Copytables Chrome Extension Analysis

Listing positioning

Copytables positions itself as a utility for selecting and copying table cells, rows, and columns via mouse, hotkeys, or context menus. It highlights support for multiple export formats including rich text, HTML, tab-delimited, and CSV.

Inferred product pattern

A specialized productivity utility for structured data extraction that is currently experiencing significant stability and compatibility regressions.

Review-backed pain points

Users report the extension frequently fails to function on modern web pages, causes browser crashes (specifically in Brave), freezes pages containing large tables, and interferes with other web applications like Google Sheets and YouTube.

Observed feature gaps

Lack of customizable modifier keys for different operating systems; lack of instructional documentation for advanced usage.

Support

Users reported a lack of responsiveness from the developer regarding issues.

Reliability

Significant reliability issues including browser-level crashes, page freezing during large data operations, and general failure to recognize non-standard table structures.

Privacy

One user reported the extension injecting code into WordPress editors.