9 Chrome extensions for product managers

This episode of Datadrivet is a practical one. Jasmin and Joni skip the theory and talk about tools: nine Chrome extensions that make a product manager’s day-to-day faster.

Here is the full list they go through:

1. Go Full Page. Captures a screenshot of the whole page, including everything below the fold.
2. What Runs. Identifies the frameworks, CMS, analytics tools, WordPress plugins, and fonts a website is built on.
3. I don’t care about cookies. Clears away cookie consent banners as you browse.
4. Page Load Time. Measures a site’s loading speed and shows it in the toolbar.
5. BrowserStack. Tests a website across different devices and browsers.
6. Loom. Records your screen and shares the video.
7. Color Picker. Pulls and copies the hexadecimal color codes from any website.
8. Grammarly. Checks grammar, spelling, and tone in real time as you write online.
9. Natural Reader Text to Speech. Reads emails, web pages, and PDFs aloud.

The set covers a lot of the recurring small jobs in product work. Some are about looking outward at other products: What Runs reveals the tech stack and tooling behind a site, Page Load Time and BrowserStack tell you how a site performs and behaves across devices, and Color Picker pulls exact colors off any page. Others save you time on your own work: Go Full Page and Loom let you capture and share what you are seeing, I don’t care about cookies clears the clutter of consent banners, and Grammarly and Natural Reader help you write and review more carefully.

The common thread is that each one removes a small, repeated bit of friction. None of them is a big system to learn, and that is the point: small tools for the tasks a product manager does many times a day.

The takeaway: a handful of the right browser extensions takes the friction out of the work you repeat constantly.

Listen to the full episode of Datadrivet for how Jasmin and Joni actually use each one.