MacOS app features are different to the browser extension which can be confusing

Hi! So I’ve noticed that some things are different on the app and website - and as I am using some websites as Chrome apps saved to my Mac dock, the browser extension doesn’t always work as it thinks the website is an app when I am using it in full screen.

Therefore, I am choosing to use the Mac app and add the Chrome apps as apps, which is fine. However, some features are missing from the app, which are available on the browser extension and are quite straightforward.

  1. On the browser extension, the exercise duration is:

    Quick - 3 sec

    Medium - 6 sec

    Regular - 10 sec

    Long - 20 sec

    Extreme - 40 sec

    Ultra - 60 sec

    However, on the app, it looks like this:

  2. There is a bug where the Maximum Re-Interruption Time Interval on the app does not let me click “No Limit“. If I click that option, it automatically changes it back to 30 minutes. I can select every option except the “No Limit“, so not sure why this is happening. It would also be amazing if we could choose 1 hour, 2 hours, or 3 hours, too. Because if I am watching a movie with a friend, I’d like to open it for 1/2/3 hours, then have it interrupt instead of having to pick between 45 mins or no limit at all.

  1. On the browser extension, in the Intervention Options section, there is a choice to close the tab on intervention exit. It would be great if there were an option to close an app on intervention exit, too.

    Also, the browser extension lets you keep the Intentional website switching box empty, essentially disabling that feature and allowing you to leave the website as many times as you want.

    On the app however, there is no option to disable this, and I am forced to pick a duration with 5 mins being the longest - on the browser extension, it’s 10 mins. It would be great if the options matched between the browser extension and the app, but also if there is an option to just not select intentional app switching if not wanted.

In my opinion, none of these is really new feature requests, just some mismatches between the browser extension and the app that seem a little confusing to me, especially as they do the same job essentially - just working on either websites or apps.

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Status

Planned

Board

Small Improvements

Tags

💻 macOS

Date

17 days ago

Author

Zaina Hussein

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