BrainyTab

BrainyTab

Bookmark manager that makes you smart(er)

What is BrainyTab?
BrainyTab is a Chrome extension that not only helps in organizing and managing your bookmarks in a proficient manner but also aims to amplify your decision-making abilities. Each time a new tab is opened, you are exposed to mental models and underlying cognitive biases, enabling you to recognize and potentially rectify these biases within yourself. BrainyTab essentially turns your browser into a learning platform, improving your cognitive abilities while you surf the web.
Merlin
Stats
Users: 1,000+
Rating: 4.58 (19)
Version: 1.1.0 (Last updated: 2022-10-05)
Creation date: 2020-02-24
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Overrides new tab: Yes
Permissions:
  • storage
  • activeTab
Size: 857.09K
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BrainyTab
BrainyTab (v1.0.0)
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Summary

Elegant new tab browser extension that makes you smart(er) and lets you save and manage your bookmarks easily. Super-fast search included.

A Cognitive Bias, Mental Model or Dark Pattern explained every time you open a new tab to help improve your decision-making process.

Cognitive Biases Based on the Cognitive Bias Codex print from DesignHacks. We researched and added definitions for each bias.

Mental Models A curated list of over 300 mental models from various books and sources to help you make better decisions.

Dark Patterns Based on 'Dark Patterns at Scale: Findings from a Crawl of 11K Shopping Websites'. An ever-growing list of patterns designed to make you buy stuff.

The goal of this extension is to enable you to develop your critical thinking skills; you should be able to identify more biases in yourself and maybe even learn how to correct them.

User reviews
User reviews summary
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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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 in self-examination and identifying biases
  • Bite-sized learning that's easy to digest
  • Non-invasive and integrates into daily browsing
Cons
  • Slow to load with many tabs open
  • No feature to save or search concepts for later review
  • The contrasting white background before page load can be disruptive
Most mentioned
  • Educational value and cognitive bias information
  • Requests for additional features like saving and searching concepts
  • Complaints about slow loading times and the white flash before page loads
Recent reviews
Love this extension! feel like becoming smarter everyday! thank you! could you please also add game theories and eponymous laws? or even great quotes? would be really great, thanks!
by Pietro Accorsi Pietro Accorsi, 2024-03-08

Hoping you can add a feature to save concepts to later review and ability to search them. It's always sad when you find a useful concept but you mistakenly close it, please add search function or a way to browse them.
by Daniel Eberini Daniel Eberini, 2024-02-04

It's great. But it's slow. When I have many tabs open it takes up to 20 seconds to load the new tab, it's not my computer. I think it makes the overall browser slower.
by Jack Axelrod Jack Axelrod, 2024-02-01
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Safety
Risk impact

BrainyTab is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

BrainyTab has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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