chrome://settings/onStartup -> check "Continue where you left off"

or

Settings -> On startup -> check "Continue where you left off"

or

Settings -> On startup -> Manage on startup pages -> Pages to open on startup -> check "Continue where you left off"

or

chrome://settings/startupUrls -> Manage on startup pages -> Pages to open on startup -> check "Continue where you left off"

• Disable automatic playing of videos on facebook.com using this extension. Once the extension is installed, hide the icon in the toolbar by right clicking on it → select “Hide in Chrome menu”.

Right click in the address bar -> Edit search engines
or
preferences button -> Settings -> Settings -> Search -> Manage search engines

To access the search engines, enter the keyword in the address bar and press tab.

Another easy way to add a custom search engine is to go to the website, right click on the search bar → select “Add as search engine…” → edit the fields if necessary → ok

• https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/157179 - chrome keyboard shortcuts

Ref:- https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/tree/master/dist#build-instructions-for-developers

cd $software/build
mkdir ublock_origin_parent; cd ublock_origin_parent

git clone https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock.git
# 2022-09-20: Do we have to check out uAssets?
git clone https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets.git
cd uBlock
git checkout master

conda activate py310
./tools/make-chromium.sh

The package is created in dist/build/uBlock0.chromium

chrome -> chrome://extensions/
Enable Developer mode
-> Load unpacked
select /uBlock/dist/build/uBlock0.chromium/

Useful links:

• https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues - This is the issue tracker as per https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/3726

Ref:- https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome

cd $software/zipped
mkdir -p bypass_paywalls
cd bypass_paywalls

Create a backup of the existing zip file

make_bkup.py master.zip

Download the zip file

curl -L -O https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome/archive/master.zip

Create a backup of previously unzipped version.

cd ../../unZipped
make_bkup.py bypass-paywalls-chrome-master
rm -rf bypass-paywalls-chrome-master

Unzip the latest version

unzip ../zipped/bypass_paywalls/master.zip

This will unzip everything into $software/unZipped/bypass-paywalls-chrome-master

chrome -> chrome://extensions/
Enable Developer mode
-> Load unpacked
select $software/unZipped/bypass-paywalls-chrome-master

related:

• https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome/archive/v1.7.5.zip - link to download a specific version.
• https://github.com/KamarajuKusumanchi/rutils/blob/master/python3/make_bkup.py - script to backup a directory or a file.

• autoscroll
  • Install this extension to scroll using the middle mouse button in chrome on Debian.
  • It supports two ways of scrolling:
    1. Press (or hold) the middle mouse button and then move the mouse
    2. Hold Ctrl and press the left mouse button
  • https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/autoscroll/occjjkgifpmdgodlplnacmkejpdionan?hl=en