BrainyTab
Bookmark manager that makes you smart(er)
What is BrainyTab?
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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.
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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
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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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