Basic New Tab

Name: Basic New Tab
Author: Steve-o Softworks

This is an extremely basic new tab extension that has a dark charcoal background and displays the current date and time in the center of the browser window. Also, this code runs 100% client side so it should be very VPN friendly.

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The motivation for this application was to have a VPN friendly new tab page that had a dark background so I could stop getting blinded by the bright white default background on most of the Firefox themes. I wish I could just choose what background color I wanted for the new tab page in the Firefox customization settings, but the workarounds to make this happen end up breaking other websites so this is my alternative solution.

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By:

Steve-o Softworks

Daily users:

Version:

0.1 Last updated: 2020-10-06

Version code:

5110484

Creation date:

2020-10-05

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Size:

18.64KB

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Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-16

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# 114,008 ▲ 2,088

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Developed by:

Steve-o Softworks

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/basic-new-tab/

Is Basic New Tab Safe?

Risk impact

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Basic New Tab requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Medium Can alter new tab settings; fairly benign but with some capability to affect user experience.

Risk likelihood

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Basic New Tab is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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