After the Google Chrome browser is installed, you can click on the upper right corner “Extensions” to find the Live Stream Downloader option, and click the back “Fix ” button to add it to the toolbar in the upper right corner will be more convenient to use. If the M3U8 streaming video is detected on the webpage, the icon will turn blue.

STEP 3

Click on Live Stream Downloader to jump out of the downloader and ask the user the resolution and quality of the download. Enter the quality of the download and click “ Confirm ” to continue.

Because there may be several streaming videos (advertising or other content) on the web page, there will also be a prompt in the Live Stream Downloader, which can be judged from the downloaded URL Is it the video you need?

STEP 4

Then check the list of streaming videos from the Download List. do you remember? As mentioned earlier, .m3u or .m3u8 is actually a playlist, which contains the split .ts file path, and each video will be displayed in the download list The number of segmented files (segments) and download links can be judged from the URL if it is the video file you want.

If you are not sure, just click “Download Links” in the lower right corner to download all detected videos.

STEP 5

When downloading videos, Live Stream Downloader will display the current completion progress. After

is completed, the merged .ts video file will be automatically downloaded and saved.

Introduced before “SimilarWeb queries website traffic and world rankings, and analyzes the source keywords of competitors”It is also mentioned in the article that Alexa will soon end operations in May 2022. If you want to find an alternative to Alexa and query the traffic ranking information of a specific website, you can switch to SimilarWeb, and the data is more accurate and detailed. If you want to quickly query a certain website For traffic information, you can also install a free Chrome browser extension officially recommended by SimilarWeb. It will also collect some user usage data to improve website-related information.

This article will introduce “SimilarWeb“Is used to quickly check the source of website traffic and rankings for free Chrome Plug-in, just click the SimilarWeb icon in the browser toolbar when you browse the website after installation.Show website rankings in the world, rankings in specific countries and regions, rankings of similar websites and traffic information, It is a relatively simple version of SimilarWeb information, and you can also return to the original website to browse more complete information.

The SimilarWeb browser plug-in will display rankings, traffic overviews (including traffic in the past six months, bounce rate, page views per visitor, monthly visitors and stay time), the proportions of sources in different countries and regions, and the number of websites entering the website The type of traffic source (search engine, direct access, social networking site, referral link, Email or multimedia advertising marketing), much like the previous expansion of the Alexa ranking or website related information.

SimilarWeb
Chrome Web Store

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STEP 1

Open the SimilarWeb plug-in on the Chrome online app store page, and click “Add to Chrome“Download it for free and install the plug-in to your browser to use it.

STEP 2

The first time you click on the SimilarWeb extension, you will be asked to join the volunteer network. The plug-in will collect usage data to improve the website data. Click OK to agree to join and continue. If you skip it, a prompt message will pop up again to refuse to let SimilarWeb get the usage information, but Does not affect basic functions.

STEP 3

After clicking the plug-in, the relevant data of the website will be displayed, including global ranking, country ranking and classification ranking. It will also list the traffic trends of the last six months, such as bounce rate, number of pages viewed by each visitor, monthly visitors and visitors The average stay time of these data is the same as the information you can see when you enter the SimilarWeb site for query, but it is faster and more efficient through the plug-in, without having to manually enter the URL.

STEP 4

Scrolling down will also show the countries and regions from which the most visitors come, and you can also see the main traffic source proportions.

STEP 5

Click “More insights“Will open the SimilarWeb site, you can find more records and analysis data.

If you want to download videos from Facebook, the easiest, fastest and still usable “FBDown.net Paste the Facebook video URL to download the MP4 file immediately”Is the first choice. Open the website, paste the Facebook post URL, and automatically retrieve the Facebook video file and provide it for download. In fact, FBdown (now renamed to the shorter FDOWN) is not only for downloading Facebook video files, but also supports other video platforms, such as Vimeo, Dailymotion, Twitch, etc., through the Google Chrome extension provided by FDOWN, the downloader can be integrated into the browser , Save the movie will become easier.

This article will introduce “Video Downloader PLUS“Is free Chrome Expansion function, add a video downloader to the browser, it is convenient to quickly save the network video from the supported website, Video Downloader PLUS is the predecessor FBDown Video Downloader(Has been unavailable),It will display whether any video format is detected in the toolbar at the upper right corner of the browser, such as .3gp, .mp4, .wmv, .flv, .swf, .mp3, etc. It can also download multiple video files at the same time.

For example, if you want to download and save video content from Facebook, use Video Downloader PLUS to quickly transfer the video to FDOWN for download. The latest version can also support private videos (previously it may not be able to detect videos correctly due to Facebook updates). A download button is added to the upper right corner of the movie, making it easier to save the movie.

