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Added

• Actual-Used Break Tracking: Break history now tracks elapsed snooze time, not just requested duration.
  • Re-enabling a guard early only counts the time actually used.
  • Active breaks are included in the 3-hour, 24-hour, and 7-day popup totals while the break is still running.
  • Break history is stored locally and does not add extension permissions.
• Risk-State Adaptive Friction: Break friction now looks at behavioral pattern, not only total time.
  • Uses 24-hour break time, 3-hour break time, number of recent break starts, repeated 5-minute requests, and spacing since the last break.
  • Treats repeated short breaks close together as a stronger signal than well-spaced breaks.
• Compact Focus State: Popup now shows a compact current pattern state with 3-hour, 24-hour, and 7-day break totals.
  • Visible states include Steady, Building, Frequent checks, and High pull.
• Adaptive Countdown Prompts: Waiting periods now rotate brief prompts based on the actual countdown length.
  • Short waits show simple breath or attention-shift prompts.
  • Longer waits can suggest standing up, getting water, walking briefly, or reconsidering whether the break is still needed.
  • Prompt timing is based on the wait duration after adaptive friction is applied, not the selected break duration.
• Focus Friction Philosophy Doc: Added docs/FOCUS_FRICTION_PHILOSOPHY.md as a plain-language reference for the product philosophy and research behind focus friction.

Improvements

• Snooze Options: Updated focus break choices to 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, and 1 hour.
• Permanent Disable Placement: Moved permanent guard removal behind a collapsed Advanced area while keeping the existing 10 minute countdown.
• Focus Copy Pass: Renamed focus controls around guards rather than redirects and tightened break-flow language.
• Interaction Tone: Reduced pulsing and sharpened motion/easing so the popup feels calmer and less alarm-like.

Added

• Friction Overhaul: Snooze options were reworked to 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 1 hour, and 4 hours.
  • Countdown wait times scaled by snooze duration: 5 minutes -> 10 seconds, 15 minutes -> 30 seconds, 1 hour -> 3 minutes, and 4 hours -> 8 minutes.
  • Permanent disable countdown increased to 10 minutes.
  • Countdown display switched to mm:ss for waits of 60 seconds or more.
  • Leaving the popup during a countdown now resets the countdown.
• Popup Sync Fix: Popup now listens for storage changes from the background script so toggle state and snooze indicators update when a snooze expires.

Improvements

• Focus Copy Cleanup: Updated popup labels and snooze messages for feed, Explore, timestamps, resume status, temporary breaks, and permanent disable.
• Code Cleanup: Removed dead friction fields and unused helper paths, removed old tomorrow-snooze handling, and fixed the notification icon path.

Improvements

• Popup Copy Tightening: Streamlined popup section headers, option descriptions, and dialog text for improved clarity and reduced visual clutter.
• Privacy Policy Update: Revised privacy policy content and updated the last updated date.
• Version bump for patch release.

Added

• Explore Redirect Feature: Added redirection for X.com/explore pages to maintain focus.
  • Redirects all /explore paths including sub-paths to bookmarks.
  • Independent toggle control in Focus Features section with friction mechanisms.
  • Separate snooze timer system for Home and Explore redirects.
• Enhanced Friction System: Unified and improved disable confirmation flow.
  • Dynamic dialog titles based on the feature being disabled.
  • Feature-specific confirmation messages explaining the benefits of each redirect type.
• Improved Visual Design: Comprehensive UI/UX enhancements.
  • Added extension icon to popup header.
  • Reorganized popup with Focus Features at top, Utility Features at bottom.
  • Enhanced button styling and hover states.
  • Subtle amber/gold color scheme for focus features.
• Enhanced Interaction Design: More intuitive user interactions.
  • Entire option elements are now clickable.
  • Consistent button styling and improved visual hierarchy.

Improvements

• Button Color Scheme: Updated dialog buttons for better visual consistency.
• Popup Layout: Reorganized interface with improved spacing and typography.
• Friction Mechanisms: Extended to support multiple redirect features with independent snooze management.

Added

• Intentional Friction for Home Redirect Disable: Added thoughtful barriers to prevent impulsive disabling.
  • Confirmation dialog with productivity reminder.
  • 3-5 second countdown timer with cancel option.
  • Respectful, non-judgmental language.
• Smart Snooze System: Temporary disable options that automatically re-enable the feature.
  • Snooze options: 15 minutes, 1 hour, 4 hours, until tomorrow.
  • Real-time snooze status indicator in popup.
  • Automatic re-enable when snooze period expires.
  • Optional notification when feature re-enables.
• Enhanced Popup Interface: Improved visual organization.
  • Separated settings into "Utility Features" and "Focus Features" sections.
  • Better spacing, typography, and visual hierarchy.
  • Improved hover states and transitions.
• Enhanced Storage Schema: Extended data model for friction and snooze functionality with full backward compatibility.
• Robust Error Handling: Comprehensive fallback mechanisms for reliability.
  • Safe storage operations with graceful degradation.
  • Timestamp validation to prevent invalid snooze states.

Improvements

• Home Redirect Toggle Behavior: Enhanced with friction mechanisms while preserving user autonomy.
  • Standard utility features maintain immediate toggle behavior.
  • Home Redirect toggle now triggers confirmation flow when disabling.
  • Multiple disable attempts in the same day reduce friction after the 3rd attempt.
• Background Script: Extended to handle snooze timer management and automatic re-enable functionality.

Added

• Home Page Redirection: Automatically redirects X.com/home to X.com/i/bookmarks.
  • Works for both direct navigation and SPA navigation.
  • Toggle-able via extension popup.
• Enhanced Error Handling: Improved robustness with safe message passing and graceful degradation.

Improvements

• Permissions: Added declarativeNetRequest permission and host permissions for https://x.com/* to support home redirection.

Features

• Open X/Twitter post timestamps in new tabs
• Open notifications in new tabs
• Toggle features via extension popup
• Cross-browser support (Chrome & Firefox)
• Lightweight and efficient implementation