Astronomy Picture of the Day APOD by The Trav

Astronomy Picture of the Day APOD by The Trav

Displays the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) and allows you to review similar images of planets, stars, galaxies and nebulas

What is Astronomy Picture of the Day APOD by The Trav?
'Astronomy Picture of the Day APOD by The Trav' is a unique chrome extension that turns your New Tab into a daily showcase of astronomy images. It allows users to view Today's APOD or a Random APOD, toggle through history of viewed images, and even save your favorite APOD's for future viewing. The extension offers a menu bar with options for picture settings, and utilizes keyboard shortcuts for easy navigation. It is fast loading and maintains some use of the original tab screen by displaying your top sites.
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Stats
Users: 1,000+
Rating: 4.79 (19)
Version: 4.1.4 (Last updated: 2023-03-31)
Creation date: 2020-04-09
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Overrides new tab: Yes
Permissions:
  • topSites
  • storage
Host permissions:
  • https://api.nasa.gov/*
Size: 2.26M
URLs: Website
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Summary

Your New Tab page will now be the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)!

Your top sites are shown in the top left of the page to maintain some usefulness from the default new tab screen.

Set your APOD to show you Today's APOD a set number of times before switching to a Random APOD. Use the menu bar options to set the number of times each day you want to see the most current APOD before it starts showing Random APOD's. Each day this setting will update!

APOD by The Trav has the following features:

  • The fastest loading APOD extension available.
  • Use the options in the Chrome menu bar to set "Today" or a "Random" APOD on new tab.
  • Save your favorite APOD's for viewing again with the "Save Favorites" button at the bottom right.
  • Toggle through the history of viewed images with the Left and Right arrow keys.

Navigation shortcuts:

  • Random APOD - 'r'
  • Today's APOD - 't'
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User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Beautiful and continually updated backgrounds provided by NASA
  • Useful features for browsing past offerings and marking favorites
  • Easy access to HD images and NASA's descriptive text
  • Neat and well thought-out UI
  • Great for space enthusiasts and educational purposes
Cons
  • Some users encountered permissions issues after an update
  • A few users mentioned issues with the 'Today' button not working
Most mentioned
  • Favorites feature
  • Beautiful backgrounds
  • Access to HD images and NASA's text
  • Issues with permissions and 'Today' button
Recent reviews
This extension is fantastic. I can't express how much this has improved my browsing experience.
by Rob Bittner Rob Bittner, 2023-09-29

The best new chrome tab extension ever! Have loved this extension for a few years and have installed it on my different chrome profiles. Love ALL the features provided, with me using the favourites one the most to come back to the favs pics. One suggestion/feedback: I would love it if you could significantly increase the amount of pics u can save. I have already hit the max at 57! If that's not possible, at least give me some neat ability to download all the images in a zip file with each image named with the caption and the date? (A simple text file that keeps record of all the data, mainly the image's caption and it's date, would be appreciated too). Otherwise, awesome job! Thank you for this. Love it :)
by Aabshaar Ahmad Aabshaar Ahmad, 2023-08-12

Hey! Love the extension! Thank you so much. Small issue after last update the APOD that shows up in cart each time is random instead of current day. And setting page for extension doesn't load fully. Pic here: https://i.imgur.com/vwgHMAS.png
by Piotr S. Piotr S., 2022-05-17
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Safety
Risk impact

Astronomy Picture of the Day APOD by The Trav is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Astronomy Picture of the Day APOD by The Trav has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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