Of course, Video Downloader PLUS supports most websites. As long as there are video and audio formats on the web page, almost all can be downloaded. For streaming video and audio, it also has the function of recording videos. However, YouTube is not supported by the Video Downloader PLUS plug-in because it violates Chrome. The usage specification of the app store.

Video Downloader PLUS
Chrome Web Store

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STEP 1

Open Video Downloader PLUS on the Chrome web app store page, click on the upper right corner “Add to Chrome“Download and install it to your browser to use.

STEP 2

Video Downloader PLUS supports the video and audio content of most websites. If it is a Facebook video, it will be displayed directly in the upper right corner of the thumbnail of the dynamic list.Download“Button (when you move the mouse cursor up), click to download the video file.

When video content is detected in the webpage, the icon in the upper right corner of Video Downloader PLUS will be displayed as a green arrow, which means that there is a downloadable video. Click the icon to open the download function, and the drop-down screen will show the detected Video content, including preview image, title, and video size.

STEP 3

Tap the “Download“Will send the URL to the FDOWN online tool for download.

For example, I used a Facebook video for demonstration. When I click the download button and send it to FDOWN, I will see the video player, click on the “Download your Video“Get the video you want to download.

STEP 4

If the video is opened directly in the browser, click the menu in the lower right corner to find “download“Save the file, or right-click on the video, there will also be an option to download the video. It is very simple. Friends who need to download the video from the Internet can give it a try.

There are many ways to capture the computer screen. In addition to using the built-in capture function of the system, there are also many capture software or browser extensions available. Of course, there is also an online screen recording tool just open the browser. For desktop video or camera video recording, it can also be equipped with a microphone or other audio input, which becomes very useful for making teaching or material. By the way, the Dropbox Capture introduced last month is a screen capture software that I find very convenient. After the screenshot is recorded, the sharing link can be generated immediately.

This article will introduce “FireShot“, a well-known and established free webpage screenshot tool which supports various common browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera, Through FireShot, you can capture the entire page of the webpage, or capture the visible range, capture the selected area, the capture speed is fast, the effect is very good and the capture can be saved as JPG/GIF/PNG/BMP image format , PDF, email, copy to clipboard or print.

It’s not difficult to capture webpages. FireShot’s built-in “capture entire page” function is very easy to use. When capturing, it will automatically scroll the webpage so that the webpage can be completely captured and converted into pictures. this may not be found in some screenshot tools, some may not be so ideal in function, and there will be problems such as broken or unconnected screens when capturing.

The paid version of FireShot can be upgraded to the Pro version, adding functions such as capturing web components, windows, frames, or creating multi-page PDFs, and even editing functions are provided. The price is $39.95, but I think the free version In terms of functionality, it can already meet the needs of most users.

FireShot
https://getfireshot.com/

FireShot extension download
ChromeEdgeFirefox,Opera

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STEP 1

The following uses Microsoft Edge to install the Chrome version of FireShot for teaching examples.

Open the Chrome online application store, click “Add to Chrome” in the upper right corner to download and install the extension. After completion, a FireShot screenshot menu will be added to the toolbar in the upper right corner of the browser. From the right-click menu, find the FireShot function to capture webpage screenshots.

STEP 2

FireShot free version has three functions: capture the entire page, capture the visible part, capture the selected area if you want to capture the entire For the page (from beginning to end), use the first option to grab the entire page. If you want to see the range of the page (part of the page screen), select the second to grab the visible part.

STEP 3

Open the FireShot setting option, you can adjust the image format (PNG, JPG) to be saved, the default output folder or automatically close the page after saving, there are Chinese options It’s not too difficult to understand.

STEP 4

For example, I want to capture the web page view from the browser, select “ Capture the visible part ” to capture The visible range on the page, this should be a function most users will use.

After capturing, the FireShot save screenshot will be opened. Users can preview whether they meet their expectations.

STEP 5

Through the right “Save Screenshot ” option to save the screenshot as a picture, PDF format, or use Email to send, copy to the clipboard, Print output and so on. I think FireShot is a very intimate feature, allowing users to preview the captured images before saving the output.

The picture below is the screen of free resource Internet community articles I captured using FireShot. Chinese content can also be captured correctly without garbled characters or typographical errors. If Need to capture web pages (and hope to get good screenshot effects), FireShot is a suitable and recommended web page screenshot plug-in.

For those who can save web pages screenshot toolI believe everyone is familiar with it, like WinSnap、FastStone Capture Or Jing, which is easy to use on Mac systems (now TechSmith Screencast) Can achieve similar effects, or through browser extensions and online tools, usually saved in static image format.If you want to completely preserve the appearance of a webpage at a certain point in time, it may be a better choice to create a more credible webpage backup through a third party. I have introduced Wayback Machine The web time machine allows users to save the page completely online, so that they can go back to a specific time at any time:

Generally speaking, web page capture will be based on the area that is seen after opening, or only a small part of a specific area. This can also be done on the computer with a shortcut key through the built-in capture tool. If you want to capture a complete The content of the webpage can only be achieved through tools. I remember that I recommended a very useful free browser extension four years ago, which can quickly grab the entire page with one click.

