- By:
- Milen
- Daily users:
- 839 -17
- Rating:
- 3.87 (23)
- Version:
- 0.1.5 Last updated: 2025-05-15
- Version code:
- 5949284
- Creation date:
- 2017-02-01
- Risk:
- Low risk impact Moderate risk likelihood
- Permissions:
- storage
- storage
- Size:
- 22.44KB
- Email:
- mi*****@yandex.com
- URLs:
- Website
- Full description:
- See detailed description
- Source:
- Firefox Browser Add-ons
- Updated:
- a day ago
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Pros
- Provides a simple, clean, and dark new tab page that is easy on the eyes.
- Helps reduce eye strain, especially appreciated by users with eye sensitivity.
- No special permissions required and has a user-friendly installation introduction page.
- Highly appreciated for its minimalistic design, aligning with the 'simple is best' philosophy.
- Users find it essential and repeatedly reinstall it despite minor drawbacks.
Cons
- There is a noticeable white flash or 'flashbang' when opening a new tab, defeating the add-on's purpose of reducing eye strain.
- The add-on delays keyboard input due to tab refresh, causing users to lose typed text.
- The new tab page replaces all previous buttons with plain grey or black, which may reduce functionality for some users.
- Some users dislike the presence of an icon (moon shape) and would prefer an option to remove it.
- The cursor does not automatically focus in the search bar, requiring an extra click before typing.
Recent reviews
by 远离*****, 2025-03-23
by 退出*****, 2025-02-09
Works great! What a nice relief to have plain, simple, non-eye-straining new tab pages. (Now if this Firefox site would only offer a dark version... :?P )
This extension will be even better we can choose our background colour (e.g. an even darker gray). The author's FAQ page says this is an upcoming feature.
by an*****, 2023-09-14
Extension safety
Risk impact
Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk
impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of
damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your
personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they
do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.
Dark 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
Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious.
This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on
Firefox Browser Add-ons, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been
around, and other signals about the
Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change
as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always
exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.
Dark 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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