Reviews for LeechBlock NG
LeechBlock NG by James Anderson
1,655 reviews
- Rated 4 out of 5by Johan, 7 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13608072, 7 years agoSimple and very effective, this extension is perfect for a better concentration at work or at home !
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13594938, 7 years agoIt allowed me to get A's on my finals, that in itself is worth 5-stars. Thank you so much!
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13588518, 7 years agoShould trigger a refresh when the time on a page runs out! Right now it allows you to stay on the page after the timer gets to 0.
Nevermind! It works greatDeveloper response
posted 7 years agoIf you want that behavior, select the option "Actively block pages on these sites once time period is entered or time limit is exceeded". - Rated 5 out of 5by YK, 7 years agoWorks well with lots of options to customize. I like the option to show the countdown clock, too.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13585788, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13585095, 7 years agoGreat addon, but is it possible to add an option to move the countdown timer to somewhere outside of the web page? Say, within the toolbar button, or the options page. I want to limit my browsing to a few hours a day, and I don't want the timer to be visible on the page if I only need to check it infrequently, but as far as I'm aware it's not possible at all to find my time remaining if I leave the timer disabled. Other than that it does everything I need.
Developer response
posted 7 years agoWhen I get around to adding the statistics page, that will provide another way to see the time left for a block set. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13584721, 7 years agoDespite being a bit spartan, leechblock is a good app for blocking websites that I waste way too much time on. I also tried the delay feature but I don't like it as much (maybe because I am really impatient). I do wish that it was more featured though. I use the StayFocusd extension on Chrome, and it has quite a few more features.
Developer response
posted 7 years agoThanks for the review! If there are particular features you'd like to see, please post them on the support forum. - Rated 5 out of 5by Dr Prakash, 7 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13576026, 7 years agoReally great addon but is there any way to hide the addon from the addon list like it used to be?
- Rated 5 out of 5by thm | Tomáš Mládek, 7 years agoMost feature-complete website blocker one could wish for.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13573394, 7 years ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 13569155, 7 years agoLoved this blocker previously and always worked well. However since updating to the NG version it periodically loses all preferences I have set, and no longer blocks any pages. While I have a relatively short list of sites I want blocked, it is still rather annoying and were it to continue I would try find a better solution.
Developer response
posted 7 years agoThanks for the report. Please post bug reports on GitHub so I can gather more information and track down the cause of the issue. This may be the same issue as yours:
https://github.com/proginosko/LeechBlockNG/issues/18 - Rated 3 out of 5by DarseZ, 7 years agoHello, love this add-on!
Would you be able to remove the requirement to have "Access to all data on all websites"?
It doesn't seem that you would need to require this, just the URL only...please correct me if I'm incorrect on this assumption.
Developers may say they don't use any form/login/password data but there's no way for the end user to know. Many of the revised 57+ add-ons have this blanket permission and in many cases it doesn't seem necessary...in my uneducated opinion, of course. I'm open to being schooled.
Thank you and best wishes!Developer response
posted 7 years agoHappy to address this. Honestly, I'm not sure why Firefox gives that rather scary warning. It could be because LB uses a content script to display the countdown timer and warning message within the tab, over the web page. (Content scripts can, in principle, access all data on the web pages you view.) It could be because LB requests 'tabs' permission, so it can intermittently check whether block conditions are met for all open tabs, not just the active tab. I'll look into it. In any event, all the source code is publicly available on GitHub, so you can check that LB isn't doing anything untoward! - Rated 5 out of 5by dewolfe, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13560997, 7 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13560640, 7 years agoIn the previous version, I liked it that when using the delaying page, whenever the page went out of focus the countdown was canceled and had to be restarted. Is there a way to make the NG version work this way again?
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13506792, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13559280, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by k, 7 years ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 13551629, 7 years ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 13509852, 7 years agoGood, but purpose is defeated if the "restart with addons disabled option" is not removed
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13509810, 7 years agoSo glad Leechblock is back and better than ever! I'm using this both on my laptop and on Android, and it's working great on both. Would love to see synced options between devices in the future.
This has been essential for fighting my internet addiction, thank you! - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 12958497, 7 years agoIt really helps me control myself. I like the extra restrictive features available, like blocking access to backstage value areas, to prevent changing values there.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13545297, 7 years agoFantastic extension. Keeps it simple and helps me focus on work.