New Tab Lite

A Fast and Light weight new tab
What is New Tab Lite?
New Tab Lite is an extremely fast and lightweight Chrome extension (<5 KB) that provides a minimalistic approach to new tabs. It displays bookmarks in a folder structure and adjusts to fit perfectly on any screen size. With a lightning-fast loading time, this open-source extension keeps user data private. GitHub: https://github.com/ramkumar-kr/new-tab-lite

Extension stats

Users: 73 ▼ -12
Rating: 5.00 (7)
Version: 0.0.5 (Last updated: 2024-10-22)
Creation date: 2016-10-31
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Overrides new tab: Yes
Permissions:
  • favicon
  • bookmarks
Size: 5.56K

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Extension summary

An extremely fast and lightweight(< 5 KB) New Tab extension for chrome which displays all your bookmarks on the new tab.

Features

  • Minimalistic There are many extensions which provide you beautiful pictures and what not. This extension follows a minimalistic approach where only bookmarks are shown. If you are a person who likes a minimalistic approach for things, then this extension is made for you.

  • Folder Structure Bookmarks stored in a folder appear inside a pane with the name of the folder being the title of the panel. Refer to the screenshot for more details.

  • Extremely small The size of this extension is just 3.92 KB (Compared to other extensions which is at least 2 times greater in size. You can verify this by comparing the sizes of extensions at the bottom right corner in the web store)

  • Super fast This new tab extension loads in just 90-100ms which is 9 to 10 times faster than the default new tab page (The default new tab page takes about a second to load. This can be verified using chrome developer tools.)

  • A perfect fit

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User reviews

Handy and small size extension. thank you developer and many blessings in Jesus Christ name
by AV Va, 2023-08-20

It's good but im not a fan of the blue. I'd prefer if it blended in with the Chrome grey
by A Google user, 2016-08-05

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by Sudeep, 2016-07-13
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Extension safety

Risk impact

New Tab Lite requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

New Tab Lite is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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