Surfingkeys

Rich shortcuts to click links/switch tabs/scroll, capture pages, use your browser like vim for productivity.

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Surfingkeys: An extendable Chrome extension for Vim and EMACS users

Surfingkeys is a dynamic Chrome extension that offers convenience and enhanced productivity for users, especially those experienced with Vim and EMACS. It turns your browser into a powerful tool by allowing the use of shortcuts to perform a range of browsing actions such as clicking links, switching or closing tabs, editing input, scrolling, capturing pages and even customizing searches across multiple search engines. With the addition of Javascript, Surfingkeys is easily extendable for personalized user experience.

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Extension stats

By: https://brookhong.github.io

Users: 10,000+

Rating: 4.65

(279)

Version: 1.17.5 (Last updated: 2024-11-26)

Creation date: 2020-06-02

Risk impact: Very high risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

nativeMessaging
tabs
history
bookmarks
scripting
storage
sessions
downloads
topSites
clipboardRead

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 1.26M

Email: hz*****@hotmail.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Ranking

# 7,347 ▲ 55

Other rankings

#45 in Functionality & UI ▲ 2

#63 in target keyword 23 ▲ 1

#135 in full page keyword 36 ▲ 3

#183 in full page screenshot keyword 21 ▲ 5

#208 in close keyword 4 ▼ 6

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Other platforms

Not available on Android

Surfingkeys (v1.17.5)

4.87

(93) 1,940+

Surfingkeys (v1.17.5)

4.90

(26) 7,813+

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

A Chrome extension for Vim users, but EMACS users would also love it, as it is much extendable with javascript.

to click links

f   Open a link, press SHIFT to flip hints if they are overlapped.
C   Open a link in non-active new tab
cf  Open multiple links in a new tab
gf  Open a link in non-active new tab
af  Open a link in new tab

to switch tabs

E    Go one tab left
R    Go one tab right
x    Close current tab

User reviews

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Powerful features and good functionality.
Helps users to browse the web without using a mouse.
Great for learning JavaScript and CSS.
Visual mode and vim-text box are appreciated.
Long-time users have a positive experience.

Cons

Default keybindings are considered horrible by some users.
Frequent issues with newer versions leading to features not working.
Conflicts with native shortcuts causing frustration.
Lack of updates and responsiveness to error reports.
Some features are difficult to configure or understand.

Most mentioned

Issues with newer versions breaking functionality.
Initial positive experience despite some difficulties.
Users miss mouse functionality but appreciate the keyboard shortcuts.

User reviews

really nice. horrible default keybindings...but that is configurable. the other vim-plugins have better mappings not forcing you to use shift key for the most common operations