Grayscale the Web - Save Sites: Discourage Over Browsing
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PLEASE NOTE************** When you first install Grayscale the Web, you will need to refresh any tabs that were already open before this will work for them. Once you refresh a tab it should work from then on out. Any new tabs you open should work fine right away.
Can't stop surfing the web? You may not realize it, but all of that color is designed to hijack your brain and keep you browsing.
Grayscale the Web is a great solution to help with this. It removes all of the color, giving sites a plain, grayed out look. They will appear much more boring, and that's the whole point. You'll soon find that time wasting sites hold your attention less, and this will hopefully help you focus on whatever it is you really need to be doing.
Grayscale the Web lets you turn on grayscale for all sites, specific tabs, or whatever sites you choose. You can also exclude specific sites from turning gray when using the all sites or specific tab settings.
Click the Grayscale the Web icon in your chrome menu bar to use the pop up menu to change settings, or click the 'Manage Saved/Excluded Sites' link there to go to the options page to manually manage and add or remove sites.
NOTE: This plugin won't work on certain, chrome specific pages like the chrome web store.
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- Works great for reducing distractions on social media and other websites.
- Easy to understand and simple to use.
- Retains readability while applying grayscale, unlike other similar extensions.
- Settings can be confusing and not user-friendly.
- No bulk addition for sites to be saved/excluded.
- Some users experience screen blinking when switching tabs.
- Great for minimizing distractions.
- Needing better settings for adding domains.
- Request for compatibility with new Manifest v3.
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Grayscale the Web - Save Sites requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
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Grayscale the Web - Save Sites has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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