StackOverflow Power User

Stop wasting time while programming! Adds many features to save time when searching for solutions on StackOverflow

What is StackOverflow Power User?

StackOverflow Power User is a Chrome extension specially crafted to increase productivity while programming. It is designed with several features to enhance ease of browsing and navigation on StackOverflow. These features include a sidebar with answer vote counts, answer quality score, and more. Navigate better, auto-expand vote counts, and enhance your screen space usage all with this extension.

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By: Anthonin Cocagne

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Users: 1,000+

Rating: 4.92 (25)

Version: 0.4.2 (Last updated: 2023-01-24)

Creation date: 2020-05-11

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

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Size: 139.26K

Email: an*****@hotmail.fr

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 23364 ▼ 89

Other rankings

#826 in Developer Tools #39 in power keyword 47 ▼ 11 #98 in answer keyword 5 ▼ 7 #134 in expand keyword 6 ▼ 1 #235 in sidebar keyword 57 ▼ 7

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Summary

Analyze keywords

Because every developer wants to find the best answer to their problems, and because we hate wasting time!

Features :

Show answers sidebar (with vote counts) & inform you if you have previously upvoted an answer
Show indicator when there's a better answer than the accepted one
Show indicator when there isn't any answer to the question
Auto-scroll to first answer
Navigate through answers with keyboard arrow keys (left/right)
Auto expand votes count & Show answer quality score (in percent)
Make page wider to take full advantage of large screens
Bring scrolling behavior to vote buttons, so that you still see them even on long posts
Expand all comments automatically when performing CMD/Ctrl + F
Hide the new StackOverflow left sidebar that takes so much space for useless links
Hide elements from StackOverflow right sidebar to prevent distraction

The extension is open-source : https://github.com/AnthoPakPak/StackOverflowPowerUser

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Great for tracking and answering questions
Ability to track comments in addition to answers
Makes StackOverflow 100% better and less distracting
Saves time on a daily basis

Cons

UI elements could be improved
Not compatible with certain other extensions
Some users suggested customization options

Most mentioned

Great extension
Must-have for speeding up development
Features should be default in StackOverflow

Recent reviews

A suggestion: Instead of automatically expanding both +/- vote counts AND the vote percentage, let the user choose which one(s) s/he wants to see. (For example, I'd prefer to see only the percentage and not the two counts.)