Healthy Browsing

Reminders to drink water, blink, correct your posture and stretch for a healthier browsing.

Healthy Browsing is a Chrome extension designed to promote healthier habits during long hours at the computer. It sends timely reminders to drink water, blink regularly, maintain correct posture, and stretch. These actionable notifications help reduce eye strain, improve hydration, and prevent numbness caused by prolonged sitting.

Ideal for users who spend extensive time browsing, the extension comes with recommended intervals: drink water every 45 minutes, blink every 20 minutes, stretch every 90 minutes, and correct posture every 20 minutes. Incorporating these habits boosts comfort and productivity throughout your day.

By:: Mihai Cosareanu
Users:: 6,000+
Rating:: 4.14

(70)
Version:: 1.1 (Last updated: 2019-04-11)
Creation date:: 2019-04-11
Risk:: Low risk impact Low risk likelihood
Permissions:: notifications
storage
Size:: 236.54K
Email:: mi*****@gmail.com
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Updated:: 13 hours ago

Ranking

# 12,287 ▲ 19

Other rankings

#3415 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 7

#2 in browsing keyword 25 ▼ 1

#8 in health keyword 10 ▼ 3

#40 in forget keyword 11 ▼ 3

#65 in browser keyword 89 ▼ 7

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User reviews

Users appreciate Healthy Browsing's holistic health reminders that encourage better habits during screen time. However, a recurring issue is the unreliable or missing notifications, often limited to sound without visual cues, making it hard to distinguish reminders. Users want more control over reminder intervals, active hours, and notification management. Despite these shortcomings, many find the extension helpful and conceptually valuable for maintaining healthy browsing habits.

Pros

Provides useful reminders for healthy habits like blinking, drinking water, stretching, and posture
Helps users stay mindful of health while working for long periods
Simple and necessary tool that fulfills its purpose
Loved the concept and multi-aspect reminders
Can motivate better health practices during screen time

Cons

Reminders often only play sounds with no visual notifications or pop-ups
Notifications are unreliable; many users did not receive reminders consistently
Lack of customization such as inability to set manual intervals or stagger notifications
No option for 'active hours' leading to backlogged notifications after inactivity
Design and interface appear outdated and could be improved

Recent reviews

Pleased with the notifications and reminders

Lauren G, 2025-02-20

why does it only play sounds - i need notifications too to know which is which.

Tempo Rex, 2024-03-01

The extension works as it is supposed to be and it has helped me work while staying healthy. I would appreciate it if there was an option to turn on where the notifications would not go away until closed manually. Other than that, it is nice!

Alice_uWu WinteRawr, 2023-06-22

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Healthy Browsing requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Medium Enables sending notifications which can be spammed but have minimal direct security impact.

Risk likelihood

Healthy Browsing has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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