Procrastinator

Helps you stay focused on the web by blocking unnecessary destractions

What is Procrastinator?

'Procrastinator' is a Chrome extension that blocks web pages you find distracting, allowing you to focus on important tasks. Features adjustable time spans, customizable block pages, easy website addition, and an option to block specific or all distracting sites, making it a versatile tool for maintaining productivity.

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Extension stats

By: https://www.benrowe.info

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Users: 3,000+

Rating: 3.22 (45)

Version: 1.1.0 (Last updated: 2018-01-11)

Creation date: 2018-01-11

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

webRequest
<all_urls>
webRequestBlocking
tabs
storage

Size: 109.57K

URLs: Website

Ranking

# 17586 ▼ 53

Other rankings

#12272 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 47

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Extension summary

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** new - you can now customise the block page with your own url; either local file, or http url!

Find yourself getting easily distracted while completing tasks on the web? Procrastinator allows you to block websites you consider distracting to ensure you stay focused on your task.

Procrastinator is designed to quickly add the websites you deem a distraction, and it does the rest. You also control when the websites are blocked with a simple timespan.

This chrome extension will allow you to stay focused, and block yourself from distractions whilst you work.

Procrastinator gives you the control of which specific websites, or a sub-set of websites using it's simple pattern matching techniques. Or if you're a power user, you can use regular expressions to fine tune which url's are blocked.

Once you have defined your list of sites you want to block, you can also individually control the blocker for each website, or use a general time span to control all of the blocked websites.

User reviews

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Pros

Works well for blocking distracting websites
Simple to use
Effective for users looking to manage their time
Good quick add feature for websites
Positive feedback from users who found it helpful

Cons

Doesn't block multiple sites simultaneously
Defaults could be better
Can be easily turned off by users lacking self-control
Forwards to an error page instead of a custom message
Doesn't work for some websites

Most mentioned

Doesn't work as advertised
Works perfectly for some users
Easy to turn off
Very simple to use
Error page forwarding is problematic

Recent reviews

Really doesn't work as advertised. I can only block one site at a time. If I ad a second one, the first one gets removed. Makes it rather pointless!

Jan Sijsmans, 2024-01-19

ok, very simple :) But it forwards to an error page: This page has been blocked by... This should be disabled optionally: - Load error page? I want to forbid to forward a site to a specific URL.

Clemens Ratte-Polle, 2023-02-27

Downloaded for the first time, really doesn't meet the need. Would be really helpful if it worked well, at least did half the work like shown in the overview.