# Distraction Blocker - What about being productive?

> What about doing something else? This extension will help you to focus on your work by blocking websites for a certain amount of time, and reminding you to do actual work.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/whatabout](https://chrome-stats.com/d/whatabout)

## Overview

- **ID:** `whatabout`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Dev Shetty
- **Category:** tabs
- **Version:** 1.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-11-01
- **First published:** 2025-10-28
- **Size:** 140 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/whatabout/)

## Description

A productivity browser extension that helps you stay focused by making you reflect on your priorities before accessing distracting websites.

What About intercepts your visits to blocked websites and presents you with a full-screen overlay displaying your tasks and goals. Instead of blocking sites completely, it adds friction to the distraction by requiring you to:
<ol><li>See your actual priorities</li><li>Hover over a "Continue" button for several seconds to proceed</li><li>Or choose to close the site and get back to work</li></ol>

## Rankings

- #145,360 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/whatabout)