Abstract Browsing

Abstract browsing

What is Abstract Browsing?

Abstract Browsing is a Chrome extension that enables a unique browsing experience. It turns any website into a vibrant abstract composition, maintaining active links, allowing you to surf the web as usual. This extension is part of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam collection and is for personal use only, under the creative commons license. It stands as an art project by Rafaël Rozendaal, with code by Reinier Feijen.

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By: https://www.newrafael.com

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Users: 2,000+

Rating: 4.48 (27)

Version: 2.0.0 (Last updated: 2024-01-09)

Creation date: 2017-12-05

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

tabs
activeTab
storage
scripting

Host permissions:

*://*/*

Size: 39.39K

Email: st*****@newrafael.com

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 19527 ▼ 45

Other rankings

#2829 in Just for Fun ▲ 4 #10 in browsing keyword 36 ▼ 2 #256 in browser keyword 89 ▼ 41

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Summary

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Abstract Browsing is an extension that turns any website into a colorful abstract composition. You can surf the web as usual, links remain active. You can turn the extension on or off at any moment.

Collection of Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

For personal use only: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

An art project by Rafaël Rozendaal http://www.newrafael.com

Code by Reinier Feijen http://www.boxofchocolates.nl

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

amazing way to experience Abstract Browsing interactively
provides inspiration for artists
cool novelty app

Cons

does not provide any useful information or functionality
some websites just display blank colorful boxes
entirely useless

Most mentioned

amazing way to experience his art project Abstract Browsing interactively and without limits
as shown in pictures, this extension changes the color of the text or image field, but nothing can be obtained from the website. just blank colorful boxes in the place where an image or text would've been.
super cool

Recent reviews

amazing way to experience his art project Abstract Browsing interactively and without limits

A Google user, 2018-10-08

as shown in pictures, this extension changes the color of the text or image field, but nothing can be obtained from the website. just blank colorful boxes in the place where an image or text would've been. Nothing special about this, really. Wouldve been cool if wikipedia would've been colorful instead of just blank boxes

Bennett Pramod (1029384756), 2018-07-13

super cool

石橋秀仁, 2018-02-23

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Safety

Risk impact

Abstract Browsing is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Abstract Browsing if you trust the publisher.