Splashtab

Name: Splashtab
Rating: 3.8 (5 reviews)
Author: Swooooooon

By: Swooooooon Add-on

Fill the new tab page with a random image from unsplash.com (See description for update)

This add-on was removed from Firefox Add-ons Store on 2023-06-29

Overview

Removed

Daily users

Data as of 2023-06-29

Rating:

3.80

(5)

Version:

1.0.1

Last updated: 2020-08-14

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Features & Capabilities

Update April 2023: Some users may notice that the extension fails to fetch images when tags are not used. This is because source.unsplash.com, the URL I use to get images, is no longer supported by Unsplash and I would need to update splashtab to make use of the new API. However, splashtab does not comply with the Unsplash API guidelines* and would thus be ineligable to use the new API in its current form. It is for this reason that I will not be updating the extension. You of course may continue to use it for as long as it remains available and functional, but a time will come when it will break completely and I will unlist it.

Thank you to all of you that that use and rated the extension, and I apologise to all of you for the bad news. There are many other extensions that do similar things, and I would recommend checking out alternatives that are actively maintained. Thanks again.

*https://help.unsplash.com/en/articles/2511257-guideline-replicating-unsplash -- basically the issue is that splashtab would be nothing without Unsplash.

Original description: Fill the new tab page with a random image from unsplash.com. Choose custom tags and resolutions to tailor your preference of images.

GitHub source code: https://github.com/djmalecki/splashtab

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

Swooooooon

Daily users:

Rating:

3.80

(5)

Version:

1.0.1 Last updated: 2020-08-14

Creation date:

2018-02-18

Risk:

Size:

13.29KB

Email:

sw*****@protonmail.com

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2023-06-29

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Developed by:

Swooooooon

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/splashtab/

Email:

sw*****@protonmail.com

User Reviews

I use Splashtab since almost two years and everything worked perfectly, but two days ago when I open a new tab I am getting this error image: https://images.unsplash.com/source-404?fit=crop&fm=jpg&h=800&q=60&w=1200 Can you help me fix this?I have not added any tags in the settings of the extension.

by Fi*****, 2023-04-12

by Fi*****, 2022-05-21

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Is Splashtab Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Splashtab requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Medium Can alter new tab settings; fairly benign but with some capability to affect user experience.

Risk likelihood

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Splashtab may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.