Vimium Grants Chrome Hotkey Superpowers
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Keyboard shortcuts take some getting used to, but offer a rewarding productivity boost for those willing to stick through the initial learning curve. Vimium is a Google Chrome extension that takes this mindset and runs with it, bolting a rich set of keyboard shortcuts on top of Chrome. Shortcuts are inspired by the Vim text editor, but can be remapped as needed. You can use Vimium to switch tabs, click links, select text boxes, and more, all without reaching for the mouse.
Some of the functionality Vimium provides is already baked into Chrome. For example, you can use Vimium to switch tabs using gt (switch to the next tab) and gT (switch to the previous one), but Chrome already has Ctrl+PgUp and Ctrl+PgDn for that. The same goes for H, "go back in history,” which is provided by Backspace by default. Fortunately, the default Chrome shortcuts keep on working with Vimium installed. Also, Chrome has no shortcut for "go forward"; Vimium does (L, by default).
The two main features that make Vimium attractive are being able to quickly open links and advance to the next page in a paginated article using just the keyboard. If these are things you've always wanted to do, take Vimium for a spin—you may like its other features, too.
Note: The Download button takes you to the vendor's site, where you can install the latest version of the software directly into your Chrome browser.
—Erez Zukerman
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