Reviews for LeechBlock NG
LeechBlock NG by James Anderson
12 reviews
- Rated 2 out of 5by Paul, 4 days agoThis is the best productivity tool that I've used. However, it uses a TON of resources. I was trying to figure out which extension was causing my CPU usage to jump over 100% so consistently, so I turned everything off and added each back one by one. My resources stayed below 30%, normally between 7 and 17% (via about:processes, verified with Windows Task Manager). But when I turned this extension on, my CPU usage suddenly jumped and stayed consistently high.
I don't know why something that is only meant to block websites is using so many resources on a consistent basis. It could be inefficient programming; it could be that it's being used as a backdoor for something nefarious. Either way, I'm not a fan. Too bad.Developer response
posted 4 days agoThanks for the review. LeechBlock does not normally exhibit high CPU usage. There's probably an explanation and solution for your issue. Please post a report to GitHub (via the support page) and we'll look into it. - Rated 2 out of 5by J. C., 2 years agoDoes not work with certain websites on Android (youtube, webtoons)
Developer response
posted 2 years agoPlease post bug reports on GitHub: https://github.com/proginosko/LeechBlockNG/issues
Thanks! - Rated 2 out of 5by Zaki, 2 years ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by Peter, 2 years agoTime block is not optional.
Screen says 'Enter the time periods within which to block these sites (optional)'.
But leaving it empty makes the plugin to skip everything in the list. So not optional at all.Developer response
posted 2 years agoIt is optional, because you can enter a time limit instead of time periods. If you don't enter either time periods or a time limit, then, of course, nothing will be blocked. You have to specify one or the other. Otherwise, how would the extension know when you want the sites blocked? - Rated 2 out of 5by Kevyn Rocha, 3 years agoUnfortunately in the current version it is not blocking the part where you can see the extensions, so I can always disable it. If they solve it I would be very grateful. I already activated the option "Prevent access to about:addons at times when these sites are blocked". I don't know what I do now '_'
Developer response
posted 3 years agoPlease submit this as an issue on GitHub so I can investigate further. Thanks! - Rated 2 out of 5by Strange, 4 years agoUX is confusing. I tried to use this for a week or so, could not configure the blocking and scheduling as I wanted to.
- Rated 2 out of 5by Flouroux, 6 years agoTried to set it up, a lot of bugs unfortunately:
1. Set to wildcard and +webflow.com - it still shows a timer on the webflow page, even though it doen't block it (I've set to count only active tab yes)
2. Set to keyword allow mode, added a wildcard and ~webflow - it doesn't load a google search for webflow.
So it kinda only worked if I remove the timer display and also don't use keywords :cDeveloper response
posted 6 years agoIf you had posted this to the support forums, I would have tried to provide some assistance. I don't think what you are experiencing is due to "a lot of bugs." - Rated 2 out of 5by Mykola Shcheglov, 6 years ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 13611656, 7 years ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 15178783, 7 years ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by S. Holloway, 8 years ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 13299266, 9 years ago