Ask HN: What do you use in your New Tab window? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What do you use in your New Tab window?

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Post by lalwanivikas » Sat, May 13, 2017, 4:05 PM UTC

fwn wrote: post #9

I use an extension that is called "Blank New Tab" and does exactly that. It's lovely. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/blank-new-tab/beaf...

I also prefer blank tabs. This one is from Chromium team:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/empty-new-tab-page...

Re: Ask HN: What do you use in your New Tab window?

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Post by codefined » Sat, May 13, 2017, 4:53 PM UTC

I enjoy Surge[0] which automatically picks high-ranking backgrounds from /r/wallpapers and includes a nice time/weather feature. When I'm not on Chrome, I usually use Ricain's OwnPage[1]

[0] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/surge-material-new... [1] http://ricain.github.io/ownpage/

Re: Ask HN: What do you use in your New Tab window?

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Post by anotheryou » Sat, May 13, 2017, 5:27 PM UTC

I make it blank black for when I want a black screen.

  body:empty {
    background: black !Important;
    margin: 0 !important;
  }

(the ":empty" is important to keep iframes without set background white)

Re: Ask HN: What do you use in your New Tab window?

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Post by tedmiston » Sat, May 13, 2017, 8:24 PM UTC

DavidTWco wrote: post #10

I've been using New Tab Draft for a while. It's pretty minimalist, just a blank page (colours configurable) that I can make some notes on it I want to. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/new-tab-draft/nmfj...

I used a similar extension called Write Space for a long time. For some reason it's a 404 in the Chrome store right now but very minimal and useful.

Re: Ask HN: What do you use in your New Tab window?

#15

Post by lenomad » Sun, May 14, 2017, 3:23 AM UTC

Unsplash Instant[0] is my favorite. It shows a new background from Unslpash for every tab.

[0] https://instant.unsplash.com/

Re: Ask HN: What do you use in your New Tab window?

#16

Post by Gargoyle » Sun, May 14, 2017, 3:27 AM UTC

Google Art Project, which makes the wallpaper for new tabs into a work of fine art from Google's library of museum scans.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-art-project...

Re: Ask HN: What do you use in your New Tab window?

#17

Post by Sunset » Sun, May 14, 2017, 9:30 AM UTC

"New Tab Tools" for firefox.

Re: Ask HN: What do you use in your New Tab window?

#18

Post by Hamatti » Sun, May 14, 2017, 10:57 AM UTC

I'm using Momentum[0], which has my ad hoc todo-list, beautiful scenery images, inspirational quotes and weather.

I also like how it says "Good morning/afternoon/day/evening Hamatti". Makes me feel good.

Its todo list is not my main list (I use pen and paper for that) but I use it as an addition every now and then.

[0] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/momentum/laookkfkn...

Re: Ask HN: What do you use in your New Tab window?

#19

Post by Madawar » Sun, May 14, 2017, 5:43 PM UTC

Dream Afar https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dream-afar-new-tab...

Re: Ask HN: What do you use in your New Tab window?

#20

Post by kek918 » Mon, May 15, 2017, 6:12 PM UTC

Hamatti wrote: post #18

I'm using Momentum[0], which has my ad hoc todo-list, beautiful scenery images, inspirational quotes and weather. I also like how it says "Good morning/afternoon/day/evening Hamatti". Makes me feel good. Its todo list is not my main list (I use pen and paper for that) but I use it as an addition every now and then. [0] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/momentum/laookkfkn...

After installing Momentum I was about to do a google search for some troubleshooting. So I open a new tab like always and paste the error message from my clipboard and press ENTER in haste. Momentum must've had autofocus on it's initial "What's your name" input field, because I mistakenly set my name to `ntu gnome-software error`. This was a year ago, but it's so amusing I just kept it.

Good evening, ntu gnome-software error.