Reviews for LeechBlock NG
LeechBlock NG by James Anderson
1,602 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14898775, 4 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by hazkaz, 4 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Jack, 4 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13130181, 4 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 15372875, 4 years ago5 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.
Developer response
posted 4 years agoHere's an example of how to block the front page only:
reddit.com
+reddit.com/*+
See FAQ for details of exceptions and wildcards. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 16336526, 4 years agoYou did a great service to humanity James! you've saved thousands of hours of mankind! I wish I could donate you but US governments restricted our access to Paypal in Iran.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Florent, 4 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Kristian, 4 years agoWorks really well, it saves me a lot of time I would otherwise waste with scrolling through YouTube or Reddit!
I have noticed that it is very easy to access the blocked sites by disabling the Addon from the addons page, which takes only a few clicks. This is probably not changeable from the extension code (to prevent bloatware extensions from blocking their removal), however, you can lock the extension yourself using the Firefox policy system, which prevents removal https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customizing-firefox-using-policiesjson
For reference, this is what I put into my policies.json:
{
"policies": {
"Extensions": {
"Locked": ["leechblockng@proginosko.com"]
},
"ExtensionSettings": {
"leechblockng@proginosko.com": {
"installation_mode": "force_installed",
"install_url": "https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/latest/leechblock-ng/latest.xpi"
}
}
}
}
This way, you have to remove the file and restart firefox, for me this is cumbersome enough to stop me from disabling the extension. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13152535, 4 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Leonardo S. K., 4 years agoProbably one of the best, if not the best addon made in the era of digital addiction. What really makes this the best is the level of customization it allows. One feature I've been using for some time is the grayscale one. Making everything grayscale just makes watching videos for hours much less engaging, which is good.
One thing I was not able to do however (and that's not really a flaw, but more of a very specific combination of rules) was to be able to make all pages grayscale except ones that have .png, .jpg, .jpeg, etc on their url. I've tried * +*.jpg +*.png +*.jpeg but I was not able to make it work this way, even though it works with more clearly defined urls.
Anyhow, many thanks for making this. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 5724541, 4 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by GAL, 4 years agoExcellent, simple to use, highly flexible so that you can setup the kind of help you need. It really helped me improve my focus at work.
- Rated 5 out of 5by GenFlogi, 4 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 16423880, 4 years agoWorks almost as intended. I blocked Youtube for starters and as long as I'm actively interacting with or giving focus to firefox, the counter is ticking down. The moment I'll click on something on my second monitor (in this case, Discord) the counter stops after two seconds. This has been reproduceable. I'll use it further as a reminder for myself, but sadly it's not working as I need it right now :/
Edit: Thanks! Is working as wished :)Developer response
posted 4 years agoUncheck the option "Count time spent on these sites only when browser tab is active" as a workaround. The next release will include an option to treat all browser windows as focused. - Rated 5 out of 5by 大水川过, 4 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Lawrence Kay, 4 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by xM a U r O x, 4 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13550036, 4 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Meer Ajaz, 4 years agoI can't thank you enough. I have installed old version of firefox just to use leechbock.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Andy Allan, 4 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13340515, 4 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 16385072, 4 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14359711, 4 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by MathisP, 4 years agoThis ad-on saves my life! it is highly customizable, and can surely support your needs. I love you LeechBlock devs :)))))
- Rated 5 out of 5by Bruno Carvalho, 4 years ago