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Install and first use
What is Fog Mode?
Fog Mode is a desktop Chrome extension for browsing on brain-fog days. Choose page and text controls, a red reading guide, automatic scrolling, background sound, screen breaks, focus timers, and notes with saved places. Try the page examples.
Is Fog Mode free?
The current tools will be free at launch. You don’t need a Fog Mode account. Paid features and other browsers aren’t part of this Chrome release.
How do I install it?
Use the verified Chrome Web Store listing when it’s available, then pin Fog Mode to Chrome’s toolbar. This release preview doesn’t have a verified download link yet. Installation and first-use instructions.
Where is the button?
Open Chrome’s Extensions menu, find Fog Mode, and choose Pin. The floating button on webpages is off by default. You can turn it on in Settings. How to open Fog Mode.
Why does the panel ask me to open it in a window?
A website, or a tool that controls your browser, may stop the panel inside the page from responding. Choose Open in window when Fog Mode offers it. The separate controls remain tied to the page you opened them from. If they still fail, report the steps.
Does it work on phones, in incognito, or in other browsers?
This release is built for desktop Chrome 120 and later. Fog Mode doesn’t run in Incognito. This website’s mobile-sized examples aren’t a mobile extension. Chrome requirements and page limits.
Why does Chrome ask for website access?
Page tools need access to change the page. Clicking the toolbar icon can grant temporary access. Optional website access lets your reading choices and attached notes follow you from page to page. You can decline it. Choose your website access.
Page tools and scrolling
Does it remove every ad, sidebar, and recommendation?
No. Read article pulls a supported article’s text, headings, and links into a clean view. It leaves out images and other media built into the page. It doesn’t remove just any part of a page on every website. Declutter an article.
Why is Read article unavailable on this page?
A dashboard, feed, video page, short page, or protected page may not have an article that Read article can pull out. On the original page, try the guide instead, or the text controls where they work. Article-view limits.
Can I change text size and spacing?
Yes. Declutter has Text size from 85–150% and Roomier text. Compact areas, or areas that cut text off, may keep their original spacing. Change text size and spacing.
Does it include dyslexia fonts or read text aloud?
Not currently. Fog Mode has no font picker, dyslexia font, read-aloud, translation, or AI summary feature. It offers text size, spacing, a guide, and clean article view. Available text controls.
How does the red reading ruler work?
Turn on Reading guide in Declutter, then choose Adjust. Set its height and how much the rest of the page dims, move it with your pointer, or lock it in place. Alt plus the up or down arrow key moves it too. Use the red guide.
Does Reduce motion stop videos?
No. It shortens page animations and transitions. Videos, some animated images, and movement run by a page’s code may continue. What Reduce motion changes.
Can I auto-scroll a webpage or feed?
Yes. In Declutter, choose a speed under Scroll this page and press Start. Auto-scroll pauses when you scroll yourself or interact with the page. Clean article view has its own pace. Complex areas that scroll separately inside a page may behave differently. Auto-scroll instructions.
What should I do if scrolling jitters?
Pause scrolling. Try another speed or clean article view on a supported article. If the original page still scrolls unevenly, leave that website alone and report its public address and the steps that caused it. Troubleshoot scrolling.
Can I save my reading settings?
Yes. Declutter → Saved setups includes Browse, Read, and one custom My setup. Use Save as My setup or Update My setup after choosing your settings. Save a setup.
Why are my settings not following me to a new page?
You may be using temporary access from the toolbar icon, automatic reading may be off, or the website may be one Fog Mode leaves alone. Enable page tools only if you want ongoing website access, and check Websites left alone in Settings. Check website access.
How do I undo page changes?
Choose Reset in Declutter, or press Escape on the page outside a form or editor. Use Stop all to end all active tools. If one site keeps looking wrong, choose Leave this website alone. Close, reset, and stop.
Will Fog Mode put a bar over every video?
The guide and attached notes are tools you choose. The floating button is off by default. Turn off the guide and hide attached notes before watching if they cover the video. Reminders don’t automatically replace the page. Guide controls.
Breaks, timers, and sound
Does a screen break actually cover the page?
Yes. Choose Pause → Screen break, a duration, and Start screen break. You can pause, resume, end, or hide the cover. Show break screen brings it back. Take a screen break.
How do I adjust the breathing pace?
Choose Pause → Breathe → Adjust the pace. Pick a 3–6 second inhale and a 3–8 second exhale, without breath holds. Still interface keeps the circle still. Breathing-guide instructions.
