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WORKSHOPUseextensionsiny ourbrowser’s priv atemode
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In Chrome, clickthethree-dotmenuin
thetop-rightcornerof thebrowser and
choose‘More tools’,thenExtensions^1 to
opentheExtensions manager.Click
‘Details’^2 belowthe extensionyou
want to runinprivate modeandswitch
on ‘Allowin Incognito’^3.3
Edge makesitveryeasy to runan
extensionin thebrowser’s InPrivate
mode. Click thethree-dotmenu, click
Extensionsandchoose‘Manage
extensions’^1 .Click ‘Details’belowthe
relevant extensionand tick thebox next to
‘Allowin InPrivate’^2.2
In Firefox, clickthethree-line menuand
choose‘Add-onsandthemes’ –orjust
pressCtrl+Shift+A.Select‘Extensions’^1 on
theleft,then clicktheextensionyouwantto
useprivately andclick theDetails tab.Select
‘Allow’^2 next to ‘RuninPrivate windows’.CHROMIUM&FIREFOX
IdentifyAmazon’sown
productsinsearchresultsWeoftenrecommenditemsfromthe
AmazonBasicsrangeinComputeractive
becausethey’rereliableandcheap,but
Amazoneitherownsorisaffiliatedwith
morethan1 00 otherbrandsthatit’sless
upfrontabout,whichdon’t bearitsname.
AnewextensioncalledAmazonBrand
Detector(www.snipca.com/4 0407 )helps
youidentifyAmazonproductswhenyou
browseitswebsitetomake“their
affiliationtoAmazonclear”.
Theextensionworksbyhighlighting
itemsfromAmazonbrandsinyour
searchresultsinanorangebox.Notonly
doesthisprovidemoretransparency
aboutproductsAmazonispromotingfor
itsownbenefit,butitalsomeansyoucan
spotandbuyitemsfromacompany
Amazontrusts.Forexample,oursearch
foraUSB-Ccablehighlightedaresult
fromabrandcalledSiwket(seescreenshot
below),whichwe’dneverheardof,but
hadanAmazon’sChoicelabelonitsproductpage.
AmazonBrandDetector
wascreatedby‘ethicalnews’
site TheMarkup(https://
themarkup.org),which
conductedayear-long
investigationtogatherdata
onAmazon’ssecretbrands.
Theextensionisavailablefor
ChromeandotherChromium
browsers(www.snipca.
com/4 0406 )andFirefox
(www.snipca.com/4 0408 ),
andworksonAmazon.co.uk,
Amazon.comandseveralother
regionalbranchesofthestore.
YoucanuseAmazonBrandDetectorin
privatemodewhenyou’reshopping
anonymously–seeourWorkshopbelow
tolearnhowtoactivatethisoption.VIVALDI
Translateforeigntext
automatically
Webrieflymentionedthenew
TranslatePanelinVivaldi5.0in
Issue6 21 (page 43 ),butsincethenwe’ve
hadthechancetoproperlytestthe
feature,andit’svery
impressive.Thebrowser
alreadyofferedtheoptionto
translatetextonawebpage
byhighlightingand
right-clickingit,then
choosingTranslateSelection,
butyoucannowperform
thetranslationinasingle
step–withnoclicksrequired.
Tousethefeature,first
clickthenewTranslateiconinVivaldi’s sidepanel(^1 in our
screenshot above) andtickthe option
‘Auto-translate selected text’^2 –you can
open th is panelbye ithe rpressin gF4or
clicki ng theVivaldi menu button and
choosingView, then Show Panel.
When youhighlightforeign text on a
webpage, Vivaldiwill automatically
detect thelanguage, convert it into
Englishand displaythe result.Click the
icon in thebottom-rightcorner of the
translatedtextbox to copy thetranslation
to your clipboard. Youcan also entertext
manual ly to tran slateittoand from more
than 50 languages –justselectthe lingo
in thedropdownmenuand cl ickthe
Translate button.
Ouronlycomplaint is that options still
don’tinclude ‘English(UK)’,only
‘English(US)’ –thoughEspe rantois
usefullylisted! The transl ation tool is
poweredbyamachine-learni ngservice
called Lingvanex(https://lingvanex.com)
andish ostedonVivaldi’s ownservers,so19 January–1February 2022 •Issue6231 1
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