Recommended in this article “Full Page Screen Capture“Is a free Chrome Expansion features, more than 3 million downloads can be regarded as a very popular plug-in, new features and paid upgrade plans (Premium) were launched at the end of last year, butThe most important one-click complete web page retrieval function is not affected, You can still use most of the functions even if it’s free, but you need to pay to use the new screenshots to crop, label, add to the browser frame and address bar.

With Full Page Screen Capture, any webpage can be completely captured from beginning to end as a picture or PDF format, Use the built-in capture management function to view screenshots at different time points, because the web page captures are automatically scrolled, and the scrolling axis that will not be captured to the side is one of the features of the plug-in. In addition, Full Page Screen Capture is also an open source project (GitHub), completely free and without any malicious software.

Full Page Screen Capture
Chrome Web Store

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STEP 1

Now Full Page Screen Capture has its own official website. You can see the introduction of the features from the homepage of the website. For example, this plug-in function is very fast and simple. You can grab a complete web page screenshot with just one click of a button, click Add to Chrome The online application store page will open.

Click the “Add to Chrome“You can install the extension to the browser. If you are using the new Microsoft Edge, you can also install it. You can refer to the previously written “How to install Chrome extensions in Microsoft Edge browser」。

STEP 2

The picture format to be saved can be selected in the plug-in setting option, the default is .png, Can be changed to .jpg, There are other things like download path, PDF size, etc., which can be used without any special requirements.

STEP 3

The method and function of Full Page Screen Capture are really simple. Find the page where you want to capture a complete web page, click the screenshot button in the upper right corner, and a prompt message that the screen is being captured will appear.

STEP 4

After the capture is completed, the Full Page Screen Capture preview mode will be turned on, because the web page is very long and the preview image will look very small, but you can preview the original size by clicking to enlarge.

Tap in the upper right corner Download image You can download and save the captured images in PNG or JPG format, and there is a Download PDF Button to save this picture as PDF format.

STEP 5

As mentioned earlier, Full Page Screen Capture has a built-in file management tool that can quickly view the screenshots at different points in time. It will also mark the file name according to the website URL, which is useful for going back to get the earlier screenshots.

The picture below is the free resource network social site I captured with Full Page Screen Capture. You can see that after saving as PDF, each page is automatically divided into different pages because the length is too long, but the capture effect is very good, and the text The part is also very clear and can be enlarged without blur or distortion, which is very useful for saving the complete page content.

The free resource network community has introduced a lot of foreign countries Free gallery、Free videos with Free audio The website allows users to quickly find the materials they need online. If it is a large gallery, there is basically no need to worry about copyright issues. As long as the authorization method is followed (most of which are to indicate the source and connect back to the original website), they can use it with confidence.I have recommended some gallery search engines before, which integrate a variety of galleries, and you can find multiple websites with just one search, such as the one I like very much Everypixel It can also use algorithms to filter out inappropriate pictures; make it into a bookmark list Stock Photo Search Quickly search 30 gallery sites and another Pixelmob Aggregating millions of photos makes finding images more efficient.

Recommended in this article “Stocks House”Is a free Chrome browser extension. You can add shortcuts to search all major galleries in the browser, providing three types of search for photos, videos, and audio materials., The operation method is very simple. Entering the search keyword will automatically quickly bring the keyword to the pre-selected gallery website in the new tab of the browser. The user can also quickly find the required photo material in the search result, which is very convenient and easy to use .

The sites searched by Stocks House include:

• Photo：Unsplash、Pexels、Pixabay、iStock、Visual Hunt、Stock Snap、Shutterstock、Free Range 和 Shopify Burst。
• Film：Pixabay、Videezy、Pond5、iStock、Vimeo Free、Pexels、Shutterstock、Videvo 和 Clip Canvas。
• Audio：NoCRSounds、Videvo、Clip Canvas、SoundEffects+、Pond5、Sound Bible 和 Pexels。

I have also introduced these websites in special articles. For more information, please refer to the following articles:

Stocks House
Chrome Web Store

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STEP 1

Open Stocks House’s online application store page, click on the upper right corner “Add to Chrome“Install.

After installation, follow the instructions and click the extension list to fix Stocks House to the browser toolbar.

STEP 2

Click the Stocks House button to open the search function. Enter keywords to search in the gallery. There are options for photo, video and audio material libraries below. By default, all included websites will be searched.

STEP 3

Enter search keywords and submit them. Stocks House will open the library of these photos or videos in a new tab, and at the same time bring in the user’s pre-set string (that is, to help users quickly search on these sites, instead of opening the search one by one), but It’s important to note that some galleries may have paid content, such as Shutterstock, Also pay attention to the search results.

