New Tab Changer

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

Total ratings

4.34 (Rating count: 65)

Review summary

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Pros
  • Allows custom URL on new tab
  • Lightweight and fast
  • Helpful for removing unwanted default new tab pages
Cons
  • Requires unnecessary permissions
  • Recently has issues with focus on address bar not working
  • Doesn't always work or redirect properly
Most mentioned
  • Speed and simplicity
  • Focus on address bar issue
  • Unwanted permission requests
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User reviews

Recent rating average: 3.40
All time rating average: 4.34
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Date Author Rating Lang Comment
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!
2020-03-17
Mark G
Great little utility, light-weight code - thanks.
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