#4.8 / 30 rate

reflect. - a mindful website blocker

874 users

2020-05-13

https://getreflect.app

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https://getreflect.app

This extension is being deprecated because it doesn't follow Chrome extension best practices.

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Description

a website blocker that asks users to reflect on their usage.

reflect is a digitally mindful chrome extension that encourages users to reflect on their relationship with technology rather than block users outright.

When you attempt to visit distracting websites, reflect will ask you what your intention in doing so is. If you have a valid reason, you are given a set amount of time to get your work done on the website. If not, you are encouraged to be more specific in your answer or to reflect further.

For example, if you're trying to access YouTube to watch an educational video, you can enter the website; however, if you just want to watch cat videos, reflect will prevent you from doing so. You can customize the list of blocked websites and the duration that the websites will be blocked.

We don't show ads or collect/store data.

We're also an open-source project! You can find our source code here: https://github.com/getreflect/reflect-chrome.

Reviews

Swiftx

This extension is amazing! I am able to block distracting websites. It can also be useful for blocking scam sites so that you don't accidently go on them again. Whoever created this extension deserves an award.

Justin Mumma

It's a very nice app & a good idea, but I wish there was a way to: 1) turn it to whitelist mode, where it makes you justify the use of changing tabs at all, or going to any unapproved websites 2) specify what your current focus is, so that if my current focus is to study physics, and I go to check my email, it would consider this unproductive at that time; but if my intention is to check if my physics professor responded to me, that would be productive. If my goal was instead to clear out my inbox, the intention to check my email would be productive, but the intention to go to my Spanish homework, this would not be productive. It would also be nice if there was an option to allow the extension to analyze your website activity, so for example if it noticed that I am writing a google chrome extension review right now instead of studying for my physics midterm, it would pop-up again even if it had previously allowed this website. Although, I think it would be difficult to create this feature with AI and full browser access, while also still trying to maintain some privacy and security, I imagine it would be difficult