What is Prolific Assistant?
Prolific Assistant is a productivity chrome extension. it's a free extension and is featured in Productivity, it has 70,000+ active users since released its first version, it earns an average rating of 2.78 from 317 rated user, last update is 829 days ago.
What’s new in version 3.13.0?
This is an extension designed to monitor https://www.prolific.co/ for new studies and alert you when it finds them.
Features
- Desktop notification for every new study found.
- Displays how many studies are available on the extension icon.
- Shows the last time studies were checked for.
Settings
- Alert Sound: The type of sound you want when a new study is found (none, voice, choice of 5 different sounds).
- Alert Volume: The volume level for the alert sound (0-100).
Permissions
- Read and change your data on all prolific.co sites (needed to be able to check for studies)
- Read your browser history (needed to open a prolific tab)
- Display notifications (needed to display notifications)
Note: If you see ! displayed, visit/sign in to Prolific and wait for the check interval for it to clear.
How to install Prolific Assistant?
You could download the latest version crx file or older version files and install it.
Preview of Prolific Assistant
Technical Features:
- Latest Version: 3.13.0
- Requirements: Windows Chrome, Mac Chrome
- License: Free
- Latest update: Wednesday, January 26th, 2022
- Author: Prolific
Prolific Assistant Available languages:
English (United States).
FAQ
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What about others talk about prolific assistant chrome extension?
10% user give 5-star rating, 9% user give 4-star rating, 16% user give 3-star rating, 27% user give 2-star rating, 39% user give 1-star rating. Read reviews of prolific assistant
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How could i get help if there is something wrong with prolific assistant chrome extension?
You could find more help information from prolific assistant support page.
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How could i contact the developer of prolific assistant chrome extension?
You could send emails to publisher, or check publisher's website.
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What are the required permissions for extensions?
- notifications
- webRequest
- webNavigation
- alarms
- https://*.prolific.co/*
More about manifest_file of prolific assistant.
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How could i report abuse of prolific assistant chrome extension?
You could click to report abuse of prolific assistant.
Reviews of prolific assistant:
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Many times surveys will be full when I get notified.
Works great, have used this notifier and it has been so helpful. Sometimes can display an error but a quick restart fixes it (:
It does give me notifications but they interrupt what I'm doing and distract me; one came through while I was doing a study and I had to mute my speaker volume so I wouldn't hear any more. That means of course that I have to remember to unmute when I'm between studies if I want to hear any notifications. But there doesn't seem to be much point in that because it's finding studies I can't do, for example ones that are restricted to mobile. I have restrictions set on the main page so I won't see those but the extension is apparently not using them. If the extension had settings I could change to match the restrictions that would help but it doesn't; all I can change are the notification type and its volume. I can't even tell it how often to check (and I have no idea how often it *is* checking). This extension was suggested to me by someone at Prolific as an alternative to just keeping a tab open, because of a glitch on the main page that's showing a number on the tab when there are really no studies available. I think I'm better off putting up with that than an extension that's misleading and that I have to mute sometimes so it won't distract me. I'll be removing it as soon as I finish with this review.