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Annoyingly, the new tab page used to have an exclusion for these "announcements". The flag was removed. I've ended up installing one of those "inspirational ne

Annoyingly, the new tab page used to have an exclusion for these "announcements". The flag was removed. I've ended up installing one of those "inspirational new tab page" extensions, just so I don't see an ad. I am sure that means someone else is siphoning my data.

ecuaflo 4y ago
I like the earth view one [0] and you get to keep your data with goog [0] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/earth-view-from-google-ea/bhloflhklmhfpedakmangadcdofhnnoh?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/earth-view-from-go...
sensanaty 4y ago
I use one that just lets me use some custom HTML, I just have some plaintext bookmark type links
LoganDark 4y ago
Both in Chrome and Firefox, I always set my new tab page to `about:blank`, or in other words, absolutely nothing. Why? Because the address bar is all I need to get where I'm going. I type faster than I click.
- okasaki 4y ago
  There's no setting to set the new tab page in Chrome - not even in the policies json.
  - tyingq 4y ago
    There is a setting for what the home icon does, and it defaults to new tab...but is settable. Maybe that's what was meant? Edit: See https://imgur.com/a/wQhvFF9 https://imgur.com/a/wQhvFF9
    - Olphs 4y ago
      There is no home icon in Chrome, at least I don't see it. Or is that also some setting?
      - abraham 4y ago
        It's a setting. You can enable the home button and then set it to be a custom address.
      - LoganDark 4y ago
        The home icon only appears next to the refresh button when you have a "home page" configured. It is separate from the New Tab page.
  - LoganDark 4y ago
    On Chrome, I had to use an extension that redirects it. It's annoying, and overrides the content of the address bar if you start typing too quickly -- but it's better than ads. I switched to Firefox earlier this year, but the blatant memory leaks are making me strongly consider switching back to an old version of Chrome (v70 or so), which did not require a monstrous page file to run days or months without crashing.
henry_flower 4y ago
use this one: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/blank-new-tab-page/jaadjnlkjnhohljficgoddcjmndjfdmi https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/blank-new-tab-page... it's just an .html file with an empty body, no tracking & 5 lines of JS: window.addEventListener("load", () => { if (chrome.extension.inIncognitoContext) { document.body.style.background = "#53718e"; } });
ghotli 4y ago
It's a tiny amount of code to write your own new tab page. I like mine, it's nice, it's custom to me. This whole story made me feel like it's great that I control what makes it to my eyes when I open a browser or a new tab

ecuaflo 4y ago

I like the earth view one [0] and you get to keep your data with goog [0] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/earth-view-from-google-ea/bhloflhklmhfpedakmangadcdofhnnoh?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/earth-view-from-go...

sensanaty 4y ago

I use one that just lets me use some custom HTML, I just have some plaintext bookmark type links

LoganDark 4y ago

Both in Chrome and Firefox, I always set my new tab page to `about:blank`, or in other words, absolutely nothing. Why? Because the address bar is all I need to get where I'm going. I type faster than I click.

okasaki 4y ago
There's no setting to set the new tab page in Chrome - not even in the policies json.
- tyingq 4y ago
  There is a setting for what the home icon does, and it defaults to new tab...but is settable. Maybe that's what was meant? Edit: See https://imgur.com/a/wQhvFF9 https://imgur.com/a/wQhvFF9
  - Olphs 4y ago
    There is no home icon in Chrome, at least I don't see it. Or is that also some setting?
    - abraham 4y ago
      It's a setting. You can enable the home button and then set it to be a custom address.
    - LoganDark 4y ago
      The home icon only appears next to the refresh button when you have a "home page" configured. It is separate from the New Tab page.
- LoganDark 4y ago
  On Chrome, I had to use an extension that redirects it. It's annoying, and overrides the content of the address bar if you start typing too quickly -- but it's better than ads. I switched to Firefox earlier this year, but the blatant memory leaks are making me strongly consider switching back to an old version of Chrome (v70 or so), which did not require a monstrous page file to run days or months without crashing.

henry_flower 4y ago

use this one: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/blank-new-tab-page/jaadjnlkjnhohljficgoddcjmndjfdmi https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/blank-new-tab-page... it's just an .html file with an empty body, no tracking & 5 lines of JS: window.addEventListener("load", () => { if (chrome.extension.inIncognitoContext) { document.body.style.background = "#53718e"; } });

ghotli 4y ago

It's a tiny amount of code to write your own new tab page. I like mine, it's nice, it's custom to me. This whole story made me feel like it's great that I control what makes it to my eyes when I open a browser or a new tab