# The Search Tab

> The Search Tab with magnificent background images. You can now search while enjoying a new high quality background image for each tab you open.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/the-search-tab](https://chrome-stats.com/d/the-search-tab)

## Overview

- **ID:** `the-search-tab`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** The Dream Team
- **Category:** search-tools,tabs
- **Version:** 2.6
- **Last updated:** 2020-05-04
- **First published:** 2020-04-28
- **Size:** 178 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/the-search-tab/)
- **Website:** [http://broadmediainc.com/](http://broadmediainc.com/)

## Description

The Search Tab is a Firefox add-on that replaces your new tab with magnificent background images and allows you to search while enjoying a new high-quality background image for each tab you open.

## Rankings

- #133,698 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Can change search providers, which could redirect searches to malicious sites, posing moderate 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/the-search-tab)