Reviews for LeechBlock NG
LeechBlock NG by James Anderson
1,874 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by Bill Peschel, 7 years agoThis is saving my writing career. Easy to set to block the sites I know I want to visit, while leaving the sites (like Google Books) that I need for research. Easy to disable (sometimes) if I want to spend my precious life energy on wasteful activities. But when it works, and I try to visit my verboten site, it shows the blocked access screen and I breath easy and refocus on work. Highly recommended.
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 14768295, 7 years agousually great but randomly stopped working 3 days ago
Developer response
posted 7 years agoThanks for the review! Please use support forums for troubleshooting issues. - Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 12916690, 7 years agoI used to have a good experience with this addon and its older pre-FF57 incarnation, but these days it paralyses Firefox as soon as I install or enable it. Does it conflict with other addons or features e.g Firefox Containers? Firefox Sync?
running on KDE Neon (=Ubuntu)
Answering the developer: yes, I have hundreds of tabs open (most are suspended). That's probably the issue then, thanks for the advice. I'll move my rating from 2 to 4 stars as the addon itself is great.Developer response
posted 7 years agoNo known conflicts. Do you have many tabs open? Try selecting "Process only active tabs" under General options.
Update: v0.9.11 includes performance improvements which should make for a better experience. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14578792, 7 years ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 14572796, 7 years agoI don't know how to temporaily override blocking set.
Developer response
posted 7 years agoSelect "Allow temporary override for these sites" for the relevant block set. Specify length of override period under General tab. Then, to activate override, select Override from toolbar menu. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14743366, 7 years agoHonestly, I created an account just to review this add-on. I know LeechBlock is very simple, yet it has greatly improved my work. I'm doing a PhD and should manage my time by my-self. Thus, I am free to procrastinate, which lead to very bad habits. I was introduced to LeechBlock by my girlfriend and it is doing an amazing job for me! I stopped thinking about procrastinating, am a more effective person in general and my work is beginning to lift off. Thanks!
- Rated 5 out of 5by Daniel Castilla, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14734657, 7 years agoI put this on for Reddit, Twitter and Youtube with 5 minute allowances every 4 hours. Works like a charm and has helped me really cut down on time spent
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 14730754, 7 years agoI'm productive now! though i wish you could set a 16 character random password for override, because i feel 32 is a bit too long
- Rated 4 out of 5by 11, 7 years agoIn firefox 66.0.2 I cannot update settings with the option " save & close " ... For some reason once has been closed up I can still joining blocked sites ... Can you actually check if this is happening ? I would appreciate if can be fixed up... Great add-on by the way. I would appreciate if you can answer me, thanks!
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- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14670372, 7 years agoI hate it less than I love it. I hate it because it does its job PERFECTLY. And now I'm blocked, but it helps with my addiction to screen / infinite scroll / ...
I know I could go through it, but it creates an obstacle, which helps me do something else, spending more time away from the screen
Thank you, this is more than useful, it's not "just" productivity but even mental health.
Thank you so much.Developer response
posted 7 years agoYes, you can add exceptions: https://www.proginosko.com/leechblock/faq/exceptions/ - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14663601, 7 years agoMuch needed! Should be an inbuilt feature in the browsers :D. I love the "Block Set" feature, thereby I can categorize my distraction websites and set different block times for each set.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14659692, 7 years agoProbably a bug, but this extension slows firefox down to a crawl on Kubuntu 18.04 (up to date as of 02/25/19). Loading URL webpages takes significantly longer.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13510844, 7 years agoVery useful. Has all the features you would want from such an extension. Really improves productivity!
Developer is also very helpful and quick to respond to questions! - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14650496, 7 years ago