New Tab Metro

A Metro styled new tab page

What is New Tab Metro?

New Tab Metro is a Google Chrome extension that enables users to customize their new tab in a metro style layout. It offers functionality like displaying the bookmark bar on the new tab page, enabling easy addition of new tiles through bookmarks, allowing access to recently closed tabs, and option to personalize the new tab page through a right click action. It makes management of your bookmarks and folders more visually accessible and improved.

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By: Daniel Grimm

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Users: 1,000+

Rating: 3.25 (56)

Version: 0.271 (Last updated: 2012-09-10)

Creation date: 2012-09-10

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Overrides new tab: Yes

Permissions:

bookmarks
tabs
management
storage

Size: 678.91K

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 23009 ▼ 96

Other rankings

#12293 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 16 #160 in new tabs keyword 46 ▲ 30

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Summary

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• displays your bookmark bar on a metro styled new tab page.

• easy adding of new tiles, by just creating a new bookmark with chromes bookmark button.

• open up the sidebar with a right click • open recent closed tabs
• personalize your new tab page

• edit your bookmarks and folders with a right click

User reviews

User reviews summary

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Pros

Simple
Clean design
Low memory usage

Cons

Limited customization options
No option to display bookmarks in folders
Scrolling issues

Most mentioned

Limited customization options
Scrolling issues

Recent reviews

It looks amazing, but it needs more options.

A Google user, 2013-02-25

A neat extension to replace the default new tab page. Needs slight improvements, I hope to see the author keep working on this. :3

A Google user, 2012-11-11

It looks amazing, but it needs more options.

A Google user, 2013-02-25

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Safety

Risk impact

New Tab Metro may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.