TubeTimer helps you reclaim your time from endless YouTube viewing.

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1.0
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September 27, 2024
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TubeTimer Extension

Reclaim your time and break free from mindless scrolling with TubeTimer! This powerful extension helps you manage your YouTube viewing habits, ensuring you stay focused and productive.

Key Features:

Blackout Overlay: Instantly activate a blackout overlay on YouTube to remind you to step away from the screen. This feature blocks access to all open YouTube tabs, helping you resist the temptation to binge-watch.

Time Monitoring: Stay aware of how much time you’re spending on YouTube. TubeTimer displays the current time and a progress bar, indicating how much of your day has passed. This visual reminder encourages mindful consumption of your time.

Emergency Access: Need a break? Use the Emergency Access button to temporarily disable the blackout for a set period. Simply input how long you'd like to access YouTube without restrictions.

User-Friendly Design: The sleek and intuitive interface ensures a smooth experience while you take charge of your viewing habits.

Cross-Tab Functionality: Any changes you make affect all open YouTube tabs, so you can stay in control regardless of how many tabs you have open.

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★ ★ ★ How to Use TubeTimer ★ ★ ★

⒈ Install TubeTimer :

⦿ Go to the Chrome Web Store and search for \"TubeTimer.\"

⦿ Click on \"Add to Chrome\" to install the extension.


⒉ Open YouTube:

⦿ Navigate to YouTube as you normally would. The TubeTimer overlay will automatically appear if you’ve activated the extension.


⒊ Check Time and Progress:

⦿ While the blackout is active, you can monitor the current time and see how much of your day has passed through the progress bar displayed on the overlay.


⒋ Use Emergency Access:

⦿ If you need to watch a video, click the Emergency Access button on the overlay.
You will be prompted to enter how many minutes you would like to disable the blackout. Input the desired time (integer value only) and confirm.

⦿ The blackout will temporarily disable, allowing you to browse YouTube without restrictions for the specified duration.
Automatic Re-enabling:

⦿ Once the time you specified has elapsed, the blackout will automatically re-enable, helping you stay on track.

⒌ Toggle Blackout Across Tabs:

⦿ Any changes you make to the blackout status will apply to all open YouTube tabs, ensuring a consistent experience.


NOTE: This extension is completely local. NO DATA IS COLLECTED.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 3, "name": "TubeTimer", "version": "1.0", "description": "TubeTimer helps you reclaim your time from endless YouTube viewing.", "permissions": ["storage"], "background": { "service_worker": "background.js" }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": ["*://www.youtube.com/*"], "js": ["content.js"], "css": ["styles.css"] } ], "web_accessible_resources": [ { "resources": ["styles.css"], "matches": ["*://www.youtube.com/*"] } ], "icons": { "16": "icon16.png", "48": "icon48.png", "128": "icon128.png" }}
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How to download and manually install TubeTimer extension

Looking for a way to install TubeTimer extensions, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install TubeTimer extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install TubeTimer extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download TubeTimer extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a TubeTimer extension, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the TubeTimer Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the TubeTimer extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the TubeTimer extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for TubeTimer extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the TubeTimer extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download TubeTimer extension and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install TubeTimer extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the TubeTimer extension file

Select and download the TubeTimer extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the TubeTimer extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your TubeTimer extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the TubeTimer extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install TubeTimer extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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