Chrome-Stats extension
Dark New Tab
Open a blank dark or white tab rather than the default browser's new tab page.
Total ratings for Dark New Tab
4.00
(Rating count:
22)
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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
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Recent reviews for Dark New Tab
Recent rating average:
3.70
All time rating average:
4.00
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| Date | Author | Rating | Lang | Comment |
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| 2023-12-19 |  |
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en | 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. |
| 2023-09-16 |  |
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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 | |
| 2023-08-13 |  |
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SASA | |
| 2023-08-13 |  |
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sw | SASA |
| 2023-07-27 |  |
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good | |
| 2023-06-29 |  |
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great extension | |
| 2023-06-19 |  |
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really good | |
| 2023-05-22 |  |
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Cant use it i notice a white flash. | |
| 2023-05-09 |  |
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Free and simple, all you need. | |
| 2023-02-25 |  |
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I prefer a different "Dark New Tab" extension which doesn't include any links or rubbish on the page: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mnjmegebbljjhpljjfjmkhgmokpmdbpo (not affiliated) |
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