Fast New Tab Redirect

Fast New Tab Redirect

Redirect the New Tab page to your favorite

What is Fast New Tab Redirect?
Fast New Tab Redirect is a sleek Chrome extension designed to streamline your browsing experience. With its minimal codebase of just 7 lines, this extension swiftly redirects your new tab page to a URL of your choice, effectively providing a personalized browsing experience with every new tab you open.
Merlin
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By: fumito80
Rating: 4.27 (64)
Version: 1.4 (Last updated: 2016-08-14)
Creation date: 2016-08-14
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Overrides new tab: Yes
Permissions:
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • *://*/*
Size: 4.24K
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Merlin
Summary

It's a minimal implementation for the New Tab page redirection.

The main code is only just 7 lines.

User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Quick redirection to a defined address
  • Doesn't replace the url in the address bar
  • No white flash in dark mode
  • Effective on Brave browser
  • Clears the address bar after opening new tab
Cons
  • Doesn't work in incognito mode
  • Doesn't meet specific redirection needs
  • Requires permissions to read any website
Most mentioned
  • Fast redirection
  • Doesn't flash white
  • Doesn't replace the URL in the address bar
  • Doesn't work in incognito mode
  • Simple and efficient functioning
Recent reviews
OMG it's just great, quick and doesn't blink white on creating a start page

Doesn't work in incognito, even with checkbox enabled.
by justin justin, 2023-10-20

Простота = Надежность!
by Gordon Shumway Gordon Shumway, 2023-10-20
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Safety
Risk impact

Fast New Tab Redirect 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 Fast New Tab Redirect if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

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

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