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Stats FancyTab FancyTab FasterWeb FasterWeb
User count N/A 100,000+
Average rating 0.00 4.11
Rating count 0 181
Last updated 2021-03-03 2023-12-15
Size 35.65K 14.06K
Version 2021.3.1 23.12.14
Short description
A fancier version of a new tab! Browse the web faster.
Full summary

FancyTab is simply a nicer, or fancier version of chrome's new tabs!

Change the tab's background, your name, view your recent pages, and search using DuckDuckGo!

*Note: Background Images above 2.5Mb cannot be used in order to provide a fast loading experience

If you are not familiar with extensions, follow these instructions

  1. After installing FancyTab, open a new tab. The browser will ask you if you want to keep the new tab type. Click "Keep"!

  2. In your chrome settings within bookmarks, make sure to have "Show bookmarks bar" on(if you use bookmarks).

  3. Click the puzzle piece icon to the right of your URL bar at the top.

  4. Next to FancyTab extension, click the pin icon to pin the extension to your browser for easy access.

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FasterWeb uses just-in-time preloading; it preloads a page right before you click on it.

Faster Web works best on pages that are on the same sites. Pages to external sites are still faster but generally not enough to be noticeable.

How it works: Before you click on a link, you hover your mouse over it. When you have hovered for 65 milliseconds there is one chance out of two that you will click, so Faster Web starts preloading at this moment, leaving on average over 300 ms for the page to preload.

Pages that trigger an action (such as logging out or deleting something) are excluded. (FasterWeb won’t preload pages with a “?” in their URL.)

FasterWeb — previously called FasterChrome — is based on instant.page, a library that you can add to your site in just one minute to give it the same speed boost.

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ADS & PROMOTION When using FasteWeb, you may encounter advertisements for other extensions and affiliates links. These situational ads allow us to develop the product and make it free for you - our users. For additional information, please, read our Privacy policy: https://browsecraft.com/privacy/fasterweb-privacy-policy