What is Focus - On Your Work?
Focus - On Your Work is a productivity chrome extension. it's a free extension and is featured in Productivity, it has 1,000+ active users since released its first version, it earns an average rating of 4.00 from 11 rated user, last update is 611 days ago.
What’s new in version 1.0.3?
Focus by Freedom helps you stay focused on your work or schoolwork. Focus blocks distracting websites, while allowing you access to the sites you need. Focus lets you do better work in less time.
THE CHALLENGE
Do you work or study on your computer?
Then you’ve been distracted by news, social media, shopping, email. These distractions lead you to drift off-task, waste time, and end up unproductive and unfulfilled. We’ve all been there.
The temptation of opening a new browser tab to find a new distraction is strong and the action is often compulsive.
We all have specific sites that are our go-to distractions, but we also know that anything we click has the potential to become a distraction. except for the tools we’re using to get our work or studying done.
THE ANSWER
Focus by Freedom blocks only those distracting websites so that you can focus on your work or studies. You tell Focus what sites you do need for work or schoolwork, and it will block everything else. You’ll stay focused and on-task, while doing high quality work because of your sustained attention. What’s more, you’ll find you can get more done in less time without those constant online interruptions!
HOW IT WORKS
Focus by Freedom blocks websites by placing them behind a PIN.
EASY SETUP – create a PIN (a password) and decide which websites should be allowed
CUSTOMIZABLE - Focus comes pre-populated with an Allow List of common work and learning sites. You can customize as needed.
ACCOUNTABILITY - A parent can set the PIN for children, or you can have your spouse or friend set the PIN for you
WHO SHOULD USE FOCUS?
- Remote workers, from home or in hybrid working situations
- Students doing homework
- Students with online or remote learning
- Writers, Teachers, Entrepreneurs, Editors, Researchers, Journalists, and Developers all use Focus to get their work done!
Focus is a product of Freedom Labs, where we develop new ways to meaningfully interact with technology. Like our other extensions, Focus is highly privacy-conscious. None of your data is sent anywhere (the cloud, our servers, etc.) It remains secure on your own device. You can learn more about Freedom here: https://freedom.to
Release notes: Focus 1.0.3 fixes two issues:
- Sometimes, the extension disables itself automatically and bypasses the green screen when visiting a blocked website
- Sometimes, when adding a new website to the allowed list, it does add it, but it's not shown in the list
Please send us your feedback at [email protected] and we'll continue to improve Focus. Thank you!
How to install Focus - On Your Work?
You could download the latest version crx file or older version files and install it.
Preview of Focus - On Your Work
Technical Features:
- Latest Version: 1.0.3
- Requirements: Windows Chrome, Mac Chrome
- License: Free
- Latest update: Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023
- Author: Freedom
Focus - On Your Work Available languages:
English.
FAQ
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What about others talk about focus - on your work chrome extension?
25% user give 5-star rating, 75% user give 3-star rating. Read reviews of focus - on your work
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How could i get help if there is something wrong with focus - on your work chrome extension?
You could find more help information from focus - on your work support page.
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How could i contact the developer of focus - on your work chrome extension?
You could send emails to publisher, or check publisher's website.
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What are the required permissions for extensions?
- storage
- alarms
- tabs
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How could i report abuse of focus - on your work chrome extension?
You could click to report abuse of focus - on your work.
Reviews of focus - on your work:
Good overall design, but it keeps disabling itself so I have to re-enable it every time I visit a site. Kind of defeats the point. If it worked more consistently it'd be great. I like the option to enter the PIN to allow access, because sometimes you forget to add a site to your allowed list.
it doesn't really work. the wildcard thing.
Equal parts helpful and frustrating. I love it when I want to use it, but it enables itself anytime I launch my browser and I have to manually disable it each and every time. There does not appear to be any option to keep the extension but stop it from automatically enabling itself. When I'm working it's great, but to have to manually disable it repeatedly anytime I am off the clock and just want to casually surf the web is incredibly annoying. I honestly can't understand why the very simple option to change this default setting doesn't exist (or if it does exist, it is needlessly difficult to find). If it weren't for this obnoxious issue, I would definitely give Focus a 5-star review, but as it stands now, I will likely get rid of it because it's becoming more trouble than it's worth.