Aww New Tab

Bring back the fun
What is Aww New Tab?
Aww New Tab is an exciting and fun Chrome extension that offers a refreshing alternative to your new tab page. It allows you to choose between gifs or beautiful images from Giphy and Unsplash. With features like sharing and work mode, Aww New Tab brings back the fun to your browsing experience.

Extension stats

Users: 138 ▼ -4
Rating: 4.29 (14)
Version: 0.0.3.5 (Last updated: 2018-05-07)
Creation date: 2018-05-07
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Overrides new tab: Yes
Permissions:
  • storage
  • webRequest
  • http://api.giphy.com/v1/gifs/*
Size: 6.99M

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Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

Welcome to Aww New Tab!

Aww New Tab is an exciting and fun alternative to your new tab here in Chrome. Built off of Giphy and Unsplash, you have the ability to choose between gifs or beautiful images!

For Giphy - input some of your favorite tags and get a random gif tagged that way. Whether it is kittens, corgis, space exploration, or The Office, every new tab will feature an exciting random gif!

For Unsplash - one of the largest free image resources on the internet, view a beautiful image on every new tab. Want to know more about the image? Click on the links in the bottom left for the author, location, or link to the image!

Features: -Sharing, finally! In the top right corner, hover over the share icon to copy, download, or open in a new tab! -Work mode: Boss about to walk by? About to give a presentation? Maybe enable work mode which will limit your new tab to just images from Unsplash


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User reviews

Amazing. Always getting positive comments from my peers when they see me open a tab. Like that it has a "work mode"
by Steven Ilko, 2018-05-20

Love this. Spices up Chrome! New updates are great.
by Prateek Kumar, 2017-01-11

AMAZING! KITTENS EVERYWHERE!
by Emily Contorno, 2015-12-01
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Aww New Tab requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

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

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