# Chrome's new HabitLab : Thoughts, reviews? **URL:** \ **Category:** Judge my App\ **Tags:** attention\ **Created:** [February 4, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/chromes-new-habitlab-thoughts-reviews/25 "2018-02-04T16:26:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![metasj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/metasj/32/10_2.png) [@metasj](https://community.humanetech.com/u/metasj)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/chromes-new-habitlab-thoughts-reviews/25/1 "2018-02-04T16:26:44Z")
Chrome recently launched its HabitLab to help users build better habits online. How does this compare with / integrate with plugins such as Nudge? Has anyone used it intensively? HT Heiana Martin for the heads-up 🙂 > **[HabitLab for Chrome - Build better habits online!](https://habitlab.github.io/)** > > HabitLab is a Chrome extension which helps you waste less time on Facebook, Youtube, and other sites, using tools like news feed blockers, comment hiders, and more. ---
**Author:** ![anika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@anika](https://community.humanetech.com/u/anika)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/chromes-new-habitlab-thoughts-reviews/25/2 "2018-02-07T16:44:18Z")
Trying this. Will report back. ✊ ---
**Author:** ![cyrilou](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/cyrilou/32/2998_2.png) [@cyrilou](https://community.humanetech.com/u/cyrilou)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/chromes-new-habitlab-thoughts-reviews/25/3 "2018-02-08T17:47:17Z")
Shared it some times ago on the facebook community. I’ve been using it for some months now. 1st (obvious) effect : I spend less times on sites I want to avoid (mostly facebook and [slither.io](http://slither.io)). 2nd effect that I hadn’t anticipated, is that I tend to make things I wanna do faster on theses sites. It’s difficult to explain but the timer and the little gif that congratulates you when you spend little time on a site (less than 1 minutes I think) push me to act faster on these sites. (basically a working example of the Nudge theory). I liked the customization site by site. Definitely a must try. I don’t use Nudge, I may try it as well. ---
**Author:** ![patbl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/patbl/32/189_2.png) [@patbl](https://community.humanetech.com/u/patbl)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/chromes-new-habitlab-thoughts-reviews/25/4 "2018-02-25T02:41:58Z")
To clarify, this is a Chrome extension that was built by the Stanford HCI Group (it’s not a Google product). I tried it out and it seems pretty great! I thought it might be a pain to customize the settings for each site, but a handful of sites are probably responsible for much of the time I waste. (An exception would be the dozens of blogs that I get to through my RSS reader.) EDIT: After you visit a distracting website and close a tab, the extension tells you how much time you saved (I’m not sure how this is calculated) and shows an encouraging picture or GIF. I find this annoying, and I don’t see a way of disabling it. ---
**Author:** ![bill](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/bill/32/462_2.png) [@bill](https://community.humanetech.com/u/bill)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/chromes-new-habitlab-thoughts-reviews/25/5 "2018-02-25T13:19:18Z")
It’s so good. Love it. Just wish you could make some ‘nudges’ semi-permanent, like hiding the Youtube recommended vids. Anyone got a reply from the team? I’ve been asking if they can make their Android app available outside the US, but no-one writes back 😕 ---
**Author:** ![nate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/nate/32/1401_2.png) [@nate](https://community.humanetech.com/u/nate)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/chromes-new-habitlab-thoughts-reviews/25/6 "2018-02-25T14:54:02Z")
hi, there! My first post here! Just wanted to say thanks for this, I hadn’t heard of it before! Trying it out now and excited to see what it can bring… ---
**Author:** ![christianne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@christianne](https://community.humanetech.com/u/christianne)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/chromes-new-habitlab-thoughts-reviews/25/7 "2018-02-27T01:11:42Z")
I’ve been using it and I love it. I set it to rotate through the different nudges and I find this works better than just having one reminder every time. I recommend it, it works better than some of the others I’ve tried. ---
**Author:** ![camilajames](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/camilajames/32/3171_2.png) [@camilajames](https://community.humanetech.com/u/camilajames)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/chromes-new-habitlab-thoughts-reviews/25/8 "2020-09-29T13:13:32Z")
Amazing. Thanks for sharing.