Dark New Tab

A minimalistic grey new tab page for Google Chrome. No external network requests. No analytics. No tracking. No bullshit.

What is Dark New Tab?

Dark New Tab is a Chrome extension that replaces the default new tab page with a black-to-grey gradient background, curtailing distractions inherent in the original design. With no extra network requests or unnecessary images, it uses less system resources, promising speedy load times and improved privacy. Dark NewTab provides a comfort for eyes which are often struggled with the stark white screen. Perfect match with popular dark themes, it has a user-friendly design for better, undisturbed web browsing.

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By: https://dandydanny.org

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Users: 10,000+

Rating: 4.73 (67)

Version: 1.3 (Last updated: 2021-02-15)

Creation date: 2019-09-20

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Overrides new tab: Yes

Size: 101.58K

Email: da*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 8046 ▼ 54

Other rankings

#470 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 3

#19 in new tab keyword 46 ▼ 3

#55 in new tabs keyword 46 ▼ 27

#82 in visited sites keyword 8 ▼ 50

#88 in dark keyword 88 ▼ 41

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Summary

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What?

A minimalistic new tab page replacement for Chrome. This empty new tab page fades from black to dark grey; easy on your eyes.

Why?

Default Chrome new tab page makes network requests and show thumbnail images of previously visited sites
Dark New Tab requires minimal system resources; everything is contained in a single HTML file; not a line of JavaScript is loaded and is lightning fast
Dark New Tab doesn't blind you with a white page; the background fades from black to a gentle grey
I wanted to minimize distractions
I want to use Dark New Tab across all my devices 🙂

Pairing Suggestion:

Dark New Tab goes well with most dark themes, including "Just Black" dark theme from The Chrome team (Google).

User reviews

User reviews summary

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Pros

Simple and minimalistic design
No blinding white flash on new tab
Does not collect extra data

Cons

Some users want to disable the fade/animation
Does not keep the bookmarks bar
Some users might prefer additional features

Most mentioned

Clean dark new tab page
Fade or animation upon opening a new tab
Lack of bookmarks or other elements

Recent reviews

Works insanely fast. I'm using it on Edge (Dev version) and loads way faster than the default Edge new tab. Edge by default shows you for a split second a full bright new tab before fully loading. With this extension the new tab opens directly dark.

Claudiu, 2019-08-20

I have dark themes for every site, and every time I opened something in a new tab at night it felt like a flashbang going off. This solves that problem perfectly!