This extension provides a nice 'rain' effect on your splash page.
Rainy Night - Chrome Extension for Rain Themed Splash Pages
'Rainy night' is an innovative Chrome extension bringing a visual rain effect to your tab splash pages. It chooses random rain-themed images from an Imgur album, displaying a fresh view with every new tab. You can also use a custom Imgur album. The app supports offline use, supplying a fallback image when offline. Future features include local weather display on the page and data caching for faster loading.
Extension stats
Manifest V2 Overrides new tab
Creation date: 2014-09-15
Size: 2.81M
Full description: See detailed description
Other platforms
Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
User reviews
Pros
- Beautiful background imagery
- Creates a calming atmosphere reminiscent of a rainy day
- Easy to use and start with new tabs
- Good screensaver replacement for Chromebooks
- Simplicity with limited options enhances user experience
Cons
- Images can appear stretched
- May consume a lot of memory after some time
- Choppy rain effect
- Limited instructional guidance for new users
Most mentioned
- Great job
- Love this extension
- Simple and beautiful
- Ruins productivity
- Nice to have a relaxing background
User reviews
мне очень нравились эти обои я пользуюсь ими около года, приятно открывать новую вкладку и смотреть на ночное небо по которому стекают капли. а тут оно вдруг недоступно. я искренне сожалею и хочу сказать "большое спасибо тебе автор за эту чудесную вещь, она впитала множество моих эмоций за этот год"
вау вчера 2 часа провозился с поискам подобного ниче не нашёл, сегодня решил заного попробовать установить и оно сного работают, ОБОЖАЮ эти плавные капельки на обоях без всяких виджетов только обои и капельки, чудесно !
by
iles, 2025-03-04
My favorite extension. Great job! Thanks.
by
James F. Dobrow, 2019-08-06
The background is really nice. The only problem is that sometimes the images are a little stretched. Other than that, its a great extension.
by
baller, 2019-05-22
Extension safety
Risk impact
Rainy night requires very minimum permissions.
Risk impact analysis details
- Medium Can alter new tab settings; fairly benign but with some capability to affect user experience.
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Risk likelihood
We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Rainy night. Use it at your own risk.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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