• Custom App-Specific Duration: Added a "Custom..." option in the app settings customization modal, allowing you to set a custom mindfulness pause duration (from 21 to 300 seconds).
• Build Clean Flag: Added a --clean flag to make_extension.py to delete old zip/xpi build files and keep only the latest generated packages.

• Duplicated and New Tab Bypass: Fixed a bug where duplicated tabs or tabs opened in a new tab bypassed the intervention.
• Tab-Specific Cooldowns: Enforced that active bypass sessions and cooldowns are tab-specific, ensuring new tabs are always properly intervened.
• Mobile Breathing Timer & Animation Freeze: Fixed a bug on touch and mobile devices where switching tab focus back and forth froze or failed to restart the breathing timer.
• High CPU Usage: Throttled window scroll listener using requestAnimationFrame and cached DOM selections to prevent layout thrashing and high CPU usage.

bug fixes

The infinite scroll. It's dangerously easy to scroll mindlessly for hours, especially when it comes to social media.

So what if we playfully visualised infinite scrolling as a deep sea dive, to help people experience their scrolling habit more tangibly?

Anchor is a browser extension which plays on this feeling of sinking. The further down you scroll, the deeper you dive — and you can watch as your screen slowly turns a dark blue, a little fish swims across your screen, and finally, you hit a (literal) rock bottom.

In this version, we have integrated mindful interventions right at the front gate, styled with clean vanilla architectures. When you open a target distracting website, Anchor pauses your access, directing your focus back to the real world before habits take over.

All our code is available on GitHub for you to play with and evolve.
Install on firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/anchor-scroll-reel-blocker/

• Virtual Sinking: Watch the screen turn deep blue as you scroll past your buffer zone. A depth marker counts your meters until you hit rock bottom and scrolling blocks.
• Short-Form Video Blocker (Reels, Shorts, TikTok): Automatically detects and tracks swiping on YouTube Shorts (/shorts/), Instagram Reels (/reels/ or /reel/), and TikTok (tiktok.com). Swiping to a new video increases your watched count and moves the depth meter down. Once you hit your configured limit, downward swiping/scrolling is fully blocked (via mouse wheel, keys, and touchscreen gestures), but you can still swipe back up to previously watched content.
• Performance Profiles: Toggle animation density (High, Low, or None) to save CPU/battery.

Anchor intercepts your access immediately upon visiting target websites and prompts you to pause:
* Breathing Exercise (Classic): Guided inhale/exhale cycles showing custom breathing phrases, dynamic typography-based scale transitions, and your 24h attempts statistics.
* Breathing Exercise (Minimal): A quiet, clean, textless circle pulse to calm your attention.
* Type Random Text / Math Puzzles: Focus-deflecting friction tasks that force you to type verification codes or solve math equations. If a mistake is made, it instantly resets and generates a new puzzle.
* Healthy Alternatives: Reminds you to read, stretch, or walk, with a delay timer if you choose to proceed.
* State Your Intention: Forces you to checklist why you are opening the site, giving warning prompts for mindless browsing.