Reviews for LeechBlock NG
LeechBlock NG by James Anderson
Review by Rogue Art
Rated 5 out of 5
by Rogue Art, 5 years agoOne of the best addons I have ever used--probably would miss this as much, if not more than an adblocker. It's very effective at blocking distracting sites and the impact on my daily life has been significant.
As far as impact on the browser, LeechBlock itself uses very little RAM and CPU as an addon and it works very quickly (no delay in intercepting) in blocking websites. I also like that it just sits there in its little corner in my browser--no random alerts asking you to download another addon/write a review, ads, etc. like some addons.
The choice of features are excellent--being able to use wildcards to block the distracting pages of a website and allowing the productive parts is genius. The override and delaying feature is pretty smart too. I've used a good mix of all these features in the last few months that I've been using the addon. My favorite one is probably the "immediately block when conditions are met" since it just forces me to get off of social media and other distracting websites unlike other blockers that only block new instances of a website.
Overall, this is a very useful and very interesting productivity tool. It's unreal to see an addon of this quality being produced for free and I'm glad that it has all the features and customization that it has. It's definitely achieved its goal as a productivity tool and has easily cut my time on distracting sites.
As far as impact on the browser, LeechBlock itself uses very little RAM and CPU as an addon and it works very quickly (no delay in intercepting) in blocking websites. I also like that it just sits there in its little corner in my browser--no random alerts asking you to download another addon/write a review, ads, etc. like some addons.
The choice of features are excellent--being able to use wildcards to block the distracting pages of a website and allowing the productive parts is genius. The override and delaying feature is pretty smart too. I've used a good mix of all these features in the last few months that I've been using the addon. My favorite one is probably the "immediately block when conditions are met" since it just forces me to get off of social media and other distracting websites unlike other blockers that only block new instances of a website.
Overall, this is a very useful and very interesting productivity tool. It's unreal to see an addon of this quality being produced for free and I'm glad that it has all the features and customization that it has. It's definitely achieved its goal as a productivity tool and has easily cut my time on distracting sites.
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- Rated 5 out of 5by Livarevie, 2 days agoIt is pretty good! It does what it says it does and it's very easy to use once you understand it. My favourite part is how you can block a site but make only a specific part of the site unblocked. It does allow a lot of options. :>
- Rated 5 out of 5by Hopeine, 3 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19633994, 4 days agoBrilliant. One of the best tools the average person who spends a lot of time online has in improving their mental health.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19632790, 5 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by ProgramminCat, 8 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Mapmo, 10 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by A. Person, 12 days agoThe only website blocker you'll ever need. Highly recommend
- Rated 5 out of 5by VeeroftheRoad, 17 days agoExtremely helpful for my parents to limit my YouTube addiction and the time of day when I am allowed to watch.
(actually not written by me, but my dad... :o) - Rated 5 out of 5by Murly, 21 days agoThis extension helped me organise days better. I tend to forget how to organise my time, so I block the sites I usually lose time on when I know I should do something else.
The only thing I wished was there that isn't is an off button for certain blocks. You can alway override, but it's redundant and sometimes inconvenient. I wish I could store a block set and only use it when I need it instead of having of overriding it or deleting it and redoing it each time.
Excluding this nitpick, everithing is as great as it could be.Developer response
posted 21 days agoThanks for the review! Perhaps the lockdown feature provides the functionality you desire? - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17886352, 21 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by RoyalTacos, 22 days agoBeen looking to do something similar to this using dns etc. and I could never figure it out, this has been a life saver for me.
- Rated 5 out of 5by fdettori, 25 days ago
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- Rated 5 out of 5by FasterMiner, a month agoWorks flawlessly so far for its function and it is completely free! Recommend a lot for everyone to help focus on more important tasks and limit addictive websites of all genres!