Speed Dial & Tools Hub — New Tab Firefox

Speed Dial & Tools Hub — New Tab

By: Skil
A fast, minimal new tab with a customisable speed dial grid, quick notepad, calculator, bookmarks bar, and recent history. Dark & light mode. No clutter. Just speed.

Features & Capabilities

Replace your new tab with a fast, focused dashboard built around the sites and tools you use every day.

Speed Dial & Tools Hub gives you instant access to everything without touching your address bar:

⚡ Speed Dial — Visual tiles for your favourite sites. Drag to reorder, right-click to remove, add any site in two clicks. Favicons load automatically.

📝 Quick Notepad — A lightweight notepad that auto-saves as you type. Expand it when you need it, collapse it when you don't.

🔢 Calculator — A full-featured calculator widget, always a click away. Supports keyboard input.

🕐 Recent History — See your last visited pages at a glance. Click to jump right back.

🔖 Bookmarks Bar — Your Firefox bookmarks shown as compact chips at the bottom of every new tab.

🔍 Search Bar — Search Google, Bing, or DuckDuckGo from the top of every new tab.

Customizable:

  • Set the number of speed dial columns (3–6)
  • Dark mode, light mode, or follow system preference
  • Show or hide any tool widget
  • Choose which search engine to use

Privacy:

  • Speed dial sites, notes, and settings stay on your device
  • Anonymous usage statistics are collected to improve the extension (no personal data, no browsing content)
  • Default Google search uses an affiliate link; Bing and DuckDuckGo options are direct

User Growth & Download Statistics

Manifest V2 Add-on Overrides new tab
By:
Skil
Daily users:
1
Version:
1.0.1 Last updated: 2026-05-10
Version code:
6255205
Creation date:
2026-05-07
Risk:
Moderate risk impact High risk likelihood
Permissions:
Size:
298.04KB
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Firefox Add-ons Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-03
Compare stats and ranking:

Contact the developer

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Developed by:
Skil
Firefox Add-ons Store
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/speed-dial-hub/

Is Speed Dial & Tools Hub — New Tab Safe?

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Speed Dial & Tools Hub — New Tab requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
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Risk likelihood
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Speed Dial & Tools Hub — New Tab is recently added, and hasn't been around long enough for us to gather enough data to accurately assess its risk level.

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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