Where are focus timers and break reminders?
Open Settings → Open focus sessions and reminders. Focus sessions last 5, 10, 15, or 25 minutes. Optional reminders repeat every 15, 30, 45, 60, or 90 minutes. Set a timer or reminder.
Will a reminder interrupt a meeting or video?
The normal reminder is a small mark in the toolbar and doesn’t cover the page. Silent desktop notifications are optional and off by default. Use Later or Off today when a reminder is due, or pause reminders for the day in Settings. Control reminders.
What sounds can I play?
Brown, pink, and white noise; a 5 Hz beat with pink noise; 4, 16, and 40 Hz binaural beats; and plain 174, 432, and 528 Hz tones. Fog Mode makes all ten on your own computer. Choose a sound.
Are the plain tones binaural beats?
No. Plain tones play a single tone. Binaural beats use different tones in the two ears, so use stereo headphones for those choices. Sound types and controls.
Why is sound playing after I closed the controls or ended a break?
Closing the controls doesn’t stop active tools. Sound and screen breaks have separate timers. Reopen Sound and choose Stop sound, or choose Stop all. Break and sound timers.
Can I stop sound automatically?
Yes. In Sound, choose Auto-stop after 2, 5, 15, or 30 minutes. You can stop sooner with Stop sound. Sound instructions.
Notes, saved places, and data
How do I keep a note beside a page?
Open Remember, write your note, leave Show on this tab checked, and choose Save note. You can minimize, reopen, or hide the card. Keep a note beside the page.
Can I drag the note around?
No. The current attached card sits in the bottom-right corner. You can minimize or hide it. Moving the floating button’s corner in Settings doesn’t move the note. Current note controls.
Can I save my place and return later?
Yes. Check Save this page and my reading position when saving a note, use Save page position, or right-click → Hold my place in Fog Mode. Return to page takes you back to your saved place. Save and return instructions.
Why does Return open another tab or need a second click?
A saved note can refer to another web address. Fog Mode opens that page in a new tab. If it needs temporary website access, reopen Fog Mode there and press Return again. If the page has changed, you may land close to your saved place. Return to a saved position.
How much can I save?
Fog Mode keeps up to 100 notes, with up to 1,200 characters in each note. It keeps records of up to 100 recent sessions and shows the latest 12. Export important notes as a backup. Back up your data.
Do notes survive a restart or sync across devices?
Saved notes stay in this Chrome profile across restarts. They don’t automatically sync to other devices or browsers. Drafts, and notes temporarily attached to a tab, aren’t permanent backups. Export and import a backup.
Does Fog Mode send my notes or browsing history to a server?
The inspected extension has nothing that reports how you use it, and no account server. It stores your chosen notes, saved page details, preferences, and session history on your computer. It doesn’t keep an automatic browsing-history log. Website visits and support email are separate. Read the privacy notice.
Are my notes encrypted or hidden from screen sharing?
Fog Mode doesn’t encrypt stored records or downloaded backups. An attached note is visible on your screen and in a screen share. Keep private records elsewhere. Hide the card before sharing. Data and visibility details.
What happens when I import a backup?
Import replaces your current saved data after you confirm. Choose a Fog Mode backup file up to 2 MB. Export first if you want to keep your existing records. Import doesn’t resume an active session and leaves reminders and desktop notifications off. Backup instructions.
What happens to notes when I uninstall?
Removing the extension removes its saved data. Export before uninstalling. Reinstalling can’t restore notes unless you have a backup file. Downloaded backups remain where you saved them. Export before removal.
Updates, problems, and leaving
Where can I report a problem or ask for a feature?
Use the report builder. It prepares text you can copy or put in an email draft. The page doesn’t send anything. Include what you expected, what happened, and a public example if possible; exclude private notes and account details.
How can I hear about updates without an extension account?
Read What’s new or use the RSS feed in a feed reader after publication. Email signup isn’t switched on in this preview. Installing the extension doesn’t subscribe you to email.
Can I leave without giving feedback?
Yes. Feedback is optional. The leaving page can show where an existing feature is or help you describe a missing one. You can skip it. It can’t recover notes already removed by uninstalling.
How do I reinstall?
Follow the installation guide once the verified Store link is available. If you exported a backup, use Settings → Import a backup after reinstalling. Reinstalling alone doesn’t restore deleted data.
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