Mindful Media Boost

Be more present with Mindful Media, a Boost for the Arc browser that presents you with a countdown timer and mindfulness reminder before you enter a distracting website. It's designed to help improve our habits long-term, relationship with social media, and take back time for things that matter most to us.

Installation

1. Install and open the Arc browser on your computer.
2. Navigate to the create Boost page by either (1) clicking on the + button in your sidebar and select New Boost or (2) hit ⌘ + T to open your Command Bar and type New Boost.
3. Select the Custom template, then select All websites.
4. Copy and paste codes from content.js and styles.css in this repository into the respective files in your new custom Boost.
5. In your new Boost's settings located at the top left corner ⚙️, update your new Boost's name to Mindful Media and ensure that the Content script runs is set to After page loads.

Optional Steps

7. Configure the countdown time, mindfulness reminder, and the affected websites in your content.js file.
8. Go to your Arc Extensions page, click Details of the Mindful Media Boost, and enable Allow in Incognito.

Tested Websites to Date

• Facebook
• Reddit
• Snapchat
• Tumblr
• Twitter
• TikTok
• Youtube
• Pinterest
• 9gag
• Netflix
• Amazon
• eBay
• Depop

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

License

MIT