Reviews for LeechBlock NG
LeechBlock NG by James Anderson
1,746 reviews
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 12916690, 6 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 6 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, 6 years ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 14572796, 6 years agoI don't know how to temporaily override blocking set.
Developer response
posted 6 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, 6 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, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14734657, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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!
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14118840, 6 years ago
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- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14670372, 6 years ago[EDIT]
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Thanks for your VERY reactive answer <3
Meanwhile, I found a trick that is even better in my case ; I set it up on 2 minutes every 15 minutes, and does not turn off the page (so if I stay with my work group and do not change conversation, I can still work.
Omg, I REALLY DO love your add-on !! Wish I could give more stars !!
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Does the job but a bit too perfectly as I set it up. I needed to stop Facebook. Well, it's done, and I'm glad with that.
But I need facebook/messages (Messenger) to keep working with some student groups ; is there a way to add some exceptions?
Thanks!
(I'd contribute if my bank account would allow me to.)Developer response
posted 6 years agoYes, you can add exceptions: https://www.proginosko.com/leechblock/faq/exceptions/ - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14663601, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14649934, 6 years agoThis thing is great if you have attention issues like me and love to switch to time wasting pages. Does what its supposed to do. Now if only I could make myself do that also.
- Rated 5 out of 5by luuf, 6 years agoThis is a fantastic blocker, where I can specify precisely what I want! The only thing that I'd wish for is more than 6 block-sets, so that I can be even more specific about what I want to do with each site.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Pranav, 6 years agoA functional and helpful addon to design time saving restrictions on the web and to eradicate bad online habits