newton

Replaces your new tab with a minimal page, consisting of a clock and one of over 800 beautiful backgrounds!
What is newton?
newton is a Chrome extension that replaces your new tab with a minimal page consisting of a clock and one of over 800 beautiful backgrounds. It is a small and lightweight tool built using React.js and Babel. Learn more on GitHub.

Extension stats

By: kingscott
Users: 130 ▼ -8
Rating: 4.44 (16)
Version: 0.5.8 (Last updated: 2015-09-25)
Creation date: 2015-09-24
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Overrides new tab: Yes
Size: 81.34K

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Extension summary

newton is a new tab replacement tool. Based on minimalism, it will provide your new tab with a simple clock and a lovely background. The backgrounds are random and one of over 800 will be chosen.

The extension is small and lightweight fulfilling all your needs in a new tab.

For the more technically inclined, this code will be available free on GitHub. It is built using React.js and Babel. Learn more...

http://github.com/kingscott/newton

User reviews

Love the extension, my boy Jack told me about it. Just think Id prefer a different font.
by Gavin Owen, 2022-01-26

Love this and it loads immediately on my computer. I would like to know how to find out where these beautiful places are. Is there a way?
by Dessa Nockels, 2017-02-12

Bueno
by Hisiu Diaz, 2017-01-17
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Extension safety

Risk impact

newton is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

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

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