Win95 NewTab
Win95 NewTab Chrome Extension
Experience the retro charm of Windows 95 with the Win95 NewTab extension, designed for Chrome users who love a vaporwave aesthetic. This extension transforms your new tab page into a customizable environment featuring random backgrounds that refresh on reload, shortcuts to your most visited sites, and a customizable clock.
You can easily personalize your browsing experience by uploading your own wallpapers and selecting from a variety of functionality options, including a customizable search bar. Stay updated with frequent releases and improvements to enhance your browser's appearance and usability. Check out its source code on GitHub for more details!
- topSites
- chrome://favicon/
- storage
- unlimitedStorage
Ranking
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User reviews
- Great aesthetics and nostalgic feel
- Users find it enjoyable and recommend it
- Ability to customize backgrounds is appreciated
- Works well without major problems for many users
- Highly rated for its design and functionality
- Lack of ability to customize shortcuts
- Issues with displaying most visited websites
- Problems with adding multiple backgrounds
- Some users report glitches in customization features
- Extension requires updates to maintain functionality
- Customization of shortcuts
- Aesthetics and old school design
- Desire for more control over displayed shortcuts
- Glitches in adding custom backgrounds
- General requests for updates and improvements
User reviews
Junelle Mathieu, 2025-03-04 
Piotr Łapsa, 2025-03-04 
M i k e y, 2025-03-04Extension safety
Risk impact
Win95 NewTab requires very minimum permissions.
Risk impact analysis details
- Medium Access to most visited websites information, poses a low privacy risk.
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Risk likelihood
Win95 NewTab 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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