SquarePage
Customize your Start Page and New Tab page with live backgrounds, shortcuts and widgets; like weather, wallpapers and much more!
What is SquarePage?
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Summary
FEATURES: ★ Fully customizable start page ★ Create many pages to group shortcuts and widgets ★ Use HEX color codes for custom backgrounds ★ Dozens of HD background images ★ Upload your own custom backgrounds ★ Animated and Interactive backgrounds ★ Dark Mode ★ Add Widgets, like weather, notes, calculator, and much more! ★ Add & Move Shortcuts anywhere on the page ★ Select from a shortcut library, including over 100+ popular sites ★ Customize the shortcut icons by choosing a library of icons and colors ★ Search engine customization (Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Wikipedia...) ★ Open links or search results in new tabs ★ Hide shortcuts or the search box (for the minimalist)
User reviews
User reviews summary
Pros
- Allows free access to Google and YouTube
- Provides 4K streaming capabilities without lag
- Enables customization and moving around items with the mouse
- Offers a nice wallpaper selection
- The extension is stable with a productive page type meant to be a desktop
Cons
- Lacks support for custom background image uploads
- Shortcut icons vanished with no apparent fix or support response
- Developer support and responsiveness are lacking
- Inability to change the default search engine
- Cannot change the icon of site shortcuts, or update them automatically
Most mentioned
- Issues with uploading or customizing background images
- Lack of developer response or support
- Desire for improved functionality such as updating or customizing site shortcut icons
- Stability and customization features are appreciated
- Mentions of the extension allowing access to restricted services like Google and YouTube
Recent reviews
Safety
Risk impact
SquarePage is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
SquarePage has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.