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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.
Our app has 3 key features:
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- Open up Chrome
- Download our Chrome Extension from: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ryzjfhxctnnyks4/mockup_extension.zip
- Open up the settings tab by clicking on the three parallel bars in the top right of the screen
- Select Settings
- Click on the Extentions Tab, located above the Settings Tab
- Activate Developer Mode, then Load the Refocus_Extension file.
- Go to: http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/resort-of-last-resort/585/
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Focus Mode/ Chunking:
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- Enable the extension.
- Go to page http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/resort-of-last-resort/585/
- Click the "Focus" button to read chunks of text. Try clicking on a link in focus mode.
- Click and drag links into the Progress List. Check off some links and click "Clear completed"
- Try Focusing on a selected part of the article by selecting text and right clicking on "Focus on Selection"
- Try the extension out with other similar articles/on the Global Mail site. Keep in mind that chunking may not work perfectly since this is a shallow-depth prototype. Similarly, links in the progress bar do not stay over multiple pages.