Reviews for LeechBlock NG
LeechBlock NG by James Anderson
1,714 reviews
- Rated 3 out of 5by Raphaell, 7 years ago"This is a fantastic tool! However, everyone once in awhile, the restrictions just seem to disappear, without me removing them."
Same problem here!Developer response
posted 7 years agoPlease report bugs on GitHub so I can gather more details: https://github.com/proginosko/LeechBlockNG/issues - Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 13504333, 7 years agoThis is a fantastic tool! However, everyone once in awhile, the restrictions just seem to disappear, without me removing them.
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posted 7 years agoPlease report bugs on GitHub so I can gather more details: https://github.com/proginosko/LeechBlockNG/issues - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 12917912, 7 years agoThank you so much for this marvellous addon! It safed my productivity! It is the best blocker ever made, I tested a lot!
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posted 7 years agoIn LeechBlock NG, the countdown timer is now shown in the corner of the web page itself. You can change the location in the general options.- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13242872, 7 years agoGreat add on! Very useful to stay focussed on your work.
Happy it is back in the lasest Firefox version. I was wondering if it is suppossed to work in Firefox for Android as well? I tried to install the add on, and although the add on is running, the indicated websites are not blocked. Would be great to have it on Android as well :)!
Thanks!
UPDATE: Amazing, indeed it works in Android too. Love it! - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13495696, 7 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 12497155, 7 years agoAwesome add on and awesome dev!
Would love a feature to temporarily disable the app (for example; right click, deactivate for x minutes) since the sites I block are occasionally needed for work, and going into the add on menu is a bit tiresome.
Thanks a lot and keep up the great work! - Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 13492310, 7 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13489341, 7 years agoCan't I register a local page to "the page to show instead of these blocked sites"?
I entered the path of the page but it didn't work...
I entered like this "file:///G:/path/file.html" but nothing happened.
I understand! Thank you for your kindness!!Developer response
posted 7 years agoI did some research and it looks like Firefox 57 won't allow extensions to open local files. :(
https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/opening-links-to-local-files-file/16449/7 - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13489102, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Naresh, 7 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.Developer response
posted 7 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. - Rated 1 out of 5by stefanf, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by ikiam, 7 years agoThank you, One of my prefer addons, BUT please the feature putting a difficult challenge to enter to the options is important, otherwise it is difficult not to fall into the temptation (SOLVED)
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13000569, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Benjamin Bach, 7 years agoTHANKS! I've been a happy user of LeechBlock for about six months, and the NG version arrived just in time for Firefox 57 to come out. James Anderson, you're making me more productive and a happier person because I'm less exposed to the never-ending flow of bad news and nonsense of mass media... the guilty, non-focused 5-minute attention span of sudden twitter feed wrath... which I now block for most of the day. Hurray! Instead I can focus on reading more indepth news at appropriate times.
The NG (NextGen) version takes advantage of WebExtension features by appropriately reporting which data it needs access to and control over. This is a huge step forwards. It also installs faster and options panel seems more responsive.
I installed it and it worked first time -- I configured it, and it triggered first time I tried visiting a blocked site... without having to restart Firefox!
A few users have started reviewing a work-in-progress and complaining about features that are being developed or have arrived shortly after. You people should participate in development on Github instead. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 11483598, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by PantherMan594, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by RandomEngy, 7 years agoThanks for updating it for Quantum! I tried a couple other focus blocker extensions and they are garbage compared to this one.
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 13453540, 7 years agoThe new countdown timer is obnoxious and can't seem to be turned off. I don't need a countdown to the next time my filters are going to activate. I block all websites after a certain time of night and for this use case it's just an annoyance.
Developer response
posted 7 years agoThanks for the feedback. I will add an option to hide the timer in the next release. - Rated 4 out of 5by knightontherim, 7 years agoI've been using LeechBlock for years and I'm glad James has made it v57 compatible, but I really miss the access control tab. The lack of it really limits the functionality of the add-on. Nevertheless, this is the best program of its kind that I've ever found.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13300540, 7 years ago