New Tab Homepage

New Tab Homepage

A very simple tabbed browsing extension that loads your homepage when you open a new tab. If you have multiple homepages, the first is chosen.

What is New Tab Homepage?
"New Tab Homepage" is a straightforward, practical add-on that simplifies your tabbed browsing experience on Firefox. Upon the creation of a new tab, this extension ensures your homepage, or your first homepage if you have multiple, is loaded automatically. It's designed to be a lighter alternative to other extensions like Tab Mix, Tabbrowser Preferences or Tabbrowser Extensions offering the same feature, making your browsing quicker and more efficient.
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Version: 0.6.3resigned1 (Last updated: 2024-04-25)
Creation date: 2005-05-26
Weekly download count: 303
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Overrides new tab: Yes
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • browserSettings
  • history
  • <all_urls>
Size: 10.40K
URLs: Website
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Firefox 57+ users

Please note, I am aware of the problem of the cursor being placed in the location / URL bar, at the start of the URL. I have filed bug 1411465 for this issue, which needs a Firefox / API fix. Unless anyone has any bright ideas, it seems I can't do much about this from the add-on right now.

Add-on details

A very simple tabbed browsing extension that loads your homepage when you open a new tab. If you have multiple homepages, the first is chosen.

This is meant to be a lightweight alternative to using Tab Mix, Tabbrowser Preferences or Tabbrowser Extensions for this single feature.

If you're using one of those, you do not need this extension and it most likely will not work even if you install it! In this case, you should use the in-built options in whichever tabbed browsing extension that you use.

User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Allows for setting a custom homepage for new tabs
  • Works immediately for some users
Cons
  • Doesn't select URL on new tab, one too many steps
  • Doesn't seem to cache the start page, it loads over net every time
  • Does not work for some users, only shows a blank white page
Most mentioned
  • Thank you to the developer for the add-on
  • Doesn't work for some versions of Firefox
  • Works flawlessly
Recent reviews
by Firefox user 14623949, 2024-07-25
For a long time I couldn't put up my own page, so I came across this extension. Thank you very much to the developer.
by danii, 2024-06-26
by IvanRozb, 2024-06-18
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Safety
Risk impact

New Tab Homepage is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install New Tab Homepage if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

New Tab Homepage is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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