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.
User reviews
- Grayscale functionality effectively reduces distractions on social media and other sites
- Easy to use and understand for specific projects
- Works well on various websites, retaining readability
- Provides a clear visual change to help focus
- No trackers or data extraction found in the code
- Issues with saving sites that reset grayscale on revisit
- Bug in adding certain types of domains to Saved/Excluded Sites
- Lack of bulk editing for site lists when uninstalling or switching browsers
- Settings can be confusing and not user-friendly
- Glitch causing screen blinks when switching tabs
- Grayscale not retaining on some sites like Reddit and Discord
- Difficulty in adding certain domain types to saved or excluded lists
- Preference for clearer settings and user-friendliness
- Desire for bulk addition/removal functionality for sites
- Need for an update for Manifest v3 compatibility
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Risk impact
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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- Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Grayscale the Web - Save Sites has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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- High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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