Reviews for LeechBlock NG
LeechBlock NG by James Anderson
Review by Naresh
Rated 5 out of 5
by Naresh, 8 years agoThis extension is a complete lifesaver! Thanks a lot for all the effort you have put into this.
However, I have temporarily reduced a star in the rating because I noticed that your latest update requires permission to 'Download files and read & modify my download history' and I wasn't completely sure why that was needed. Can you please shed some light on this?
EDIT: Thanks a lot for the quick reply! That commit explains the changed permissions.
However, I have temporarily reduced a star in the rating because I noticed that your latest update requires permission to 'Download files and read & modify my download history' and I wasn't completely sure why that was needed. Can you please shed some light on this?
EDIT: Thanks a lot for the quick reply! That commit explains the changed permissions.
Developer response
posted 8 years agoHappy to explain. Access to the download manager was needed for the export options function (implemented in v0.4). Given the constraints of WebExtensions, the easiest way to deliver a file to the user is via downloads. You can confirm from the source code (available on GitHub) that this is the only use of the download manager.
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- Rated 5 out of 5by Livarevie, 2 hours agoIt is pretty good! It does what it says it does and it's very easy to use once you understand it. My favourite part is how you can block a site but make only a specific part of the site unblocked. It does allow a lot of options. :>
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19633994, 2 days agoBrilliant. One of the best tools the average person who spends a lot of time online has in improving their mental health.
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- Rated 5 out of 5by VeeroftheRoad, 16 days agoExtremely helpful for my parents to limit my YouTube addiction and the time of day when I am allowed to watch.
(actually not written by me, but my dad... :o) - Rated 5 out of 5by Murly, 19 days agoThis extension helped me organise days better. I tend to forget how to organise my time, so I block the sites I usually lose time on when I know I should do something else.
The only thing I wished was there that isn't is an off button for certain blocks. You can alway override, but it's redundant and sometimes inconvenient. I wish I could store a block set and only use it when I need it instead of having of overriding it or deleting it and redoing it each time.
Excluding this nitpick, everithing is as great as it could be.Developer response
posted 19 days agoThanks for the review! Perhaps the lockdown feature provides the functionality you desire? - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17886352, 19 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by RoyalTacos, 20 days agoBeen looking to do something similar to this using dns etc. and I could never figure it out, this has been a life saver for me.
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- Rated 5 out of 5by SahilPatil, a month agoVery good on PC, but i wish there was a FAQs on how to make this extension more tight on the firefox browser for android.