Focus Ex is a tool aiding online reading for those with attention issues, by customizing text and reducing visual distractions.
Focus Ex: Boost Your Online Reading Focus
"Focus Ex" is a Chrome extension designed for individuals with short attention spans or focus challenges while reading online. This beta version customizes text presentation and minimizes visual distractions to enhance readability and concentration, making it easier for users to engage with written content. Ideal for students, professionals, and anyone seeking to improve their reading experience, Focus Ex aims to create a more supportive online reading environment. Try it today to enhance your focus and productivity!
Extension stats
Manifest V3
Rating: 3.60
(5)
Creation date: 2024-03-11
Permissions:
- tabs
- storage
- activeTab
Host permissions:
- https://*/*
- <all_urls>
- https://extensionpay.com/*
- https://www.google-analytics.com/
- https://api.chatgpt.com/
- https://focus-ex.web.app/
Size: 7.33M
Email: va*****@gmail.com
URLs: Website ,Privacy policy
Full description: See detailed description
Other platforms
Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
User reviews
Doesn't work for me. Doesn't change the page content on chrome when running.
by
James Knox, 2024-09-17
So far so good, however, I'm giving 4 stars as there are a few tweaks and improvements that could improve my experience as this extension is still in beta (as of 30th Jan 2024).
For the most part, I use the focus by line option and it's very good at getting me to keep reading! I think it would be good if there was a setting to set my preference as default whenever I click on the extension. I feel it would be better if a user right-clicks to open options and set preferences, but it would be easier if whenever the extension in the pinned extensions section is clicked it gives me the ability to click on paragraphs to focus with my default focus option straight away (rather than 3 clicks to open options, click focus, then the type of focus - and then additional clicks to make blocks focusable).
Furthermore, when I move my cursor from one to the next, the next line doesn't automatically switch into focused - as the cursor is between lines, which means there is a sort of "flashing" side-effect where the first line is blue, then no lines are blue, then the second line is blue - this has an adverse effect on my focus. I think there needs to be some sort of padding/margin to close the gap between focusable blocks.
This extension also doesn't seem to be able to capture those annoying 'picture-in-picture' videos (usually they are ads or cross-posting other articles from the website) when selecting the "stop video" option.
Other than these bits, I have enjoyed using this app as it has the option to focus line-by-line (and sentence fragment is also useful!) which other ADHD reading help apps don't seem to use - the majority seem to use the bionic reading method (and many of these apps are quite buggy from website to website).
by
Danielle O'Sullivan, 2024-01-30
I have signed up with 2! emails and still didn´t received the registration confirmation therefore I cannot use the extension. What´s the point then?
by
Madina Amerhanova, 2023-12-28
Extension safety
Risk impact
Focus Ex requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
- Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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