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Any recommendations for a Firefox alternative to Crackbook Revival?

by chalst 7y ago

frankfka 7y ago
I had some spare time over school break, so I created one: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/delay-distraction/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/delay-distrac... Github: https://github.com/frankfka/Delay-Distraction https://github.com/frankfka/Delay-Distraction
WorldMaker 7y ago
One out of the box option is Dev Tools > Network and there's a Throttling dropdown on the right. Set it to something like GPRS and watch the added latency.
- fortydegrees 7y ago
  This applies for all sites though, whereas you want it for specific ones like reddit
  - WorldMaker 7y ago
    Sure. Still a good place to start if you are looking to trial the idea. Continuing to think "inside the box" of built-in Firefox tools you could pair it with different windows in different profiles, train yourself to open the "addictive" sites only in the throttled profile. I don't have the Containers add-in installed, but I wonder if you can throttle Containers separately (and if not, might be an interesting feature request).
byte1918 7y ago
You can configure Leechblock (1) to do this. You have to configure it to show the 'Delaying page'. (1) - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/leechblock-ng/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/leechblock-ng...
- unicornporn 7y ago
  I tried that, but only works for the first visit of a domain? Once I've waited those seconds for the page to load I can mindlessly wander around for hours if I don't close the tab.
  - byte1918 7y ago
    there's a checkbox `Block only first accessed page of site when delaying page is used`. Uncheck it.
oldtapwater 7y ago
You could try DelayWebpage(1) which I made since I couldn't find a good alternative on Firefox. It's pretty basic so if there's any feature missing, feel free to request it, send a PR or fork the repo(2) 1. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/delaywebpage/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/delaywebpage/ 2. https://github.com/OskarDamkjaer/FirefoxDelayWebpage https://github.com/OskarDamkjaer/FirefoxDelayWebpage

Any recommendations for a Firefox alternative to Crackbook Revival?

by chalst 7y ago

Any recommendations for a Firefox alternative to Crackbook Revival?

I had some spare time over school break, so I created one: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/delay-distraction/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/delay-distrac... Github: https://github.com/frankfka/Delay-Distraction https://github.com/frankfka/Delay-Distraction

WorldMaker 7y ago

One out of the box option is Dev Tools > Network and there's a Throttling dropdown on the right. Set it to something like GPRS and watch the added latency.

fortydegrees 7y ago
This applies for all sites though, whereas you want it for specific ones like reddit
- WorldMaker 7y ago
  Sure. Still a good place to start if you are looking to trial the idea. Continuing to think "inside the box" of built-in Firefox tools you could pair it with different windows in different profiles, train yourself to open the "addictive" sites only in the throttled profile. I don't have the Containers add-in installed, but I wonder if you can throttle Containers separately (and if not, might be an interesting feature request).

byte1918 7y ago

You can configure Leechblock (1) to do this. You have to configure it to show the 'Delaying page'. (1) - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/leechblock-ng/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/leechblock-ng...

unicornporn 7y ago
I tried that, but only works for the first visit of a domain? Once I've waited those seconds for the page to load I can mindlessly wander around for hours if I don't close the tab.
- byte1918 7y ago
  there's a checkbox `Block only first accessed page of site when delaying page is used`. Uncheck it.

oldtapwater 7y ago

You could try DelayWebpage(1) which I made since I couldn't find a good alternative on Firefox. It's pretty basic so if there's any feature missing, feel free to request it, send a PR or fork the repo(2) 1. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/delaywebpage/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/delaywebpage/ 2. https://github.com/OskarDamkjaer/FirefoxDelayWebpage https://github.com/OskarDamkjaer/FirefoxDelayWebpage