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Last week, while staring at Amazon’s overly cluttered website, I finally decided to do something about it.

Using a Chrome extension called PixieBrix, I began removing all the superfluous widgets and distractions from Amazon’s product pages, including the Alexa banner ad at the top, the “frequently bought together” promo below the product picture, and the sponsored product listings further down the page. Now I can find what I’m looking for with less scrolling and fewer upsells along the way.

The ability to remove the unwanted parts of any website is just one of PixieBrix’s features. You can also add custom action buttons to your favorite sites, create sidebars that gather supplemental information as you browse, and send webpage data off to other services like Google Sheets or Trello. PixieBrix originally launched last year, but now it’s releasing a simplified version of its original product, with a marketplace where users can find new ways to modify their favorite sites….