Stocks House can also be used to search for video and audio materials. It will also quickly open these material sites and bring in search keywords to display relevant results. It is really time-saving and convenient for searching for stocks.

STEP 4

For example, if you use Stocks House to search for free galleries, the browser tab will open these galleries websites, and then find the download function from the website to get the photo materials, such as Pexels, click on the upper right corner “Free Download“Choose the size of the image you want to download. Of course, the authorization method for each photo gallery is different. Remember to check whether you need to mark the source.

In order to avoid wasting time, many people will make plans before the start of the new year, or take the time longer and set mid- and long-term goals, so that the phased tasks can be completed step by step. Are you such a person? If every year at the end of the year find that this year has passed again, but it seems that a lot of things have not been done, I will still be a little disappointed! How do you remind yourself of the importance of time? Introduced before “Year Progress”The progress bar that has passed this year will be displayed on the new tab of the browser, which graphically makes users feel more about time; there is also a “Motivation”The extension will display your actual age on a new page, and present the age of the user as an ever-increasing number, which has a very reminding effect.

This article will introduce “Time Gone”Is a time-related Chrome extension. It can display daily, monthly, and yearly as a progress bar with a percentage, Make users feel more when watching, and have reminder function. Time Gone will be displayed as a clock icon in the browser toolbar, and the screen shown above will be displayed in the drop-down function after clicking.

In addition, Time Gone allows users to set their own birthday, and will display their actual age under the time data. For example, they have been alive for 15 years, 1 month and 15 days. It is also a way to tell oneself that life is limited and grasp every moment. .

Time Gone
Chrome Web Store

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STEP 1

Open the Chrome App Store page of Time Gone, click on the upper right corner “Add to Chrome“To install.

STEP 2

After installation, click the Time Gone icon and you will see a time progress bar, which represents the percentage of time that has elapsed today, this month, and this year. There will also be a “Set date of birth“Option to set birthday.

I will use the opening date of the free resource network community as a test example.

STEP 3

After setting, Time Gone will not only display the percentage of year, month, and day, but also your actual age at the bottom, which is quite interesting. Interested friends can install it and try to remind yourself that time is precious in a more intuitive way.

There was an introduction a few days ago Live Stream Downloader is a streaming video download tool. When the format .m3u or .m3u8 appears on the web page, you can download and save the video. M3U8 is actually a plain text playlist, which will save a video. To cut into many shorter files, you need to find these .ts files through the downloader and merge them together. If you usually need to download digital streaming video and audio content, you can try the old-fashioned download tools recommended next.

The “Stream Recorder” to be introduced in this article is a free Chrome browser plug-in. The main function is to obtain the streaming video content (HLS) seen on the web page and convert it to MP4. Download and save in the format but it should be noted that Stream Recorder can only be used in Chrome browser or any Chromium core browser (for example, Microsoft Edge). The advantage is that the operation method is very simple and general The video download tools that everyone is familiar with are almost the same.

It is worth mentioning that Stream Recorder provides two download modes: normal mode and recording mode. When the normal mode cannot successfully obtain the streaming video content, it can be switched to the capture mode for screen capture, but it is required for recording Keep the window open, but I tested a few platforms to get the video content through the normal mode. More importantly, Stream Recorder will automatically convert the video and audio files to .mp4which can be opened with the video player. Browse.

Stream Recorder
https://www.hlsloader.com/

How to use

STEP 1

Open the Stream Recorder extension page, click the upper right corner “Add to Chrome” to download and install.

STEP 2

After installation, click the extension menu in the upper right corner, and the Stream Recorder “ fixed ” will be displayed in the upper right function bar, no need to click Open the menu, the operation will be more convenient and faster.

STEP 3

On the streaming video page, click the “Stream Recorder” icon in the upper right corner to start the downloader.

Stream Recorder will display downloadable and captured streaming video content in a new tab, including title, file size, number of divided files, resolution and image quality information. If you see from the preview that it is not what you want to download (there may be advertisements or other videos being put into the downloader), you can also click Pause to choose not to continue downloading.

STEP 4

Click “Quailty” to choose the video quality to download, including high quality, low quality or custom size.

STEP 5

When Stream Recorder has successfully obtained all the paragraphs and the green Recorded is displayed, click the “Save” button to save and download the movie It is in MP4 format.

STEP 6

If you encounter a streaming video that cannot be downloaded smoothly, switch the download mode from the top to “Capture” to start the video recording In capture mode, when you click OK, the playing video page will be automatically refreshed, and then the downloader will start to record the content. Note that when in capture mode, you need to continue to play the video on the original web page, before capturing It is best to choose the quality first. [45Placebutwanttowatchmovies)youcantrytouseasimilarstreamingvideodownloadertoextractthefilesfirst