minimal

A minimal, less attention grabbing, internet experience.

Minimal - A Less Attention-Grabbing Internet Experience

"Minimal" is a browser add-on for Firefox designed to declutter your internet experience and put control back in user's hands. It advocates for user choices, easy content search, and promotes usage based on a platform's service quality. It's an open-source project, completely transparent about its functioning, does not collect any data and encourages user scrutiny through source code visibility. It's intended to deliver a streamlined, focused and less distracting internet browsing experience.
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Add-on stats

Manifest V2
By: AUPYA
Daily users: 691
3
Rating: 4.68
(56)
Version: 1.0.2 (Last updated: 2023-03-21)
Version code: 5542636
Creation date: 2018-11-03
Weekly download count: 17
Firefox on Android: Yes
Permissions:
  • <all_urls>
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • storage
  • tabs
Size: 59.46K
URLs: Website
Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 3,873 ▲ 5
Other rankings
#76 in animal keyword 5 #79 in experience keyword 31 ▼ 2 #104 in trademark keyword 17 #107 in internet keyword 56 ▼ 2 #241 in register keyword 13 ▼ 1

Other platforms

minimal (v1.0.3)
1,000 4.86 (22)
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Encourages reflection on website usage, especially on platforms like YouTube.
  • Works flawlessly on popular websites and enhances user experience by reducing distractions.
  • Great concept that many users appreciate and look forward to expanding support for more sites.
Cons
  • Lacks a toggle feature for enabling/disabling the add-on quickly, requiring users to disable the entire extension.
  • Conflicts with other extensions and add-ons, particularly on sites like Facebook and YouTube.
  • The functionality is too aggressive for some users, rendering key features on sites completely unusable.
Most mentioned
  • Need for a toggle to turn the extension on and off easily.
  • Conflicts with other extensions making it unusable on specific sites.
  • The need for a toolbar icon to manage the extension quickly.
User reviews
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by Ju, 2024-02-23
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

minimal requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
  • Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of minimal. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details
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