Placeholdifier

With an increased need for website testing and the web becoming more and more crowded with different resources, as a designer, tester, or regular user you might want to better understand the building blocks of the systems and interfaces you are interacting with.

Placeholdifier is a Chrome extension that needs zero configuration and can instantly turn any website or web page into a wireframe.

Before start creating any design pattern or model, you must have a blueprint. A website wireframe is a page schematic that presents, in a structure-like/skeletal manner, the way a webpage should look like, where the containers, buttons, and spaces should be placed.

This Chrome extension is suitable for a variety of reasons. With just a simple click, you can quickly turn any page into a wireframe (this includes any online reference with a GUI, including search engine results).

You can use this browser add-on as a front-end developer or designer, for analyzing the structure of different websites. This extension reduces all elements to their basic skeleton form; furthermore, this strips them down of their flashiness and lets you uncover the building blocks of any fancy front-end theme.

Placeholdifier can also be heavily used for website-testing purposes. As such, you could use the extension for making a point during a presentation, show in a demo how certain website structures impact their performance, etc. Also, this browser enhance could be useful for visual regression methods, heavily applied for website testing and optimization.

In conclusion, you could use Placeholdifier if you are a curious individual, constantly testing new technologies and website layouts, or if you require a quick privacy enabler. Although regarding the privacy part, there many other ways in which you could improve your security.