Invisibility Cloak for Firefox: Eliminates Mindless Web Surfing (Almost)
In an effort to boost productivity by minimizing time lost due to aimless web surfing, the Invisibility Cloak script for Firefox was born. Taking advantage of Greasemonkey’s ability to run scripts to enhance your Firefox experience, Invisibility Cloak allows you to block sites that doesn’t have anything to do with your work and would normally consume your working time.Invisibility Cloak comes pre-configured with several sites already blocked and cannot be accessed till 3 in the afternoon. You can easily add more sites to the blocked list and even include excluded sites as well. When you try to access the blocked sites, it will let you know how much time is left before you can go to that site. The latest update includes the option to turn off the script every weekend.
However, while it does a great job at blocking sites, the Invisibility Cloak is very easy to deactivate. If you can control yourself from pulling the script’s plug and going back to your usual surfing habits, Invisibility Cloak does the job quite well. Otherwise, you might want to look at more “tamper-proof” alternatives out there.
Invisibility Cloak requires the Greasemonkey extension and is compatible with Mozilla Firefox 3.0.
Screencapture by Celine Roque from Blue Rabbit Media
