Procrastinator

Name: Procrastinator
Rating: 3.272727272727273 (44 reviews)
Author: https://http://www.benrowe.info/

Helps you stay focused on the web by blocking unnecessary destractions

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Procrastinator is a Chrome extension designed to help you maintain productivity by blocking distracting websites while you work. Easily add sites you find distracting and control when they're blocked using simple time spans. The extension supports pattern matching and advanced regular expressions for precise website blocking. New features include customizable block pages, allowing you to set a personal URL or local file when a site is blocked. Procrastinator empowers you to focus on your tasks without interruptions from unnecessary web distractions.

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By:

https://http://www.benrowe.info/

Users:

2,000+

Rating:

3.27

(44)

Version:

1.1.0 Last updated: 2018-01-11

Creation date:

2018-01-11

Risk:

Permissions:

webRequest
<all_urls>
webRequestBlocking
tabs
storage

Size:

109.57K

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Updated:

a day ago

Ranking

# 19,544 ▼ 71

Other rankings

#11490 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 17

User reviews

Procrastinator is a simple and effective Chrome extension designed to help reduce procrastination by blocking access to specified websites during set times. Many users find it helpful for controlling impulsive surfing habits, especially on sites like YouTube. However, multiple users report issues such as difficulty in adding or saving sites, buggy behavior, and occasional complete failure to work. The extension is also criticized for being easy to disable and lacking features like redirecting to productive pages instead of just blocking. Overall, it provides value but has stability and usability concerns.

Pros

Helps users control impulsive web surfing and reduces procrastination.
Simple and easy to use interface.
Effective in blocking access to distracting websites when configured correctly.
Allows custom time ranges for blocking websites.
Free and lightweight Chrome extension.

Cons

Does not work consistently or at all for some users; issues with saving timecodes.
Easy to disable or turn off, which reduces effectiveness for users lacking self-control.
Lacks a redirect feature; it blocks but does not redirect to a helpful page.
Incomplete or buggy functionality such as errors on forwarding or loading issues.
Difficulties in adding sites or understanding time input format (24-hour time) for some users.

Recent reviews

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.

Tonmoy Hasan, 2023-01-05

Works perfectly, I'm an impulsive web surf junky especially youtube, and this helped me curb that.

MugiWara, 2020-12-21

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Procrastinator requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

Procrastinator 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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