New Tab Notepad

Name: New Tab Notepad
Rating: 3.9565217391304346 (23 reviews)
Author: sweenzor

A persistent notepad on the "New Tab" page

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New Tab Notepad

New Tab Notepad is a simple yet powerful Chrome extension that transforms your browser's "New Tab" page into a persistent notepad. It allows you to quickly jot down important notes, reminders, or ideas without opening an additional app. Your notes stay saved and visible every time you open a new tab, keeping your thoughts organized and easily accessible.

Whether you're brainstorming, creating to-do lists, or capturing fleeting ideas, this extension offers an effortless and convenient way to keep your notes in plain sight while you browse. No more switching between apps or losing track of important information.

Experience seamless note-taking integrated directly into your browsing workflow with New Tab Notepad.

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Version:

0.2 Last updated: 2015-03-11

Creation date:

2015-03-10

Risk:

Permissions:

storage

Size:

142.00KB

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Data ingested on:

2025-07-14

Ranking

# 36,499 ▲ 208

Other rankings

#25227 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 21 #127 in new tabs keyword 45 ▼ 23 #162 in new tab keyword 48 ▼ 23

User reviews

Users appreciate New Tab Notepad for its minimalistic design and usefulness as a simple note-taking tool. Many find it perfect for their needs and praise its simplicity. However, a common complaint is the large font size with no option to customize it. Several users also wish for the ability to have different notes on separate tabs instead of the same note everywhere. Additional feature requests include support for text formatting shortcuts and bookmark bar integration. Some users faced issues with the extension redirecting them unexpectedly.

Pros

Minimalistic and simple design appreciated by many users
Very useful and effective as a note-taking extension
Easy to use and meets the basic needs of a notepad on new tab
Users find it amazing and exactly what they were looking for
Some users find the font size perfect and the appearance makes the text look important

Cons

Font size is too big for many users and lacks an option to adjust it
Same note appears on all new tabs; inability to have different notes per tab
Some users experience the extension not working as intended, redirecting to the Chrome Web Store
Lack of additional features like text formatting shortcuts (e.g., Ctrl+B), bookmarks bar integration

Recent reviews

amazing and truly minimal

Pa*****, 2021-03-01

best thing ive ever had the pleasure of downloading, extremely useful

Ve*****, 2020-11-11

Underrated

Ja*****, 2019-11-15

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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New Tab Notepad 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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New Tab Notepad has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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