Must-Have Safari Extensions: Browser Resizers

If you're like me, you've got a lot of things happening on your computer screen(s) at the same time. As a web developer and blogger, most of the windows I usually have open are browser windows. Whether I'm reading email, keeping up with tech news and social media, developing websites, or creating content, it generally involves several browser windows.

Being consumed mostly by what I'm doing and not so much how I'm doing it, the browsers end up where they want, sized only roughly and positioned poorly. I end up command-tabbing and tilde-ing my way through my work. Horribly inefficient to say the least.

Any extension that helps me get control of my cluttered displays is a good one, and in this category are a few new extensions that provide excellent control over browser window sizes and arrangement. What I consider some must-have extensions.

Resizer

The Resizer extension provides a simple button for the toolbar or a context menu (which is probably the more useful option) that allows you to choose from four ten window sizes and positions. (the description in the extension does say four, but it's ten. Trust me.)

If you're a web developer and need to view pages in different configurations, or you just have your favorite browser window layouts (like twitter in one window, gmail in another, etc.) You can set these up.

Maximize

The maximize extension takes on a somewhat different approach, giving you ten standard window sizes in a menubar, which appears with the click of a button and auto-hides itself.

I love this extension because of its other feature, which is to fit a browser window on either the left or right half of a screen (or full screen, or arrange all windows). This allows me to quickly set up side-by-side browser windows, which is great for web development and writing a tech blog about browser extensions!

Both extensions are great and are well maintained by their respective authors. Check 'em both out.