Replace your new tab with the weather and a todolist displayed over a popular image from Reddit.

Latest Version

Version
2.0.4
Update
May 18, 2017
Size
662KiB
Developer
Category
Users
866
Rating
4.69231 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
Storage
Http://api.openweathermap.org/data/*
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Surge - Material New Tab Extension

Surge is a simplistic new tab page designed to integrate seamlessly into your daily workflow.

Set a custom background image or have Surge select one for you from a Reddit subreddit or multireddit of your choice. Check your personalized the time, date, and weather, and keep yourself on track with the built-in to-do list. Surge also features a custom search bar that can query different websites based on your input to help speed up your searches.

Features:
• Custom search bar that searches different websites based on input
• User-settable background image
• Automatically updating background image from subreddit or multireddit source
• Built-in and user-customizable themes
• To-do list
• Weather
• Draggable Time and Date
• Quick access to Chrome Apps
• Material Design inspired styling

** Please note that after updating to version 2.0, you may have to reset your background image! **

What's New
Version 2.0
• New Feature: Select City By ZIP Code (Set your weather location by entering the ZIP code of your city)
• New Feature: Show/Hide Temperature Decimal Places (Toggle between between a more accurate or more simplistic temperature view)
• Implemented cache layer to improve background update speed and reliability
• Improved performance, efficiency, and scalability
• Please note that you may have to reset your background image after this update

Version 1.4:
• New Feature: Set Background Image Update Interval (Choose how often your background image will automatically update from the settings page)
• Improved new user experience with additional save/home buttons on the settings page

Version 1.3:
• New Feature: Main Card Styling and Themes (Switch between the built-in themes or create a custom theme of your own in settings)
• Added card styling and wallpaper preview to the settings page

Version 1.2:
• New Feature: \"Ahoy!\" - A Better Search Bar (Search Google by default, or type a keyword before your query to search that site instead)
• Improved performance

Version 1.1:
• New Feature: Draggable clock (Click and drag the clock to move it around; reset its position in settings)
• Improved new user experience with increased emphasis on configurables
• Added more salient cues to improve user awareness of committed actions
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "Surge - Material New Tab", "description": "Replace your new tab with the weather and a todolist displayed over a popular image from Reddit.", "version": "2.0.4", "permissions": [ "storage", "http://api.openweathermap.org/data/*" ], "background": { "scripts": ["background/eventPage.min.js"], "persistent": false }, "icons": { "16": "img/icon/icon16.png", "48": "img/icon/icon48.png", "128": "img/icon/icon128.png" }, "content_security_policy": "script-src 'self'; object-src 'self'", "chrome_url_overrides": { "newtab": "tab.html" }}
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How to download and manually install Surge - Material New Tab extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Surge - Material New Tab extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install Surge - Material New Tab extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Surge - Material New Tab extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Surge - Material New Tab extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Surge - Material New Tab extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the Surge - Material New Tab Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Surge - Material New Tab extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Surge - Material New Tab extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Surge - Material New Tab extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Surge - Material New Tab extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download Surge - Material New Tab extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Surge - Material New Tab extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the Surge - Material New Tab extension file

Select and download the Surge - Material New Tab extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Surge - Material New Tab extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Surge - Material New Tab extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Surge - Material New Tab extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Surge - Material New Tab extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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User reviews

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Minh Hoàng (ID: 00000064ecc1e7cb) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 02/09/2022 Love this extension, but I would like the tab name "New tab" instead of "Surge"

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Zekie (ID: 000000314f00cb45) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 06/10/2021 Good configuration options but I would however like a method to change the new tab name from "Surge"

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Joan Flowers (ID: 0000007f0d5c6153) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 02/20/2020 I love the idea of the personalized wallpaper from reddit

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Wojtek Grabowski ''Grabaż'' (ID: 0000003b4c8cb633) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 05/06/2019 I need biggest window i this tab. I need large window

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Jonathan la Cour (ID: 00000037b1edeb4c) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 01/10/2018 Possibly the best of the new tab extensions. It could be improved some, however: - The title of the new tab should be "New Tab" instead of "Surge." - Ability to set a background color instead of an image. For now, I just use a data URI of a pixel. - Show the weather forecast as is available through the OpenWeatherMap API. - Ability to lock the position of the clock.