Helium

A new, new tab

Helium - Lightweight New Tab Extension

Helium is a very lightweight Chrome extension that replaces your old tab page with an information dashboard. It provides weather, a greeting, the time, bookmarks, and reddit. You can also add daily links to a designated folder in your bookmarks.

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Extension stats

By: Elijah Rotholtz

Users: 286

-34

Rating: 3.00

(7)

Version: 0.1.6 (Last updated: 2016-07-09)

Creation date: 2016-07-08

Permissions:

bookmarks
http://api.openweathermap.org/*
http://reddit/*
geolocation

Size: 91.79K

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 48,476 ▼ 2,437

Other rankings

#14026 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 96

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

Neither Chrome or Windows version recognized my Galaxy S3. Followed all the steps, installed universal ADB drivers, enable debugging and PTP

Michael Fratino, 2016-10-08

Solid extension. Unlike most start screen replacements, it doesn't seem to cause any sluggishness. Can't seem to get the App button in the lower corner to take me to the apps page, but that's a minor complaint.

Jon Thompson, 2014-05-24

Neat start screen extension, I especially like the reddit section.

A Google user, 2014-02-16

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Helium requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Helium. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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