- Host index.html as a website. Mine is currently hosted on netlify at things.christen.se.
- Install a userscript engine, popular choices include Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey, Violentmonkey, and Userscript(iOS/Safari).
- Install the
userscript.jsfile as a userscript.
After installing the userscript on all your browsers, any attempt to naviagate to one of the blocked websites will be redirected to the productivity enabler website. It currently redirects the user to a daily planning app, but could be modified to use any website or any app that support a URL scheme.
The list of blocked websites is currently hard-coded into the userscript. To add or remove websites, edit the redirect set in the userscript.js file.
The destination of the redirect is also hard-coded into the userscript. To change the destination, edit the location variable in the userscript.js file.
The ultimate destination of the user is currently hard-coded into the website. To change the destination, edit the index.html file, specifically the window.location.href line.
The userscript is a simple script that checks if the current website is in the redirect set. If it is, it redirects the user to the location set. Inital testing revealed that users could decline to open the productivity app and continue to browse the blocked site. The double redirect is our solution: a way to bypass restrictions on closing tabs. Most browsers will not allow a userscript to close a tab that was not opened by the userscript. By redirecting to a website that is useless, the user gets the desired productivity boost without requiring the abilty to close tabs.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.