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Re: Show HN: Hello

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Post by kchamplewski »

sceptically wrote: post #9

The most useful extension regarding new tabs is (in my case) this one: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/empty-new-tab-page...

I'm pretty sure this didn't use to need an extension, at some point I definitely had my new tab just set to "about:blank" which accomplished the same thing.

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Post by g105b »

sceptically wrote: post #9

The most useful extension regarding new tabs is (in my case) this one: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/empty-new-tab-page...

How did I not know this existed? This is perfect!

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#13

Post by KenanSulayman »

kchamplewski wrote: post #11
sceptically wrote: post #9

The most useful extension regarding new tabs is (in my case) this one: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/empty-new-tab-page...

I'm pretty sure this didn't use to need an extension, at some point I definitely had my new tab just set to "about:blank" which accomplished the same thing.

But Google decided that's not actually what you wanted to do and removed that feature.

Funnily enough the blank page extension was made by a Chrome developer, so I assume there were some team internal tensions and those who wanted to keep that feature were overridden..

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Post by sceptically »

owlninja wrote: post #14
sceptically wrote: post #9

The most useful extension regarding new tabs is (in my case) this one: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/empty-new-tab-page...

What makes it the most useful to you?

There are so many useful use-cases. Like... imagine you want to try out a html snippet, without creating an html-file. "Clearing" the default new-tab-page takes some seconds before you can insert your own stuff via the dev tools.

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#17

Post by gibspaulding »

KenanSulayman wrote: post #13
kchamplewski wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm pretty sure this didn't use to need an extension, at some point I definitely had my new tab just set to "about:blank" which accomplished the same thing.

But Google decided that's not actually what you wanted to do and removed that feature. Funnily enough the blank page extension was made by a Chrome developer, so I assume there were some team internal tensions and those who wanted to keep that feature were overridden..

That's really sad. It works in FireFox!

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Post by VectorLock »

I really love Markdown New Tab. Its very helpful having a little Markdown page to quickly take notes, have links to frequently visited pages, or whatever else I want to see what I open a new tab. I think its probably the best extension I have in Chrome. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/markdown-new-tab/d...

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#19

Post by dominotw »

vasco wrote: post #10

I've been using Google's Arts and Culture "New Tab" extension for years, showing me paintings I'd never look at otherwise. It's pretty nice, and sometimes you discover interesting artists. https://artsandculture.google.com/

i cannot seem to find the extension. do you mind linking it.

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#20

Post by Spivak »

gibspaulding wrote: post #17
KenanSulayman wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But Google decided that's not actually what you wanted to do and removed that feature. Funnily enough the blank page extension was made by a Chrome developer, so I assume there were some team internal tensions and those who wanted to keep that feature were overridden..

That's really sad. It works in FireFox!

Don't you worry -- Mozilla isn't immune from this. They removed this feature on Firefox for iOS which is super annoying. You can type in new tab page but it's not allowed to be about:blank.

Yay installing an empty HTML page on my server just to have basic functionality.

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