Compare Chrome extensions: Remove Duolingo cartoons vs DuoListen

Stats Remove Duolingo cartoons Remove Duolingo cartoons DuoListen DuoListen
User count 217 218
Average rating 4.67 3.36
Rating count 6 11
Last updated 2020-11-21 2020-10-04
Size 5.71K 12.38K
Version 1.0.0 0.1
Short description
Remove Duolingo cartoons. An extension that removes the hint sentence from a Duolingo.
Full summary

Automatically remove cartoons displayed in skills and lessons on Duolingo before they are loaded. Developed with all languages in mind, but tested in German. Works on both exercises and skills. Does not interfere with stories. No effect on performance as it only uses CSS. Works with all devices.

If the extension is not working/their cartoon images are loading as well, please refresh the page you are on before reporting a bug to WenLiProgramming [at] gmail.com

This extension increases the difficulty of the popular language learning app Duolingo (https://www.duolingo.com/learn). In Duolingo users perform various exercises to learn a new language. One of those exercises asks users to translate a sentence from the target language to their own language. It gives the users an audio prompt and a written prompt. This extension removes the written prompt, which forces users to develop their listening comprehension.

I wrote this extension because this is a feature that helped me learn languages faster. I believe that other Duo users will also find this extension useful.

Technically speaking, the extension itself is pretty simple. It only runs when the user is on the /skill route and it looks for DOM changes that would indicate that a new exercise has loaded and, if that exercise provides a hint sentence, hides the hint.