Override the new tab page with an xkcd comic viewer.

Latest Version

Version
1.9
Update
November 1, 2014
Size
14.76KiB
Developer
Category
Users
185
Rating
5 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English (United States)
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Permissions
Bookmarks
Https://*/
Http://xkcd.com/
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xkcd - New Tab Page Extension

An xkcd new tab page for Google Chrome, an extension of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.

Displays the most recent xkcd comic on the new tab page instead of the original content provided by Chrome.

Has a bookmarks bar and a link to the newest What-If, also published by xkcd.

All comics provided by http://xkcd.com/
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "xkcd - New Tab Page", "short_name": "xkcd-ntp", "version": "1.9", "description": "Override the new tab page with an xkcd comic viewer.", "icons": { "48": "icons/icon48.png", "128": "icons/icon128.png" }, "author": "Nick Morgan", "incognito": "split", "chrome_url_overrides": { "newtab": "xkcd-ntp.html" }, "content_security_policy": "script-src 'self' https://ssl.google-analytics.com; object-src 'self'", "permissions": [ "bookmarks", "https://*/", "http://xkcd.com/" ]}
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User reviews

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William Liao (ID: 000000cffa7302a5) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 07/06/2019 enabled me to sneakily watch xkcd while work on projects. very nice!

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Robin Fellblood (ID: 000000b5c14b5b39) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 06/11/2019 Amazing! Also helpful for checking for a new What if?.

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Probably Romanian (ID: 000000ccf11f49b6) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 01/30/2016 Beautiful

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Anas Taji (ID: 0000007bc0d41686) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 09/05/2015 Really cool. Would prefer it would open a random post every time I click the new tab button.

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Carisa Covins (ID: 0000003eda9c5586) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 07/30/2014 It's pretty fun and exciting. Definitely brightens my day.