Vimium
The Hacker's Browser. Vimium provides keyboard shortcuts for navigation and control in the spirit of Vim.
What is Vimium?
"Vimium" is a Firefox add-on designed for those who favor keyboard shortcuts over mouse clicks. It borrows its inspiration from the Vim text editor, thus offering a slew of command prompts that let you navigate and control your browser with ease. Popular commands include scrolling, reloading, opening links, and manipulating tabs. Further refined search, history traversal, and tab management is also possible. It even supports command repetition and has a 'help' feature for beginners.
Add-on stats
By: Phil Crosby
Creation date: 2017-04-22
Weekly download count: 1,807
Firefox on Android: No
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
- tabs
- bookmarks
- history
- storage
- sessions
- notifications
- scripting
- webNavigation
- clipboardRead
- clipboardWrite
Host permissions:
- <all_urls>
Size: 281.58K
Email: vi*****@googlegroups.com
URLs: Website
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# 361 ▼ 1
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Add-on summary
Keyboard Bindings
Modifier keys are specified as <c-x>, <m-x>, and <a-x> for ctrl+x, meta+x, and alt+x respectively. See the next section for how to customize these bindings.
Once you have Vimium installed, you can see this list of key bindings at any time by typing ?.
Navigating the current page:
? show the help dialog for a list of all available keys h scroll left j scroll down k scroll up l scroll right gg scroll to top of the page G scroll to bottom of the page
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These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews.
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Improves productivity and efficiency in browsing
- Integrates vim style keybindings for familiarity
- Makes navigating the web easier and faster
- Highly customizable with user-configurable options
Cons
- Doesn't work well on some modern websites with fake buttons
- Potential obtrusiveness of link indicators mentioned as a concern
- Some users are confused by the extension's icon representing Chromium
Most mentioned
- Great for users transitioning to a vim-centric workflow
- Enhances navigation speed and usability
- Request for enhanced features like link indicators and dialogue boxes
Recent reviews
by Firefox user 17776109, 2024-10-30
by Sima, 2024-10-19
by zaboal, 2024-10-07
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Vimium requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Vimium has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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