Top 10 New Tab Extensions for Chrome

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Google Chrome

But unlike those cloud-based add-ons, New Tab Draft is an offline tool, and your notes are saved locally in the browser's storage. You can save the notes in a text file if you want to, with a single-click. If you're worried about losing your data, you can toggle the Auto Backup option, to make New Tab Draft save your notes in the Chrome download folder, once a day or a few days. The extension allows you to Import/Export the contents to a JSON file. The extension displays a quote, whenever you create a new note. You may disable the option if you don't like it. New Tab Draft has a nice dark mode theme that you can switch to, from the settings panel. If you want an open source alternative, Tab Notes is still a pretty good add-on, though it hasn’t been updated in a year. Firefox users may want to try the TextNotes add-on.

#Web Browsers #Web Development Tools #Web Tools 13 social mentions

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Group speed dial

The remake of a legacy Firefox add-on, Group Speed Dial was born shortly after Firefox Quantum was released, and was also ported to Chrome. The extension displays a thumbnail preview of the web page that a dial is assigned to. You can refresh the dial to generate the latest view of the site. Click the add-ons button on the toolbar, or use the browser's menu, while you're on a site to Add the page to a dial. Drad and drop speed dials to rearrange them. Use groups (tabs/pages) to organize your shortcuts. To add a bit of flavor, use a custom wallpaper or online image, or a solid color background. Group Speed Dial has an option that sets a new wallpaper everyday, using the Bing Wallpaper of the Day API.

#Bookmark Manager #Bookmarks #Note Taking 3 social mentions

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NelliTab

Forget creating speed dials for websites manually. The NelliTab extension lets you select your bookmarks folders, top sites, and downloads. It then places dials for these sites in a folder-like widget. You may drag and drop shortcuts between the folders, to organize your dials. The new tab add-on uses a solid color background by default, though you can switch to different themes, or create your own. The add-on offers a lot of customization options that you can use to edit the font, icon view, etc. NelliTab has a backup and restore tool that saves your settings to a JSON file.

#Bookmark Manager #Favorites #Bookmarks

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Toby

This isn't a speed dial extension, if you have used OneTab, and want something similar for your new tab page, Toby is the extension you’re looking for. To quickly save your tabs, use the browser’s context menu or right click on Toby’s icon on the toolbar and select the Save Session option. Or open a new tab to access the plugin’s interface, and drag tabs from the sidebar to create a collection. You may restore all tabs with a single-click, or click on them individually.

#Bookmark Manager #Work Management #Bookmarks

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Tabliss

Mue is similar to new tab extensions like Momentum and Tabliss, but offers more features. In addition to displaying widgets for the clock, greeting, quotes, and changing the wallpaper from time-to-time, Mue allows you to take Notes. You can enable bookmarks via quick links for your favorite websites. The extension's best feature is its Marketplace, this allows you to download various photo packs, quote packs, to customize the new tab further.

#Bookmark Manager #Favorites #Bookmarks 24 social mentions

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addons.mozilla.org FVD Speed Dial

FVD Speed Dial is one of the most popular extensions for browsers. It displays speed-dials in a 3D-like view, which looks cool. Though it has some dials and a wallpaper by default, the experience is customizable, so you can switch the background, add your own dials.

#Bookmark Manager #Bookmarks #Favorites

But unlike those cloud-based add-ons, New Tab Draft is an offline tool, and your notes are saved locally in the browser's storage. You can save the notes in a text file if you want to, with a single-click. If you're worried about losing your data, you can toggle the Auto Backup option, to make New Tab Draft save your notes in the Chrome download folder, once a day or a few days. The extension allows you to Import/Export the contents to a JSON file. The extension displays a quote, whenever you create a new note. You may disable the option if you don't like it. New Tab Draft has a nice dark mode theme that you can switch to, from the settings panel. If you want an open source alternative, Tab Notes is still a pretty good add-on, though it hasn’t been updated in a year. Firefox users may want to try the TextNotes add-on.

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nightTab

NightTab is a colorful new tab extension for Chrome. It groups dials together like a folder. Enter the edit mode to organize your shortcuts, and move the bookmarks manually. Prefer using a background wallpaper? You can set a local image from the settings, or use a URL for an online picture. If you like to tweak the appearance, you will be happy with NightTab, it has loads of customization options to modify the primary and accent colors, the header, and the entire layout. And should things go awry or you're resetting the browser, you can always export your setting to a JSON file, with the backup and import tool.

