Custom New Tab

Custom New Tab

Customize the new tab URL.

Merlin
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By: Dictanote
Users: 17
Version: 1.5 (Last updated: 2024-04-07)
Creation date: 2024-04-07
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Overrides new tab: Yes
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 48.95K
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Summary

Edge does not let you customize the new tab page. The new tab page always opens a custom Bing page, and Edge extensions do not work on this page.

This extension lets you point the new tab page to a URL of your choice. It can be Bing.com, your company's homepage, or a blank page. It is lightweight on your browser (<50kb - compared to, for example, Grammarly, which is 36MB), has no tracking, and is straightforward to use.

Some popular choices:

  1. Bing - https://www.bing.com
  2. Google - https://google.com
  3. Voice In Notepad - https://dictanote.co/voicein/notepad/
  4. ChatGPT - https://chat.openai.com
  5. Blank Page - about:blank

You can also set it to a local file path like file:///C:/Documents/test.html . You can set the URL to an internal page like edge://apps too.

Customization:

  1. Focus on the address bar on the new tab page: When checked, the focus and cursor are in the address bar when you open a new tab page. When unchecked, the focus is on the page.
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Safety
Risk impact

Custom New Tab is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

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

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