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Say goodbye to your boring old Chrome homepage.
This fun, good-looking new tab extension adds personality, color, and a little joy
to every new tab you open—because even your browser deserves to look cool.

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This was a long but a very useful contribution to my programming knowledge. For the first time, I learnt how to make a chrome extension. Since last year, I had this mindset that making an extension was very hard, until now. This is my favorite project of all time (until now) and also the most fun to make and show other people.

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Tweaked some features in the website and fixed some minute bugs.

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Fixed some errors in the main installation zip file. not many changes

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Added a cool looking animation to the homepage and also added a link to install from github

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bhimesh
bhimesh 13 days ago

it glitches a little on brave for mw

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So i tried to deploy to vercel, but somehow, it failed to load the logo and the favicon, it was so frustrating. Therefore, i just moved the logo image form the designated folder into the main folder :)

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Just finished coding the download logic and added instructions on how to load the unpacked extension

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Super excited today — the extension is almost fully complete! 🎉I just finished building its official website, where I break down all the core features and how it works. Feels great to see everything finally coming together.

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Migrated the Notes section to a spacious new home on the sidebar, freeing up the main interface while giving your thoughts more room to breathe. To maximize that reclaimed real estate, the old notes widget has been refactored into a dynamic stopwatch, allowing for seamless task tracking without ever leaving your workflow.

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Took a lot of time to get the settings and history both on one side. Also made the javascript code mode dynamic, so that it will be easier to add more apps to the sidebar.

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Added the history sidebar to the new-tab page. Struggled with some issues for history permissions, but it turned out well!

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Added so many cool themes that look awesome. Sure you’ll like at least one of those!!

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Updated the To-Do section into a focused “Today’s Goal” feature.
Kept the implementation lightweight and straightforward.
It’s fully functional and fits the workflow better.

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Implemented several new UX improvements (changing favicon, adding the search button beside the search bar) to streamline navigation and overall usability.
Expanded interface polish across key workflows for a smoother experience.
Also completed the notes system, adding full Markdown support for flexible formatting.

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Built out the weather section for the new tab page.
Initially tried using browser geolocation, but ran into permission issues with Chrome’s new tab restrictions.
Switched to IP-based location instead, which ended up being simpler and more reliable.

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So, I spent some time tracking down a bunch of unexpected bugs — all of them caused by adding a new type of “Add Shortcut” popup.
What seemed like a small UI tweak ended up breaking multiple assumptions in the existing logic.
Had to refactor event handling and clean up some edge cases to make everything play nicely together.
Lesson learned: even minor UX changes can ripple through the system more than expected.

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Shipped a big usability upgrade today. Shortcuts are now fully functional end-to-end, and you can finally drag and reorder them however you want. The UI feels way more flexible now, and this sets a solid foundation for future customization and polish.

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alejopmotta
alejopmotta 19 days ago

that’s awesome :O

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Spent a good chunk of time squashing bugs this round — a lot of small issues that were piling up, but everything feels much smoother now. I also added a settings bar on the side, which already makes navigating and tweaking things way nicer than before. And the clock is finally functional now, actually updating in real time instead of just sitting there looking pretty. Definitely feels like a solid step forward.

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Added themes to the new tab page. looks awesome!

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Just updated the UI of the dashboard to look more like a new tab. And also the searchbar works!

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Made the simple look of my glow tab page. An awesome new tab extension. Doesn’t have any features and i am going to change the ui but this is the basic

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