#Bookmark Manager #Bookmarks #Favorites

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Renewed Tab

The third extension of its kind in this list, Renewed Tab manages to stand apart from the other two with a vast number of customizations. Not a fan of speed dials? Use your bookmarks folder instead. For an even more minimal approach, use the Links or Button widgets. The RSS widget lets you choose an RSS XML or ATOM feed, and lists the headlines from the site in a mini-scrolling widget. Other useful widgets in Renewed Tab include a clock, currencies, daily goal, HTML, iFrame, Image, Quotes, etc. The extension even supports Web Comic via Atom/RSS feeds, XKCD anyone? Customize your new tab page with random backdrops, select a source for the images, and set the timer when the extension should change the wallpaper.

#Bookmark Manager #Bookmarks #Favorites

But unlike those cloud-based add-ons, New Tab Draft is an offline tool, and your notes are saved locally in the browser's storage. You can save the notes in a text file if you want to, with a single-click. If you're worried about losing your data, you can toggle the Auto Backup option, to make New Tab Draft save your notes in the Chrome download folder, once a day or a few days. The extension allows you to Import/Export the contents to a JSON file. The extension displays a quote, whenever you create a new note. You may disable the option if you don't like it. New Tab Draft has a nice dark mode theme that you can switch to, from the settings panel. If you want an open source alternative, Tab Notes is still a pretty good add-on, though it hasn’t been updated in a year. Firefox users may want to try the TextNotes add-on.

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Speed Dial

The remake of a legacy Firefox add-on, Group Speed Dial was born shortly after Firefox Quantum was released, and was also ported to Chrome. The extension displays a thumbnail preview of the web page that a dial is assigned to. You can refresh the dial to generate the latest view of the site. Click the add-ons button on the toolbar, or use the browser's menu, while you're on a site to Add the page to a dial. Drad and drop speed dials to rearrange them. Use groups (tabs/pages) to organize your shortcuts. To add a bit of flavor, use a custom wallpaper or online image, or a solid color background. Group Speed Dial has an option that sets a new wallpaper everyday, using the Bing Wallpaper of the Day API.

#Bookmark Manager #Favorites #Bookmarks

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Notes

But unlike those cloud-based add-ons, New Tab Draft is an offline tool, and your notes are saved locally in the browser's storage. You can save the notes in a text file if you want to, with a single-click. If you're worried about losing your data, you can toggle the Auto Backup option, to make New Tab Draft save your notes in the Chrome download folder, once a day or a few days. The extension allows you to Import/Export the contents to a JSON file. The extension displays a quote, whenever you create a new note. You may disable the option if you don't like it. New Tab Draft has a nice dark mode theme that you can switch to, from the settings panel. If you want an open source alternative, Tab Notes is still a pretty good add-on, though it hasn’t been updated in a year. Firefox users may want to try the TextNotes add-on.

#Note Taking #Todos #Office & Productivity

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Organize

Yet another speed dial has a clean interface, it doesn't come with preset dials, but you can get started quickly using one of 3 ways to add shortcuts. Click the + button on the interface to manually add a site, or visit a web page and use the right-click menu to select Add to Speed Dial, or create a Speed Dial folder in your bookmarks to add them in one go. Organize your shortcuts by placing them in folders. Modify the backdrop's color or use a custom wallpaper to spruce things up. It allows you to set the maximum number of columns, edit the text color. The only extra widget you get is a clock, but you can toggle it for an even more minimalistic experience.

#Information Organization #Note Taking #Image Optimisation 7 social mentions

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Google Keep

New Tab Draft can be handy for those looking to add a bit to their productivity. Instead of bookmarks and favorite sites, you get a Notepad-like interface whenever you open a new tab. You can use it to jot down your thoughts, take notes, paste links or contents of a web page, for future use. Pin your important notes, like a sticky note at the top of the list. The add-on does not support images, but if you want to save web clippings, I think Google Keep may be a more appropriate option.

#Note Taking #Personal Notes #Notes