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7 Useful Things Your Browser Can Do Without Another Extension
Before adding another tool, check the practical features already sitting in your browser.
Someone recommends a useful browser tool, and the next step seems obvious: install it. But sometimes the feature you want is already available. It may be tucked inside a menu you rarely open, or it may have arrived after you settled into your usual browsing routine.
Built-in features are not always better than dedicated tools. They are simply worth checking first. A browser that already handles a small task well can save you another account, another subscription decision, and another extension to maintain. Here are seven places to look in desktop Chrome, allowing for differences between versions and devices.
1. Put related tabs into named groups
A row of tiny favicons is a poor project-management system. Chrome’s tab groups let you collect related pages and give the group a recognisable name. You might create groups for a client website, travel research, and an article you are writing. That is enough organisation for many ordinary browsing sessions.
Start with one active project rather than organising your entire digital life. Add its pages to a group and collapse the…
