Reviews for New Tab Override
New Tab Override by Sören Hentzschel
Review by student 20
Rated 5 out of 5
by student 20, 5 years agoHonestly, despite my 5 star rating, it's not perfect - but the imperfections aren't the addon's fault, so 5 stars for it.
The reason it's not perfect is because it shouldn't exist. There is literally no reason why Firefox shouldn't let you put whatever the hell you want as a new tab page. In fact, it's maddeningly stupid that it doesn't. I resent greatly having to install an addon just to use the new tab page I like.
What's worse is that my New Tab Page is the same as my "Home" page (does anyone actually use "home" anymore?) - and I can't even set the new tab to be my home page. That's not just pointless and stupid, that's outright obtuse.
Firefox is the best browser out there, bar none. It was before the Quantum update, but it's even better now (sorry, XUL lovers - get with the times, yeah?).
But the fact that I need this addon just to make my new tab page to be the same as my Home page? That's just super, super dumb.
Sören Hentzschel's addon, though? Works perfectly, no complaints.
The reason it's not perfect is because it shouldn't exist. There is literally no reason why Firefox shouldn't let you put whatever the hell you want as a new tab page. In fact, it's maddeningly stupid that it doesn't. I resent greatly having to install an addon just to use the new tab page I like.
What's worse is that my New Tab Page is the same as my "Home" page (does anyone actually use "home" anymore?) - and I can't even set the new tab to be my home page. That's not just pointless and stupid, that's outright obtuse.
Firefox is the best browser out there, bar none. It was before the Quantum update, but it's even better now (sorry, XUL lovers - get with the times, yeah?).
But the fact that I need this addon just to make my new tab page to be the same as my Home page? That's just super, super dumb.
Sören Hentzschel's addon, though? Works perfectly, no complaints.
996 reviews
- Rated 3 out of 5by joefiesta, 9 hours agoIt was working fine. But, no longer. I have chosen custom URL (https ://www google com /advanced_search). It doesn't go there upon opening new tab.
It may have been updating firefox to 136.0.4. (spaces added to URL - review does not allow otherwise) - Rated 5 out of 5by 全民三退解体中共邪教, 4 days ago
Developer response
posted 7 days agoThanks for the review.
It was a feature in „vanilla Firefox“ in the past, but it was abused by bad players and therefore Mozilla was forced to remove the option. But at the same time they gave extension developers the ability. So we have to be thankful to Mozilla.- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17434746, 16 days agoThe Bets! But, I can't donate through paypal cus they charge a fee! Suggest Venmo or other donation platform because PayPal is also run by APartheid NaXis!
- Rated 5 out of 5by 光轮, 18 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Bob M., a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by UdaBudda, a month ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Vijay Samant, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by 敬念法轮大法好远离疫情, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18830905, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Jesús DGz, 2 months agoJust new url for new tab, easy, perfect working with just the right permissions. Thanks for your work.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18813451, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Paul Lee, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18710082, 3 months agoFinally... Why is Mozilla insisting on NOT allowing this setting by default is beyond my understanding. Many thanks to the developer :o)
Developer response
posted a month agoThank you for the review!
It was possible several years ago, but Mozilla had to take this option from Firefox because hijacking was a real problem at that time. But we should be thankful, because Mozilla provided a WebExtension API on the first time when they removed this option. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18771567, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13212439, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Bullfinch, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Yodaminium, 4 months agoI have used this for the last 5?10yrs.? I forget how long I've been suing this neat little extension. I can always count on it to work! I am going to donate.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Jacksaur, 5 months agoWorks perfectly. The option to change auto-focus from the address bar to the webpage is an awesome feature too, makes it much easier to use the search bar in Glance as a new tab page!
- Rated 5 out of 5by 希灵小兵, 5 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13449591, 5 months agoIch finde die Erweiterung Top, aber seit einiger Zeit fällt mir auf, dass der Fokus bei meiner Startseite startpage.com nicht mehr auf die Suchleiste gesetzt wird, obwohl die Option "Fokus auf Webseite statt in Adressleiste setzen" aktiviert ist. Geht das nur mir so, oder ist das ein Bug?
Developer response
posted a month agoHallo,
Danke für die positive Bewertung! Ich habe die Erweiterung auf startpage.com getestet und bei mir funktioniert die Fokus-Option wie erwartet. Vielleicht hat sich das Problem in der Zwischenzeit durch eine Website-Änderung erledigt. - Rated 5 out of 5by sctech, 6 months ago