10 browser extensions you should use as a designer/developer
It doesn't matter if you are a graphic designer or a web developer or just another normal human being, you use browser every day.Right?I am sure the answer is yes. Now if you are a tech guy most probably you know about browser extensions.Browser extensions can help or improve your Internet surfing experience.Today I will talk about some browser extensions which will improve your skills if you are a graphic/web designer.So, let’s get started.Shall we?
- Piktab will help you to find best free graphic resources.
Open a new tab and discover free graphic resources every day. Piktab is a new-tab Chrome extension, it will become your default home page where you can find and share the best free graphic resources.
2. ColorPick Eyedropper An eye-dropper & color-picker tool that allows you to select color values from web-pages. It will help you a lot if you are a web designer/developer.
3. Boom will give you a better dribble experience.So if you are a graphic/web designer and use dribble as your main design community you should try it. New Features included:
- Bigger, High Resolution Shots in lists
- Like and Add to Bucket buttons in lists
- Infinite Scrolling
- GIFs auto-play in lists
- Shots always open in @2x
- Better support for bigger screens
- Better Add to Bucket UI
4. ColorZilla Advanced Eyedropper, Color Picker, Gradient Generator and other colorful goodies. A most popular Mozilla Firefox developer extension.
5. UX Check is one of the best extension for UX/UI designers.Basically, it’s an extension that helps you identify usability issues through a heuristic evaluation.It will improve your website’s UX.
6. Muzli 2 Nice, simple and easy to use.It will bring you the latest design, UI, UX and all new shots form the web.Basically, Muzli is the extension that all about inspiring the graphic designers.
7. WhatFont will help you to find out fonts from any web-page.Supports Type-kit and Google Font API. A must try tool for web-developers.
8. Grammarly will help you to improve your writing skill. It makes sure everything you type is easy to understand, correct and effective.You can use it with browsers as well as with MS Word.
9. Web Developer One of the best extension for web developers. It Adds a toolbar button with various web developer tools. The official port of the Web Developer extension for Firefox.
10. Responsive Web Design Tester is the best tool for responsive design.It has a various layout for different mobile, tabs and screens.It will give you a quick preview responsive website designs at the dimensions they will be seen on popular mobile devices.
SOME HONORABLE MENTIONS
I like to mention some awesome extensions and provide the links so that you can check them later if you like.
Panda, Typosaurus, Momentum, TrackDuck, OneTab, Yslow, Font Playground, CSS-Shack, Quick Javascript Switcher, Stylebot
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So, That’s all form me. What extensions would you recommend?
