Pale Blue Button

SUMMARY

Be more green and train yourself to save energy by not leaving the computer idle. When the computer spends more than 10 minutes idle, the blue button changes to a red button with a small text showing the number minutes without any use. After a sign of activity the notification stays for 10 seconds and the button returns to its original blue state. If you leave the computer running and return a few minutes later, the icon will tell you how many minutes of energy were wasted, making you feel filthy and guilty... hopefully encouraging you to sleep the computer the next time, and the next time, until it becomes a habit. Note: Chrome stopped supporting the technology that allowed the extension to suspend or send the computer to sleep mode directly from the browser, so that feature won't be available from now on (Sep. 2014). Other works http://imagentleman.github.io

The latest version of Pale Blue Button is available on the Chrome web and is currently being used by 67 active users. The initial version was launched on 2014-09-20.

HOW TO INSTALL Pale Blue Button FROM A CRX FILE

1. Download Pale Blue Button CRX file
2. NOTE: Sometimes the browser may block downloading / installing CRX file from outside the Chrome Web Store. If so, you may need to download the ZIP file instead
3. In the URL bar, go to chrome://extensions
4. Enable Developer mode

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