# Better Blackboard

> A comprehensive suite of enhancements for the Blackboard Software

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/better-bb](https://chrome-stats.com/d/better-bb)

## Overview

- **ID:** `better-bb`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Explosion
- **Category:** appearance
- **Daily users:** 9
- **Weekly downloads:** 5
- **Version:** 26.2.6
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-06
- **First published:** 2025-04-02
- **Size:** 8.49 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/better-bb/)

## Description

Make Blackboard significantly better through tons of small tweaks, themes, keyboard shortcuts, etc. This extension costs $5.99 once - lifetime purchase and you can also do a 5 day trial to test it out!

## Rankings

- #35,534 — Overall
- #225 — board
- #228 — purchase
- #234 — software

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `declarativeNetRequest`
- `declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess`
- `cookies`
- `scripting`
- `tabs`

### Host permissions

- `https://extensionpay.com/*`
- `https://basic-doc-viewer.us.api.blackboard.com/*`
- `*://*.blackboard.com/*`
- `*://blackboard.com/*`
- `*://*.blackboardcdn.com/*`
- `*://blackboardcdn.com/*`
- `*://*.edge.sdk.awswaf.com/*`
- `*://*.browser-intake-datadoghq.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `extensionpay.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

> Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/better-bb)