New Tab Changer

Load a custom web page or url in a new tab. Fast, light, and easy to use.

Total ratings

4.35 (Rating count: 66)

Review summary

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Pros
  • Light-weight and simple utility that does what it needs to do
  • Loads local pages much faster than New Tab Redirect
  • Works seamlessly from the start
  • Redirects to a user-defined URL effectively
Cons
  • Does not consistently focus on the address bar after redirect
  • Has permissions that raise privacy concerns such as reading browsing history
  • Slower performance compared to alternatives like Fast New Tab Redirect
Most mentioned
  • Focus on address bar not working
  • Slow performance compared to competing extensions
  • Privacy concerns regarding permissions
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User reviews

Recent rating average: 3.40
All time rating average: 4.35
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Date Author Rating Lang Comment
2025-01-12
Grand Poohbah
2024-01-10
Christopher Demicoli		 en For some reason, this extension now requires access to dummysoftware's website. I suggest to uninstall
2023-11-26
P Spencer		 en Did not work at all. New tab is still defaulting to Chrome://newtab
2021-07-19 D C Thanks for fixing Chrome. Why is this not a vanilla option in Chrome?
2021-07-19
D C		 en Thanks for fixing Chrome. Why is this not a vanilla option in Chrome?
2020-12-10
Mohammad Ismail		 Fast New Tab Redirect is MUCH , MUCH faster than this....
2020-12-10
Mohammad Ismail		 en Fast New Tab Redirect is MUCH , MUCH faster than this....
2020-07-15 Darren O'Neal Does exactly what I needed it to do: load google search in a new tab in Microsoft Edge.
2020-07-16
Darren O'Neal		 en Does exactly what I needed it to do: load google search in a new tab in Microsoft Edge.
2020-07-10
Leo Robinovitch		 Love this extension, but same comment about focus on address bar - this stopped working recently!
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