Beautiful free images from Wikimedia Commons for your boring chrome tabs
What is Commons Tab?
Commons Tab is a Chrome extension that loads beautiful free images from Wikimedia Commons whenever you open a new tab. It features the best photographs and art from various categories such as astronomy, architecture, birds, and more.
Extension stats
By: Stephen LaPorte
Rating: 5.00
(3)
Creation date: 2016-03-18
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Overrides new tab: Yes
Permissions:
Size: 220.16K
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Extension summary
Each time you open a tab, it will load a nice big image from among the best photographs and art on Wikimedia Commons. The photographs are from featured categories, such as astronomy, architecture, birds, and a few cool diagrams. Enjoy!
User reviews
LOVE IT! SEXY AS OBAMA
This is a great idea! Maybe if you added caching so that users don't have to wait for images to load, it would be better!
Beautiful pictures every time you open a new tab!
Extension safety
Risk impact
Commons Tab requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Commons Tab has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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