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When will it be possible to have a New Tab page which doesn't display anything? Just kidding, trick question, the answer is NEVER. (No, an extension which ove
by forgotmypw17 5y ago
When will it be possible to have a New Tab page which doesn't display anything?
Just kidding, trick question, the answer is NEVER.
(No, an extension which overrides all the bloated pile of crap after it's already been processed and rendered does not count.)
- hansel_der 5y agou serious? i would never use a browser w/o a blank new tab page; it's universally supported isn't it?
- ghotli 5y agoI have a personal new tab chrome / firefox extension that does exactly this. A black screen, a button, that's it. Don't install someone else's extension -- make your own off a minimal example on github. It's... well it's about the simplest bit of code I've written that I rely on daily.
- JimWestergren 5y agoI have that since ages in Firefox. A simple setting.
- berkes 5y agoFor those not in the know: it's a setting the GUI settings (so not just in about:config somewhere). So it's not that hard to find. Preferences » Home » New Tab page [Firefox startpage v] or, about:preferences#home
- schleck8 5y agoIt's available in Brave too
- black3r 5y agoChrome has that setting too, but it's not that simple. It's only available as an enterprise policy. If anyone doesn't know about this, Chrome has tons of hidden settings configurable through Group Policy on Windows and through /etc/opt/chrome/policies/managed/policies.json on Linux. https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/#NewTabPageLocation https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/#NewTabPageLocation
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- bhaney 5y ago> No, an extension which overrides all the bloated pile of crap after it's already been processed and rendered does not count afaik, extensions that set chrome_url_overrides.newtab in their manifests file prevent the native NTP from loading at all.
- londons_explore 5y agoCan't you just set the new tab page to be "about:blank"?
- callmeal 5y agoNot in chrome. You can only set the startup page to be about:blank. New tabs do not follow that startup page setting.
- asicsp 5y agoFirefox allows it through settings. Haven't been able to do so on Chrome, other than disabling "NTP Modules" via chrome://flags/.
- capableweb 5y ago> Just kidding, trick question, the answer is NEVER. What? The answer is ALWAYS. Set your start page to be `about:blank` and you see a blank page. I've had this as my starting page in every single browser since the 90s.
- hollerith 5y agoI am not able to in Chrome Stable without an extension. Searched chrome://settings for "tab" and "page".
- forgotmypw17 5y agoSorry, but this option is not available at least as far back as Chromium 65.x
- jenscow 5y agoThat's "start page", not "new tab page"
- hnburnsy 5y agoYou can have about:blank be the on start up page and the home button, but not for new tabs. You used to be able to do that. Won't be surprised when start page will need to be an https link, you know for security reasons.
- jaclaz 5y agoAs a side note, only yesterday (on a Windows 7, so not an issue related to the latest Windows) I couldn't initially connect with Chrome to a (of course local) oldish router (actually an access point) to change a setting (Wi-Fi channel) because it "talked http" while Chrome wanted a "https" (for security reasons).
- burkaman 5y agoUse a different browser? It's one of two built-in options in Firefox.
- forgotmypw17 5y agoI generally do, but sometimes I use Chromium, if only for testing my own sites.
- leodriesch 5y agoFirefox can do that, for Safari you can also disable all start widgets. IIRC Brave can do it aswell.