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Introduction
Refocus.io is an app for web surfers with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), that aims to help them stay focused on a set task by changing the way they interact with a webpage through a Chrome Extension. The potential users we interviewed all had problems with skimming information, losing focus due to large sections of text, and getting distracted by clicking on links and failing to do the task at hand. You can read more about our User Research here.
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3. There should be a button labeled "Load Unpacked Extension." Click on this button and select the folder that you saved on your computer.
Depth
Sidebar/Link Queue:
Almost completely implemented.
You can drag and drop links onto the sidebar, check off or remove queued links. You can also Clear Completed items and hide and show the Sidebar.
However, there is no memory currently because we have not fully implemented the backend. I.e., if you navigate to a new page, the Progress List will refresh.
Clicking on Links in focus mode will automatically add these links to the sidebar.
Focus Mode/ Chunking:
Partially implemented. Works well on certain websites (especially news sites like TheGlobalMail). Our responses are not hard-coded, we have a functional back-end!
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