Markdown New Tab

Markdown New Tab

Take down notes 🗒️, save reminders ⏰, paste links 🔗, create checklists ☑️ all using markdown... directly in your New Tab!

What is Markdown New Tab?
Markdown New Tab is a versatile Chrome extension enabling users to take notes, save reminders, make checklists, paste links and more, directly in their new tab page. With the use of intuitive markdown syntax, creating structured and rich content becomes quick and easy. The tool also offers a revision history feature to keep track of content updates.
Merlin
Stats
Users: 3,000+
Rating: 4.33 (36)
Version: 19.7.24 (Last updated: 2019-07-24)
Creation date: 2019-07-24
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Overrides new tab: Yes
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 112.64K
URLs: Website
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Merlin
Summary

Markdown New Tab allows you to take down important notes, thoughts or anything else you need to jot down or paste quickly, directly into your New Tab page... via the markdown syntax!

Markdown will allow you to easily create headings, subheadings, links, styled texts, checkboxes, tables, lists, images and much more... just by a simple syntax. To get the hang of it, check this brilliant cheat sheat: https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet

Markdown New Tab is complete has the ability to store revisions of the markdown content you made, so if you ever need to look back at previous versions of your content, check the revision history!

User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Syncs across devices instantly
  • Allows custom CSS
  • Efficient use of new tab space for daily tasks
  • Supports a bit of HTML in addition to Markdown
  • Minimalist design
  • Possibility to create a new tab page of customized links
Cons
  • CPU intensive
  • Issues with saving and data loss
  • Font on editing page does not have extended language support
  • Lacks a live preview feature
Most mentioned
  • Syncing across devices
  • Custom CSS
  • Efficient use of new tab
  • Data loss issues
Recent reviews
This started using 25-90 % of cpu?? what's going on? is it a virus or crypto miner? worked nicely before and awesome
by Jukka Hautakorpi Jukka Hautakorpi, 2023-03-04

My favourite extension
by Jack Pritchard Jack Pritchard, 2023-02-09

This is one of the best uses of a new tab that there is. I have it installed on all my system's browsers. There are things I do every day, and for those, special links on Markdown New Tab is so much more efficient than hunting through bookmarks. If you think you might need this, you totally do.
by Karsten Johansson Karsten Johansson, 2023-01-18
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Safety
Risk impact

Markdown New Tab is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Markdown New Tab has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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