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Browser extension to remove distractions from YT shorts, IG reels and helps to stay focussed.

License: MIT License

CSS 24.07% HTML 36.49% JavaScript 39.44%

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clear-space's Introduction

Clear space

What is Clear Space ?

Clear Space is a chrome extension which helps you to remove distractions from short form video content and focus on the productive things that matter.

Features

Blocks YouTube Shorts: blocks the Shorts tab on YouTube and prevent users from getting distracted by short videos.
Blocks Comments: blocks the comments section on YouTube and prevents you from getting distracted by comments.
Blocks Recommendations: This feature blocks the recommendations section on YouTube and prevent users from getting distracted by recommended videos.

Installation

Clear space is currently submitted for review on chrome web store and will be available to users soon.

To install Clear Space in your browser, follow the steps mentioned below :

Download zip folder of the repository and extract the file contents.
Go to chrome://extensions page and turn on developer mode.
Click on load unpacked and select the clear space folder.
Once the extension is installed, you will see the Clear Space icon in the top right corner of your browser.
Tap on the icon and allow the extension to access Youtube.

What's next for clear-space

Making the extension accessible for firefox and support for other major browsers.
Increasing functionality for other major social media platforms.

Contributing

All contributions are welcome. Please read our CONTRIBUTING.md for additional help and resources for getting started.

LICENSE

Clear Space is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more information.

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clear-space's Issues

Firefox Build Archive

This is related to #7 and #1. Here you can find the .zip file that needs to be uploaded to the Mozilla Dev Panel and then converted into an .xpi file which can be used for Firefox.

cspace-for-firefox.zip

Subscriptions tab is removed from DOM, incorrectly assuming it as shorts tab.

Issue :

The extension's shorts tab removal feature is removing the subscriptions tab from the DOM each time when the page is reloaded.

Current Behaviour

Expected Behaviour

Solution

In the scripts/main.js file, Add conditional checking to confirm that element will be shorts Tab from the Youtube DOM.
Specifying Aria-label / title to the navItems[1] will solve the bug.

Add support for Firefox browser to Clear Space

Clear Space is currently only available for the Chrome browser. adding support for the Firefox browser can benefit more users with Clear Space.

Here are some specific tasks that need to be completed to add Firefox support:

Update the Clear Space manifest file to include Firefox as a supported browser.
Implement the necessary changes to the Clear Space code to work with Firefox.

Expand Clear-space functionality to block instagram reels

New Feature request

Clear Space is currently limited to optimise youtube.com only.
Add support for clear space to block reels from Instagram.

Steps to be taken

Add Instagram.com to host permissions and matches in manifest.json.
Modify scripts/background.js to send message to main.js when tab is switched to instagram reels domain
catch the message in scripts/main.js and block/redirect from reels by prompting the user.

dedicated static website on redirection from Youtube shorts

Description:

Currently, the Clear Space extension uses a third-party website (example.com) to redirect users away from YouTube Shorts.

The dedicated static website would be very simple. It would simply display a message to the user explaining that they have been redirected away from YouTube Shorts, and provide them with a link to continue to their original destination.

Tasks

Create a simple static website with a message explaining that the user has been redirected away from YouTube Shorts, and a link to continue to their original destination.
Update the Clear Space extension to redirect users to the dedicated static website instead of example.com.