Dark New Tab

Dark New Tab

Open a blank dark or white tab rather than the default browser's new tab page.

What is Dark New Tab?
Dark New Tab is a lightweight Chrome extension designed for simplicity. It opens a blank new tab with a choice of dark or white background, replacing the default cluttered new tab page. Features such a button to toggle between backgrounds, its minimalist approach perfects user experience. Support and donation options built-in for user convenience.
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By: Keller
Users: 20,000+
Rating: 4.00 (22)
Version: 0.1.3 (Last updated: 2022-05-30)
Creation date: 2019-10-13
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Overrides new tab: Yes
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 16.50K
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Summary

Dark New Tab, is a simple and very lite extension that enables you to open a new tab, completely empty with just a dark or white background color and three buttons at the top-left corner of the screen.

The default browser tab is usually packed with lots of items such as tiles, bookmarks, search-field, etc. If you prefer to have a simple and clean new tab, this add-on works just great for you. Simply add it to your browser and it works instantly. Just click on the new tab button on your browser and it opens a blank tab instead of the default one.

The default background color for the new tab is dark. If you prefer a white background color please press the - moon - button at the top-left corner of the screen (1st button from top). This toggle button will switch the background color, and stores the state in the memory. The second button is for the support page. If you have a feature request or found a bug to report, please press this button to open the support page. The last button is for making donations.

User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Simple and clean design
  • Makes browser faster
  • Does not drain system resources
  • Useful for those using dark mode
  • Toggles between light and dark mode
Cons
  • Advertisement is intrusive
  • Presence of unnecessary shortcuts or buttons
  • Momentary white flash issue
  • Monetization of simple extensions
  • Doesn't play well with other extensions at times
Most mentioned
  • Ad insertions
  • Dark mode
  • Alternative Dark New Tab extensions
  • Button to send money to creator
Recent reviews
Like an earlier reviewer said, maybe instead check out dandydanny.org's extension also called Dark New Tab (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mnjmegebbljjhpljjfjmkhgmokpmdbpo) and see if it meets your needs first. (Also like that reviewer, I have no connection to either extension; my motivation in posting this is solely and wholly the repulsion felt from this endless plague of monetized simple extensions.) So what's the problem with this extension? Not much -- it works fine, actually! So, use it if you don't like the alternatives. However, it's kind of a gross extension. Imagine encountering an extension that claims to make your new tab page "blank," "simple and clean," or "completely empty." And imagine that same extension replaces your new tab page with an impossible to hide advertisement to send money to the creator's PayPal, to be there in front of you *every* *single* *time* you open a new tab for the remainder of your whole Chrome-using lifetime. No, that'd be really silly, wouldn't it? Well, unfortunately, yes, that's exactly what this extension is. (Sure, there are more words after "completely empty," but, really? Those words directly contradict the meaning of "completely." The usage of the word is so forced.) There's no reason to require the buttons to be there. 99% of the times a tab is opened, no button is going to be interacted with except potentially the color toggle button. So, why not have a setting to optionally hide these buttons? They clash with the idea of the tab being "blank," "simple and clean," or "completely empty," don't they? Yet the support page says the extension "is so simple that it does not need any settings", as if there's not even a question of whether or not someone might desire this advertising "feature". If the extension is "so simple", then why does it need to even be monetized so blatantly (especially when an alternative currently exists)? If it were just the color toggle button, nothing would bug me much. The buttons *are* small, and again, the extension works fine. I'm only posting this for your awareness, to inform you that there is indeed another extension option that actually isn't a potential veiled excuse to have a money-making button appear on your screen several hundred times.
by marller alice marller alice, 2023-12-19

余計なショートカットが付いているので気持ち悪いし邪魔
by 西塔鬼若丸 西塔鬼若丸, 2023-09-16

good
by Christopher Catalan Christopher Catalan, 2023-07-27
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Safety
Risk impact

Dark New Tab is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

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

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