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Reviews for Distract Me Not (website blocker)

Distract Me Not (website blocker) by AXeL

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  • by yukupalm, 5 years ago
    In theory I love it. In practice it's blocking pages that it shouldn't, although I'm in Blacklist and not in Whitelist mode. Some of these pages I need for work. If I need to turn it of to be able to work, it's unusable for me.

    Developer response

    posted 5 years ago
    Hey, thanks for your feedback! It would be helpful if you can open an issue on the github repository with steps to reproduce the same behavior => https://github.com/AXeL-dev/distract-me-not/issues
  • by reviewer, 5 years ago
    Great add-on! The only thing missing for me is an option to disable the blocker for a specific amount of minutes (e.g. 5 min, 10 min)

    I have the habit to look up something on wikipedia for my studies and then losing myself in various articles, so a usage-timer would be a helpful extension to this add-on

    Developer response

    posted 5 years ago
    Hey, thanks for your rating! For your request, i guess that you can do that from the unblock interface (but you need to set a password first) see the following screenshot => https://github.com/AXeL-dev/distract-me-not/blob/master/screenshots/unblock.png?raw=true
  • by Atharva Pai, 5 years ago
  • by Jeremy, 5 years ago
    This tool has helped me a ton in keeping me away from distracting websites. It is easy to use as well as effective
  • by Marco, 5 years ago
    Simply awesome, I'd like to see some more filters like temporary excluding one website or tab
  • by Firefox user 16651822, 6 years ago
  • by Ishidres, 6 years ago
    Edit: Response at the developer: Thanks for your prompt response and help. I updated my review and will probably downgrade to the previous extension.

    Developer response

    posted 6 years ago
    ^^ this wasn't a reason to give the extension a bad note :/, i removed the overwrite option because i thought it wasn't really interesting, especially that the overlay cannot be injected before the site starts loading, however this behavior can be restored & set as optional, for the whitelist issue it might be a bug, so if you can open 2 separate issues for that on the github repository (https://github.com/AXeL-dev/distract-me-not/issues) i would be thankful & happy to help on finding a fix, otherwise you can revert to any previous version from the link below (before doing a revert please export your blacklist & whitelist on the new version, so you can reimport them on the old one): https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/distract-me-not/versions/
  • by Firefox user 15051113, 6 years ago
    Perfect addon that became even more awesome after a recent update. Can't believe this kind of addon really exists.. SIMPLE yet POWERFUL!

    Developer response

    posted 6 years ago
    Thanks for the feedback! i appreciate it
  • by egbulsoni, 6 years ago
    This add on is all I need, thank you so much, no complicated bullshit or needless timers, just a blacklist and toggle button.
  • by Arnav, 6 years ago
  • by A Box of CHEEZE-ITZ™ (12.4 oz), 6 years ago
    no more distractions
  • by kondu, 6 years ago
    The only addon in this category with the "redirect to url" feature I was looking for
  • by Novimatrem, 6 years ago
    Wow, thank you- this extension is great! Hopefully I can get my productivity back, from the likes of YouTube, reddit, and Mastodon, now. :p
  • by daniel44, 6 years ago
    verry good!
  • by maks030707, 6 years ago
    works just fine, blocks any url you want. its also completely free, great alternative to some other paid website blockers.
    one thing id love to see is a schedule option, for example "turns off at 7pm, turns back on at 9am"
  • by Michael Große, 7 years ago
    I would love to see an option to automatically enable that block during certain times of the day. e.g. from 8 in the evening to 8 in the morning, so Facebook and YouTube won't mess with my sleep.
  • by Firefox user 15433596, 7 years ago
    simple and working
  • by Firefox user 15313889, 7 years ago
    Excellent. Absolutely wonderful for ADHD! Even better when combined with Rainy Mood! (The power combo!)

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Glad you like it!
  • by Firefox user 15310373, 7 years ago
    no cut and paste. even after blacklisting a site some things still persist.

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Could you please open an issue on the github repository with more details? (https://github.com/AXeL-dev/distract-me-not/issues)
  • by tchambers, 7 years ago
  • by Rapteon, 7 years ago
  • by Firefox user 15079567, 7 years ago
    works flawless! I have to write this review to distract me from work...

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    haha ! thanks for your rating ;)
  • by Firefox user 15070123, 7 years ago
    Awesome addon. please increase time limit.

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Thanks for your 5 stars rating ! Could you please open a feature request with more details on github (https://github.com/AXeL-dev/distract-me-not/issues).
  • by Firefox user 14976643, 7 years ago
    It does exactly what it does: blocks me from going into distracting, time-wasting websites. I needed that for my Firefox and this is very helpful. Highly recommended.
  • by RockyD, 7 years ago
    Easy to use add-on which really helps to stay focused while working. It has two modes: one disabling access to blacklisted websites and other enabling access to only whitelisted ones. I really like the minimal approach enabling you to use it without any additional stuff like visual customization and other unnecessary options. Does what should do really well!