Merlin
Animated New Tabs

Animated New Tabs

Dozens of neat animations for your new tab page.

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This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-06-23 due to Chrome Web Store policy violation
Users: 640
Rating: 5.00 (4)
Version: 2.3.0 (Last updated: 2020-08-31)
Creation date: 2020-06-07
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very high risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Overrides new tab: Yes
Permissions:
  • storage
  • identity
  • identity.email
Size: 14.20M
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Replaces your new tab page with a neat animation! This extension includes (currently) 144 different animations for the new tab page to spice up Chrome.

  • Has a feature to sync your selected tab between installs.
  • Works 99.9% offline.

You can't replace the Incognito new tab.

Changelog is in the extensions, on the options page in the advanced options dropdown.

If you have any problems or a suggestion for a feature/animation, please leave a comment on the "Support" tab above.

User reviews
I love this, good job!
by AllKuo AllKuo, 2019-04-08
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Safety
Risk impact

Animated New Tabs is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Animated New Tabs is very likely to contain malware and should not be trusted. Avoid installing.

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