about:now

Minimalist new tab page with calendar widget.

Merlin

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This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-04-01

By: pioug

Users: 12

Rating: 4.67 (3)

Version: 0.2.8 (Last updated: 2015-05-18)

Creation date: 2015-05-18

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Overrides new tab: Yes

Permissions:

identity
storage

Size: 338.94K

Email: gi*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

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Summary

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Replace your Chrome new tab page with this minimalist dashboard. Have a quick look at your schedule using the calendar widget.

about:now uses Google Calendar API v3 and Gmail API v1.

Open-source code is available on Github: https://github.com/pioug/about-now Fork it!

User reviews

Really like the extension, however I miss two features: one is a list of all upcoming events, the other is a indicator (small dot) in the month calendar to indicate that a day has an event. Otherwise great job.

by

Stan Derksen, 2017-10-02

Genial - this is what I was waiting for. Thanks!

by

Andrzej Górny, 2015-03-13

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Safety

Risk impact

about:now is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

about:now may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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