Planet View

Name: Planet View
Rating: 4.512195121951219 (41 reviews)
Author: Planet

Planet View displays a beautiful satellite image from Planet every time you open a new tab.

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Planet View transforms your Chrome new tab page by displaying a stunning satellite image from the Planet gallery each time you open a new tab. An interactive globe in the corner shows the location of the current image, and clicking it refreshes with a new breathtaking satellite view. Navigate through your past viewed images using the arrow keys for a seamless exploration experience.

Each image includes a title with a direct link to learn more about the featured satellite image. Planet View offers an engaging and educational way to start your browser session, showcasing the beauty of our planet from space.

By:: Planet
Users:: 1,000+
Rating:: 4.51
(41)
Version:: 2.7.1 (Last updated: 2022-05-12)
Creation date:: 2020-04-06
Risk:: Low risk impact Very low risk likelihood
Size:: 193.54K
Email:: pl*****@googlegroups.com
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Updated:: 17 hours ago

Ranking

# 23,065 ▼ 4

Other rankings

#145 in Art & Design ▲ 1 #1 in planet keyword 40

User reviews

Users appreciate Planet View for enhancing the Chrome new tab experience with beautiful, current images that encourage exploration and work reliably across platforms. However, they note recurring issues such as the absence of search features, lower image quality compared to Google Earth, interface challenges when zooming, insufficient prominence of location/date info, and desire for more refined image categories.

Pros

Provides a variety of beautiful and current images of locations around the world
Enhances the new tab experience, making users happy and encouraging them to open more tabs
Works reliably across different systems and browsers without glitches
Offers a new adventure or exploration feeling with each new tab opened
Showcases the beauty of the planet effectively

Cons

Lacks search functionality for finding specific locations
Image quality is reported to be lower than Google Earth
User interface elements (like buttons) can move unintentionally when zooming images
Information such as date and location is not prominent enough
Could benefit from more refined categories and a larger variety of images

Recent reviews

ctrl+t, ooo i like that, cant use that tab... ctrl+t again... ooo i like that, cant use that tab... i end up with 8 tabs open, but no websites

Chad Dibble, 2016-07-01

I wasn't sure I'd like getting rid of the default chrome new tab screen, but I'm glad I did.

andrew schneider, 2016-03-31

This makes me happy.

Shaun Kinetic, 2016-03-30

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Planet View 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

Planet View has earned a good reputation and 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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