Abacus

Keep track of how often you visit distracting websites and waste less time on them!
What is Abacus?
Abacus is a Chrome extension called Abacus that allows you to track your visits to websites you find distracting. It reminds you every time you attempt to visit these sites and provides an alternate page to make you think twice. It helps you reduce time wasted on unproductive websites.

Extension stats

By: edmoneh
Users: 18 ▲ 2
Rating: 5.00 (1)
Version: 0.1 (Last updated: 2018-12-09)
Creation date: 2018-12-08
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • storage
  • tabs
Size: 23.43K

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Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

Features

  • Get reminded every time you attempt to visit a site you consider unproductive.
  • Stay informed of how often you visit these sites.

How to use

  1. Navigate to the extension options page to add websites you find distracting and want to visit less.
  2. Whenever you navigate to one of these tracked websites, the extension brings you to an alternate page. This page shows how many times you’ve attempted to visit this website and prompts “Are you sure you want to navigate to this page?”
  3. Click “Continue” to continue to the site you want to visit. Click “Go Back” to go back to the page you came from.

Philosophy

https://medium.com/@edmundtian1/philosophy-behind-abacus-d563d3326940

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Abacus requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Abacus has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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