extension ExtPose

Boost 20-20-20: Prevent Eye Strain (delisted)

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Description from extension meta

Lightweight tool to help you take regular eye breaks to prevent eye strain.

Image from store Boost 20-20-20: Prevent Eye Strain
Description from store Spending long periods in front of your computer may lead to digital eye strain. Taking breaks at regular intervals will help to ease this strain and to protect your vision. A good rule is to follow the 20-20-20 rule, recommended by the American Optometric Association, to keep your vision intact for the future. As per this rule, every 20 minutes, take your eyes off your computer and look at something 20 feet away for at least 20 seconds. Boost 20-20-20 will guide you through this process by opening a new tab on your browser every 20 minutes as a reminder to you. This is a must-have extension for computer professionals with lower back (spine) related problems, neck pain, eye-strain related headaches, and red-eye. Repetitive stress injury (RSI) and eye strain are common ailments among computer users. Taking a break every few minutes is going to save your health and vision. Eye Strain 101.

Latest reviews

  • (2022-01-09) Paul Maddaloni: Helpful! It would be better with slight customization options. The biggest issue I have with it is that there is no option to automatically close the green "back to work" page when your break is over, then switching back to the last focused tab.
  • (2021-12-28) Annalisa Alden: Does the job of helping me remember to look up from my computer while I'm working. I like that it can be easily disabled so that I can turn it off when I'm watching a movie. I do wish that there were customizable sound/notification options.
  • (2021-05-02) Sam Sam: easiest to use compared to others and have this installed on all my computer
  • (2020-10-02) Annabel P: My friend recommended it to me because of all the Zoom during the day. I tried it out and really liked it. Although it was somewhat annoying to have the beep every 20 mins, it really helped me relax my eyes after staring at the screen for 20 mins straight. Definitely recommend!
  • (2020-04-15) Venator: Alright.
  • (2020-03-10) Joe O'Callaghan: It is very helpful and low maintenance. I especially like the unique audio ping to tell me that 20 minutes have passed and I should change what I look at. It has definitely helped me reduce eyestrain and I would highly recommend it!
  • (2020-02-18) Cian O'Regan: In the short time I have been using Boost 20-20-20 I have already found this to be extremely beneficial and have noticed my eyes feeling less tired at day's end. Love it!

Latest issues

  • (2021-12-28, v:1.0.5) Annalisa Alden: More robust, customizable notifications
    It would be great to have more notification options. For instance, I think I'd prefer a desktop notification to a tab opening up when the break starts, so that I don't lose my place in what I'm doing. A desktop notification when it is time to take a break would also help with times when I'm not working in Chrome at the moment my break is supposed to start - in those cases, it is the sound that tells me my break is over that makes me realize I missed it. Having a sound notification for the start of your break would also solve that problem, but I think it should be customizable to turn that on and off. I personally like the sound notification when it's time to return to work, but I could see wanting to turn that off as well, and it is not that hard to count 20 seconds while you are on your break.
  • (2021-05-17, v:1.0.5) Amir Alikulov: Sound is annoying. Please add ability to turn it off.
    Sound is annoying. Please add ability to turn it off.

Statistics

Installs
1,000 history
Category
Rating
4.3 (7 votes)
Last update / version
2020-02-25 / 1.0.5
Listing languages
en-US

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