Prevent procrastination by setting a daily time limit for your YouTube usage.

Latest Version

Version
1.4.5
Update
November 30, 2020
Size
82.32KiB
Developer
Category
Users
10,000+
Rating
4.4918 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
Tabs
Storage
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YouTube Time Extension

Features:
- Countdown timer: visible in the extension icon and popup window
- Configurable daily time limit (found in the options page)
- Ability to customize your time limit for each day of the week
- Additional options for adjusting when the timer resets each day and whether to pause the timer when YouTube is minimized/out of focus
- Temporary override mode in case you need to watch a video after the time limit has expired (with a configurable override limit)

YouTube Time is open source. You can find the source code here:
https://github.com/ChrisSmith2/YouTube-Time

Changelog:
1.4.5
- Stopped the timer from running on music.youtube.com

1.4.4
- Added option to customize the time limit for each day of the week

1.4.3
- Added support for youtubekids.com (can be toggled in the options)
- Bug fixes and code optimization

1.4.2
- Bug fix

1.4.1
- Added option to limit the number of overrides allowed per day
- Made \"Pause timer when YouTube is minimized/out of focus\" option enabled by default

1.4.0
- Added option to change when the timer resets each day
- Added option to pause the timer when YouTube is minimized/out of focus
- Updated icon
- Bug fixes

1.3.0
- Fixed bug preventing time limit from being changed and made override mode more reliable

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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "YouTube Time", "description": "Prevent procrastination by setting a daily time limit for your YouTube usage.", "version": "1.4.5", "icons": { "128": "images/icon - 128.png" }, "background": { \t"scripts": ["background.js"] }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": [ "*://*.youtube.com/*", "*://*.youtubekids.com/*" ], "js": ["saveVideo.js"] } ], "browser_action": { \t"default_icon": "/images/icon.png", \t"default_popup": "/pages/popup.html" }, "options_page": "/pages/options.html", "permissions": [ "tabs", "storage" ], "content_security_policy": "script-src 'self' https://www.google-analytics.com; object-src 'self'"}
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