# Speed Dial & Tools Hub — New Tab

> 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.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/speed-dial-hub](https://chrome-stats.com/d/speed-dial-hub)

## Overview

- **ID:** `speed-dial-hub`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Skil
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-10
- **First published:** 2026-05-07
- **Size:** 298 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/speed-dial-hub/)

## Description

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

## Rankings

- #88,177 — Overall
- #38 — fvd speed dial
- #87 — dial

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `history`
- `bookmarks`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows retrieval of a user’s browsing history, presenting a notable privacy risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/speed-dial-hub)