Reviews for LeechBlock NG
LeechBlock NG by James Anderson
90 reviews
- Rated 4 out of 5by Thang, prieš 2 metus
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13855143, prieš 2 metus
- Rated 4 out of 5by Matte Eldon, prieš 2 metus
- Rated 4 out of 5by swiesend, prieš 3 metus
- Rated 4 out of 5by 1hforgperd, prieš 3 metusThis add-on works even while you minimize Firefox or turn off your smartphone monitor. Therefore, the time limit is reached even though you have stopped browsing the site.
- Rated 4 out of 5by Lexica, prieš 4 metuswhat is 'Blue Cube', 'Space Hook', 'Sticky Media', 'Quitter'
ok so I got youtube, twitter and facebook, but what's sticky media?Developer response
posted prieš 4 metusIf you have to ask, then you probably don't need LeechBlock... - Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 16206521, prieš 4 metusEdit: 1. I miss the option for syncing timers between Android and PC 2. Exporting config on Android does nothing.
Great addon with so many options for managing your time! And huge plus for supporting new Firefox for Android! - Rated 4 out of 5by Romlig, prieš 4 metusGreat addon. However there is an issue on Firefox for Android with the time limit: the countdown keeps ticking when I switch to another app. (when the countdown reaches 0:00 the current page stays unlocked => my bad, it's a setting)
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posted prieš 4 metusThanks for the review. The Firefox for Android issue is a known issue; I'm working on a fix. Not sure about the second issue. Make sure you have the setting "Immediately block pages" selected. - Rated 4 out of 5by P., prieš 4 metusIt's only missing a countdown timer for me to make it 5 starts. I got it activated in the settings, but I only see the time at which the lockdown will ends ...
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posted prieš 4 metusNot sure what the issue is here, but if you post to the support forum, I will try to help you figure this out. - Rated 4 out of 5by Ajith Nair, prieš 4 metusAn excellent replacement for StayFocusd (which is available only for Chromium). I would have rated it 5 stars, but I gave just 4 because it's missing one feature I want: remove the count-down timer from the add-on icon, and display it only on the page.
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posted prieš 4 metusThanks for the review. The feature you describe is already present. Go to Options > General and uncheck "Show timer as icon badge". - Rated 4 out of 5by Aarne210, prieš 4 metus
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 15372875, prieš 4 metus5 stars if I could figure out a way to block an index site (home page) and have sub-domains not be blocked by default (manual exclusions aren't suitable if you'll want to access pages via a Google search, for example). Other than that works great.
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posted prieš 4 metusHere's an example of how to block the front page only:
reddit.com
+reddit.com/*+
See FAQ for details of exceptions and wildcards. - Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13340515, prieš 4 metus
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posted prieš 4 metusDid you select the option "Allow temporary override for these sites" for the relevant block sites?- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 15549841, prieš 4 metus
- Rated 4 out of 5by KARTHIK YELCHURU, prieš 4 metusSolves the the distraction problem I persistently face. Auto save addition would be good.
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posted prieš 4 metusThanks for the review. I'd like to hear more about what you mean by "auto save". Perhaps post something to the suggestions forum? https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/leechblock/leechblock-forums-f1/ - Rated 4 out of 5by breathingtree, prieš 4 metus
- Rated 4 out of 5by Ivan, prieš 4 metus
- Rated 4 out of 5by Tracey, prieš 4 metusAllows much more customizability than other timer apps I've found. That means I can keep my schedule in the Goldilocks zone of productivity and enjoyment. Thus I don't need to keep using willpower to reset it every time I want to avoid certain sites, and don't risk "forgetting" to use it.
However, the UI could be more intuitive - I often accidentally set it to do things I don't want. The override also doesn't work for me even though it displays a messages saying it has. This is a problem when I need to use certain sites. It happens whether I activate override before or after I run out of time. - Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 15665131, prieš 5 metus
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 15202892, prieš 5 metusThe only cross-browser plugin for strategic site-blocking! I really love what the developer has done here and IMO less buggy than Stayfocusd. About the only thing it is missing is settings sync across browsers.
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 15490186, prieš 5 metus
- Rated 4 out of 5by smayer97, prieš 5 metusnice concept. Would be nice if Override function worked like Lockdown function, allowing you to select the block sets to override rather than being all or nothing.
Would also be nice when using Lockdown that it would lockdown any overrides that were activated.
I really like that it locks out the ability to access Add-on options, support, etc. This is really useful!
Keep up the good work. - Rated 4 out of 5by Santi, prieš 5 metusSometimes it doesn't have the block options that I think for but it works fine.
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13963950, prieš 5 metus