Efficient.ly

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Inspiration

Remote working nowadays is quite distracting due to the person being on the computer all the time. The computer is filled with distractions like video games to social media sites and people tend to go to the path to the least resistant and end up going on these instead of working thus reducing productivity. So we thought of our app.

What it does

A chrome extension that blocks websites on a timer to make sure you are not visiting websites that are not helping you be productive.

How we built it

It is a chrome extension built with bootstrap, html, css and javascript.

Challenges we ran into

Getting the timer to work in the background was very difficult, in the end we struggled to fully implement it so timers don't always work when you don't have the extension open

Accomplishments that we're proud of

The app overall achieves what we set out to do and are really proud of what we produced in the amount of time and only having 3 people

What we learned

How to make a chrome extension. None of us had made one before so was great experience for that!

What's next for Efficient.ly

There's lots of ways it could be improved upon! Adding presets information such as a preset websites of black listed websites, Adding statistics such as what sites you've been looking at for how long, Tips to help keep you focused, Expanding to more platforms. As well as many other possiblities.