New Tab

Name: New Tab
Rating: 4 (25 reviews)
Author: Leigh Brenecki

By: Leigh Brenecki

Shows your homepage on new tabs.

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Features & Capabilities

The New Tab Chrome extension customizes your browsing experience by displaying your favorite homepage whenever you open a new tab, instead of the standard Firefox start page. This lightweight add-on ensures your URL bar remains blank and focused initially, mirroring Firefox's typical behavior until you navigate away from your homepage.

Open source under the Mozilla Public License, New Tab is coded succinctly in about 20 lines of JavaScript. Developers and users can review its source code on GitHub and contribute by filing issues if they encounter any problems. This extension offers a straightforward, minimalist way to personalize your new tabs, enhancing productivity by instantly reminding you of your preferred homepage each time you open a new tab.

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Version:

1.0 Last updated: 2020-02-13

Version code:

4960912

Creation date:

2020-02-13

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Permissions:

webNavigation
browserSettings

Size:

8.36KB

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Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-16

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Ranking

# 3,924 ▼ 15

Other rankings

#17 in new tab keyword 49

#22 in new tabs keyword 40

#37 in news keyword 37 ▲ 1

#57 in tab keyword 66 ▼ 1

#63 in tabellenkalkulation keyword 16

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Developed by:

Leigh Brenecki

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/newtab-ext/

Website:

https://github.com/excitedleigh/newtab

User Reviews

Users appreciate this add-on for its speed, simplicity, and the ability to focus the address bar immediately on a new tab. It preserves input while loading and supports useful features like page duplication via keyboard shortcuts. However, multiple users report issues with loading certain pages due to browser policies like X-Frame-Options, and some experience errors after Firefox updates. A few note that focus issues and bookmark management complexity detract from the experience.

Pros

Allows typing directly into the URL bar on the new tab without needing to select content first.
Fast and responsive, with quick loading of the new tab page.
Simple, clean, and safe open source code.
Enables starting to enter URLs or search queries before the homepage fully loads, preserving input.
Works well for duplicating pages using Ctrl + Drag.

Cons

Does not load local pages or pages blocked by X-Frame-Options policy, causing loading failures.
Stopped working for some users after Firefox updates, showing errors when opening home pages.
Lacks focus on the address bar in some cases, impacting usability.
Complicated bookmark organization experience (mentioned in one review).

Recent reviews

I think this is the fastest new tab/homepage extension I've tried, and the blank URL bar is just great, but a bit buggy with current Firefox sadly!

by p1*****, 2026-04-01

by 全民*****, 2025-03-29

by 退出*****, 2025-02-18

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Is New Tab Safe?

Risk impact

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New Tab requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

High Allows retrieval of a user’s browsing history, presenting a notable privacy risk.
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Risk likelihood

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

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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