I use my own app to form new habits as the new tab... https://everyday.app :D
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#22Honestly chrome has become so heavy that I cannot imagine new tab opening with hq image.
Not commenting on your plugin.
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#23There is another similar extension called Momentum https://momentumdash.com/
Came here to post about this. I don't use any of the features (todo list, etc) of it but I like seeing the pretty pictures.
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#24Always interesting to see examples of web extensions on HN. Given that these new tab extensions are a dime a dozen, I recommend adding some sort of differentiating feature to yours to make it stand out a bit.
One that I love: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/githunt/khpcnaokfe...
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#25Honestly chrome has become so heavy that I cannot imagine new tab opening with hq image. Not commenting on your plugin.
I think this should be fine.
I did not notice any typing / suggest box lagging or performance problems and I do not have the strongest laptop. The same thing for some extensions that I used before and rendered background image.
AFAIK these things should also run in separate thread, so lag in the web page should not freeze omnibox.
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#26Earlier 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..
And Google is probably right - for most people, if all of a sudden their new tab page was just a blank screen they'd assume something was broken. It was pretty easy to change that setting without knowing what it meant.
Installing an extension is a much more obvious process - it has a description and screenshots showing exactly what it does, so nobody should be surprised.
Both chrome and Firefox have been shifting to moving any behaviour that could appear as "broken" out of their settings and into extensions. I wouldn't assume tension in the team because a chrome Dev built the extension, more likely just normal process.
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#27One of my co-workers made this astronomy-themed one and I'm really fond of it: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/telescope/mcbkdemj...
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#28It's pretty. Somehow Momentum, which is similar, didn't catch up to me. Is there any way to show the same favorites as with the default Chrome setup, only over the image of the day? :)
Chrome has the option to display an image background on your default new tab page, if you want to keep chrome's favourites.
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#29One of my co-workers made this astronomy-themed one and I'm really fond of it: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/telescope/mcbkdemj...
This is cool, I could add Nasa as another image provider, alongside of Bing.
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#30I'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.
I've got you: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-arts-cultur...
It will change the artwork daily by default, but you can change the settings to change on each new tab.