Release Notes

🎯 Sharper focus — one job, done well

The Ad Blocker tab is gone — Website Blocker now focuses entirely on blocking distracting websites and Focus Mode. If you want ad blocking too, we’ve published it as a standalone Ad Blocker extension you can install separately.

✨ New

• Focus Mode minutes badge on the extension icon — see remaining time at a glance without opening the popup.

🔒 Privacy & security

• Stronger password protection — passwords and recovery codes are now stored more securely on your device.
• Hardened the blocked page against malicious URLs.

🐛 Bug fixes

• Password unblock dialog now adapts properly to dark theme in popup and settings.
• “Remove password” field is readable in dark theme.
• Session timer color fixed in dark theme on the settings page.
• Overnight schedule intervals (e.g. 22:00 → 06:00) now compute correctly.
• Popup schedule view matches settings page state in all edge cases.

⭐ Rating prompt

• New “Happy with our app?” dialog in popup and settings so you can rate the extension or send us feedback in one click.

📊 Statistics redesign

Statistics

• Reorganized Statistics tab with clearer section headers.
• Cleaner layout for daily, weekly and category breakdowns.

🎨 Design & accessibility

• Fixed font fallback across all pages.
• Added focus outlines for full keyboard navigation.
• Unified error colors and improved button styles.
• Larger favicons (40px) and smooth tab transitions.
• Contrast fixes for WCAG AA compliance.

✨ Popup improvements

• “This website” toggle now works both ways — turn off and back on directly from the popup.
• Fixed stats tracking for blocked counts.

🐛 Bug fixes & UX

• Categories and Schedule can now be disabled without restrictions.
• Whitelist input validates domains before adding.

✨ New features

• Feb 19 — Loading indicators on all action buttons for smoother experience.
• Feb 14 — Task categories with detailed statistics.

✨ Improvements

• Jan 9 — Refreshed design and improved sidebar navigation.
• Jan 10 — Cleaned up default site categories.

🎉 Major update — complete redesign & 6 new features

🕐 Schedule blocking

• Jan 2 — Set specific days and times when blocking is active.
• Multiple time intervals (e.g. Mon–Fri 9:00–18:00 + Sat 10:00–14:00).
• Quick presets: “Workday 9–18”, “Evening 18–23”, “Always”.
• Smart overlap detection with merge dialog.
• Visual badge on the blocked page when a schedule is active.
• Jan 3 — Schedule status displayed in popup with smart text.

🍅 Focus Mode (Pomodoro timer)

• Jan 6 — Built-in Pomodoro timer with Focus / Break / Cycles.
• Customizable Focus Time, Break Time and Cycle count.
• Built-in presets: Pomodoro (25/5/4), Short (15/3/4), Long (50/10/4).
• Separate “Focus Mode Sites” list — blocked only during focus, auto-unblocked on breaks.
• Real-time timer in popup with progress bar and cycle indicator.
• Pause, Resume and Stop controls.
• Chrome notifications when phases change.

✅ Tasks (to-do list)

• Jan 4 — Simple task manager synced across devices.
• Add, complete and delete tasks.
• Filters: All / Active / Completed, plus “Clear completed”.

📁 Categories

• Jan 4 — 5 preset categories: Social Media, Games, News, Video, Shopping.
• One-click enable/disable for an entire category.
• Create, edit and rename your own custom categories.
• “via Category” badges in the Block Sites list.

📊 Statistics dashboard

• Jan 4 — Track blocking progress: daily, weekly, top sites, focus sessions.
• 7-day blocking chart.
• Top 5 blocked sites with favicons.
• Current Status overview — Schedule, Focus Mode, Sites and Categories at a glance.
• Jan 5 — Share your stats on Twitter, Facebook, or download as image.
• Jan 8 — Enhanced statistics screen.

🔗 URL pattern blocking

• Jan 2 — Block specific URLs instead of entire domains.
• Wildcard support: youtube.com/shorts*, reddit.com/r/*/comments*.
• Toggle between Domain and URL mode when adding sites.
• Keep the main site accessible while blocking specific pages.

🔒 Security & password

• Jan 2 — Password recovery with recovery code (format: XXXX-XXXX-XXXX).
• One-click copy of recovery code to clipboard.
• Password required to disable blocking and remove sites or keywords.

🎨 UI/UX improvements

• Jan 7 — Feature tip cards with examples on every settings tab.
• Jan 6 — Blocking reasons, category badges and status overview on the blocked page.
• Jan 9 — Clean 8-tab sidebar, modern color palette, rounded corners and soft shadows.
• Improved blocked sites list with favicons, dates, search and per-site toggles.

🐛 Bug fixes

• Jan 3 — Fixed popup toggle sync with settings page.
• Jan 3 — Fixed Enter key and close buttons in password dialogs.
• Fixed popup freezing when blocking sites.
• Fixed settings page freezing when adding sites, keywords or passwords.
• Fixed URL validation for international domains.
• Dec 31 — Fixed extension hanging when VPN is active.

🚀 Initial release

• Dec 31 — Core site blocking with keyword and domain support.