Browsers today can incorporate any number of extensions and add-ons that improve productivity and make our lives easier. In this post, we’ll feature some of the best Chrome extensions for web developers and designers. These are handy to have around if you want to do the groundwork for a project, automate a painful task, or streamline your workflow.
Web Developer
This extension adds a toolbar button to the browser packed with various web development tools, reducing the need for chunky external applications. Web Developer will run on any platform supported by Chrome, including Windows and Linux.
Instant Wireframe
Instant Wireframe helps web developers and designers view web pages, whether local or live, through an overlaid wireframe. With just a click, you can see any web page as a wireframe.
WhatFont
With WhatFont, developers and designers can identify all those unusual fonts in a webpage just by hovering over it. This extension can also determine the services used for serving the fonts. It’s an excellent research tool for future projects.
Project Naptha
If you work with mock-up images that have embedded text, Project Naptha can save you the work of manually transcribing the needed copy. It allows you to highlight, copy, edit, and translate text from any image from the web.
Ripple Emulator
This extension is a multi-platform mobile environment simulator that lets you perform automated testing for your app across multiple devices and screen resolutions, in real time. You can also use Ripple with existing tools to perform JavaScript debugging and DOM inspection.
Site Spider Mark II
Site Spider Mark II is an updated version of the Google Site Spider extension for Chrome. It now includes additional features such as the ability to pause the spider, and to stop the spider from the results page.
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