A custom New Tab page, providing a quick, customizable layout of links and menus, as well as simple bookmark and history components.

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Version
1.15.1
Update
February 1, 2024
Size
2.21MiB
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Users
63
Rating
5 ★
Manifest Version
2
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Languages Support
English (UK)
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New Tab Redux Extension

A customisable New Tab page, providing a user-configured layout of links and menus. Additionally, widgets allow you to quickly take notes or start a stopwatch all from just opening a new tab. Access to bookmarks, history, and notifications is also available. Given permission, baskets and notifications from external websites can be shown.

The style of the page can be thoroughly customised including background images and icons for each link. Backgrounds can be dynamically pulled and change every few hours, giving you a fresh landscape or city to look at. Alternatively, you can see featured images from Google Earth or NASA in the background.

Once you have a configuration, it can be exported to share with colleagues for them to import and use. This also allows you to backup your configuration.

Based upon the work of Terrance on Homely, this extension takes the existing open source extension and extends it further. This extension is not affiliated with Homely, it only builds upon the existing open source foundation.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "New Tab Redux", "short_name": "New Tab Redux", "description": "A custom New Tab page, providing a quick, customizable layout of links and menus, as well as simple bookmark and history components.", "version": "1.15.1", "author": "Kallb123", "homepage_url": "https://github.com/Kallb123/NewTabRedux", "offline_enabled": true, "chrome_url_overrides": { "newtab": "res/html/newtabredux.html" }, "omnibox": { "keyword": "hl" }, "background": { "scripts": ["res/js/background.js"], "persistent": false }, "permissions": [ "fontSettings", "storage" ], "optional_permissions": [ "bookmarks", "history", "management", "https://www.amazon.co.uk/", "https://www.amazon.com/", "https://cart.payments.ebay.co.uk/", "https://www.facebook.com/", "https://m.facebook.com/", "https://github.com/", "https://accounts.google.com/", "https://mail.google.com/", "https://www.linkedin.com/", "https://login.live.com/", "https://*.mail.live.com/", "https://www.reddit.com/", "https://steamcommunity.com/", "https://store.steampowered.com/", "https://ticktick.com/", "https://trello.com/", "https://twitter.com/", "https://api.openweathermap.org/", "https://www.whatismyproxy.com/", "*://*/" ], "icons": { "16": "res/img/icon-16.png", "48": "res/img/logo-48.png", "128": "res/img/logo-128.png" }, "manifest_version": 2}
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How to download and manually install New Tab Redux extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install New Tab Redux 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 New Tab Redux extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install New Tab Redux extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download New Tab Redux extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a New Tab Redux 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 New Tab Redux Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the New Tab Redux extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the New Tab Redux extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for New Tab Redux 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 New Tab Redux 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 New Tab Redux extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install New Tab Redux 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 New Tab Redux extension file

Select and download the New Tab Redux 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 New Tab Redux 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 New Tab Redux 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 New Tab Redux 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 New Tab Redux extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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