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Re: Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to stop mindless browsing

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Post by JMTQp8lwXL » Tue, Apr 21, 2020, 6:48 PM UTC

j88439h84 wrote: post #29

Hey this looks really helpful! I appreciate your commitment to privacy, that's a very important feature for me. Nonetheless, having been burned by Chrome extensions in the past [1], I'm worried about privacy and I'm wondering if you'd be willing to make it open source to allay those concerns. [1] https://robertheaton.com/2018/07/02/stylish-browser-extensio...

You might be interested in a Chrome extension that allows you to view the source code of chrome extensions. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-extension-s...

Re: Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to stop mindless browsing

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 21, 2020, 6:49 PM UTC

namuorg wrote: post #2

Hey HN, I've been working on a Chrome/Firefox extension called Intention to help me stay focused and not get distracted, and for me and my friends, we've found it more effective than other tools we've tried. The idea behind it is extremely simple: Commit to a time limit before using a distracting site. This prevents the two most common ways that we get sucked into distractions online: 1. Habitual navigation: Througho…

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Re: Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to stop mindless browsing

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Post by batesy » Tue, Apr 21, 2020, 6:49 PM UTC

This looks great. I just signed up for Freedom to solve this problem because it works across devices. I'll test your extension as well to see if it does the job as effectively.

Re: Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to stop mindless browsing

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Post by j88439h84 » Tue, Apr 21, 2020, 6:50 PM UTC

29athrowaway wrote: post #13

Stayfocusd does this as well.

It only has daily limits, not session limits, right?

Re: Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to stop mindless browsing

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Post by buschkowitz » Tue, Apr 21, 2020, 6:50 PM UTC

Thank you for making this! I was using StayFocusd until now. The look and feel of Intention feels so much fresher and easier to use. Also, having a lot more flexibility for blocking is a great feature. And of course privacy. Much appreciated.

Re: Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to stop mindless browsing

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Post by j88439h84 » Tue, Apr 21, 2020, 6:55 PM UTC

JMTQp8lwXL wrote: post #31

j88439h84 wrote: post #29

Hey this looks really helpful! I appreciate your commitment to privacy, that's a very important feature for me. Nonetheless, having been burned by Chrome extensions in the past [1], I'm worried about privacy and I'm wondering if you'd be willing to make it open source to allay those concerns. [1] https://robertheaton.com/2018/07/02/stylish-browser-extensio...

You might be interested in a Chrome extension that allows you to view the source code of chrome extensions. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-extension-s...

The packaged version is minified js, so it's not really readable.

Re: Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to stop mindless browsing

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Post by warent » Tue, Apr 21, 2020, 6:56 PM UTC

j88439h84 wrote: post #29

Hey this looks really helpful! I appreciate your commitment to privacy, that's a very important feature for me. Nonetheless, having been burned by Chrome extensions in the past [1], I'm worried about privacy and I'm wondering if you'd be willing to make it open source to allay those concerns. [1] https://robertheaton.com/2018/07/02/stylish-browser-extensio...

One thing to that's good to know is that it's against Chrome store policy to make the extension code unreadable or inaccessible in any way. They will actually take it down from the store very quickly. I know this because I had a client once who wanted me to obfuscate their extension code and in about an hour it was taken down. So, if you install the extension, you can open up the source.

Re: Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to stop mindless browsing

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Post by c0delift » Tue, Apr 21, 2020, 6:57 PM UTC

This is really awesome. I really like how it has you, the user make the final call. I'm hoping long term use of this will make start to catch myself before I even type the url in. Thanks for making this extension!

Re: Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to stop mindless browsing

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Post by andy_ppp » Tue, Apr 21, 2020, 6:58 PM UTC

namuorg wrote: post #2

Hey HN, I've been working on a Chrome/Firefox extension called Intention to help me stay focused and not get distracted, and for me and my friends, we've found it more effective than other tools we've tried. The idea behind it is extremely simple: Commit to a time limit before using a distracting site. This prevents the two most common ways that we get sucked into distractions online: 1. Habitual navigation: Througho…

This is absolutely amazing, thank you so much, and also thanks for being clear about the data you are using and privacy up front. Because of this, I'm definitely up for paying you, let me know where to send my dollars.

Re: Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to stop mindless browsing

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Post by psandersen » Tue, Apr 21, 2020, 6:58 PM UTC

This looks really good, I've been going down the rabbit hole of optimising focus and killing distractions...

Is there any chance we could get it to make a rest API call on certain actions? I'd like to change my lights in home assistant as an added visual reinforcement.