Simple New Tab Page

A simple new tab page replacement for Google Chrome.

You can install it from the chrome store or see below how to install manually.

This is a modified fork of https://github.com/kaissaroj/chrome-newtab

Changes

• commented out the video (it's pretty but too distracting for me)
• build elements instead of using innerHTML
• use CSS instead of inline styling
• use async/await instead of then
• use const instead of var/let
• removed unused permissions
• switched to manifest version 3
• changed the font to just sans-serif. The thin font is pretty but my eyes can't focus on it
• darkened and thickened the drop shadow. Same as previous, too hard for my eyes

Considering

• remove the time?

  I'm not sure what the point of having the time/date/battery in the middle is. The time/date/battery is shown on both windows(bottom right) and mac(top right) at all times so not much point in having it on the new-tab-page. On the other hand it feels more "designed" with something there than just the photo. If you have ideas what to replace it with. MOTD?

• Remove other devices?

• Add prefs

  Then you could turn on/off the video and maybe set some other things like font or position, choose what to show

• Cache pictures

  As it is I often get a blank blue tab for a few moments. I could possible download one picture in advance so you get it immediately and then download a new one for next time.

• Internationalize the date display

  Right now it's English only.

Usage

You can install it from the chrome store or install manually:

Process to install in Google Chrome as extension:

• Open Terminal/Command Prompt
• git clone https://github.com/greggman/simple-new-tab-page.git OR download the zip and unzip it.
• Copy this link chrome://extensions/ and paste in Chrome
• Enable Developer Mode and click Load unpacked extension button and select the extension folder.