Compare Chrome extensions: New Tab Override vs PictureMate - View tagged FB pics

Stats New Tab Override New Tab Override PictureMate - View tagged FB pics PictureMate - View tagged FB pics
User count 2,000+ 102,871+
Average rating 3.35 4.02
Rating count 23 5,561
Last updated 2023-12-05 2020-02-27
Size 11.32K 8.03M
Version 1.2.0 3.1.14
Short description
Load a custom URL when opening a new tab. View hidden tagged photos of anyone without being friends (This is a NON-official Facebook app)
Full summary

Most extensions that allow a custom URL for the new tab page do so by redirecting to the URL then attempting to focus on the address bar.

The second step of focusing on the address bar when using the redirect method was broken in Chrome 61.

This extension fixes the second step by using a new method, rather than redirecting it loads the URL in the background then injects its content into a empty new tab page.

This means there is no redirect, and therefore the address bar never actually loses focus in the first place.

Permissions:

  • Read and change all your data on the websites that you visit - Used only to load the URL in the background, none of your data or websites you visit are ever read or changed.
  • Replace the page that you see when opening a new tab - Duh!

Disclaimer: This is NOT an official Facebook app.

PictureMate is a single button on Chrome for you to find publicly tagged photos of anyone on Facebook or other social media sites without requiring to be friends with them

To use:

  1. Go to a user's profile (You don't need to be friends)
  2. Click on PIctureMate's icon

How does this work:

PictureMate finds the user’s ID of a given profile, and through graph search, finds all tagged photos of anyone.