Delay

Delay is used to break habitual browsing, by having the moment to reflect you'll decide if you want to navigate to the website.

What is Delay?

Delay is a Chrome extension designed with the aim of helping users break their unintentional browsing habits. It allows users to create a list of URLs that will be delayed before loading, offering time to consciously decide on navigation. It also records and charts the user's interactions with these sites, comparing navigation attempts with completed delays. The extension features synchronization, incrementing delay time and incognito mode compatibility. Delay helps users regain control over their internet usage by fostering awareness and intentional decision-making.

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Extension stats

By: Richard

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Users: 954 ▲ 19

Rating: 4.07 (15)

Version: 0.3.0 (Last updated: 2022-01-29)

Creation date: 2019-08-25

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

webNavigation
storage
tabs

Size: 146.43K

Email: ri*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 29996 ▲ 248

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#1427 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 9

#157 in graph keyword 11 ▼ 1

#171 in start page keyword 35 ▲ 3

#238 in event keyword 25 ▼ 2

#250 in navigation keyword 10 ▼ 2

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

Identify and remove the habits that have you unintentionally opening websites.

Create a list of URL's and they will have a delay before the websites displayed. The delay enables you to recognize you've opened a certain URL and gives you time to to acknowledge a typically unconscious decision. Each time you both navigate to a blacklisted URL and wait for the delay to resolve it will save an event. These can be viewed in a chart which will compare how many times you navigated vs how many times you let the delay load. This way you can visualise how many times you halted that habit and delay rescued some time!

Updates 3.0

Delay Page will show the Desired URL appended at the back of its own URL
You can enable Incrementing Delay Time. Each time you navigate to a Blacklisted page the Delay time will increase by 1 second. This resets every day.

Bug Fixes:

Cursor behavior over buttons
Some navigation events were not triggering the delay
Depending on your timezone some events could be logged a day early or late
Graph has been reduced to a max of 6 months.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Helps with productivity and staying away from distracting websites
User-friendly design
Customizable delay settings

Cons

Does not work properly when navigating within sites
Issues with accessing control window after use
Doesn't work in incognito mode
Doesn't reset timer if leaving the tab during delay
No option to display custom messages for each site during the delay

Most mentioned

Delayed site loading functionality
Bugs and issues with navigating away from the delayed site
Desire for additional features like toggle and timer display

Recent reviews

Šimon Jaššák, 2024-06-24

good, but if you try to enter a site, then resign and type new url, after the time set it will load that site instead, that I think is not desirable exampla xyz.com is on my delay site (30sec setup) chess.com is not I try to enter xyz.com it shows me delay screen I type in the same tab google.com google.com opens after 30sec it opens xyz.com Can you fix that?

Mateusz Kowalczyk, 2024-04-17

This is doing exactly what I need it to, unfortunately I am weak willed, and sometimes go to turn it off if I have an hour to kill so I can watch YouTube, since I use this app to completely block me off from it. The only issue is that when I go to turn it off, if I go to extensions and click on delay to open the control window, it doesn't open. Not exactly sure what the issue is, may be user error, but I have to reinstall in order to be able to access it again. This is actually a positive since I am forced to not watch YouTube, but can be a hassle on certain occasions. Otherwise great app, works great, looks great, does what it needs to do!