Reviews for New Tab Override
New Tab Override by Sören Hentzschel
Review by Zarathustra420
Rated 1 out of 5
by Zarathustra420, 3 years agoMy experience with this add-on is horrible. When I first started the add-on, it went to settings. For some strange reason, the developer makes it incredibly difficult to GET BACK TO THE SETTINGS. My new tab goes to either a blank page or the firefox homepage. In firefox settings, the new tab area says that it is controlled by this add-on (new tab override). (I have everything else correct, "custom url" and "new tab override" in the appropriate places.) Unfortunately, the only way to change the new tab page is to get back to settings. THEY SAY all you have to do is press Shift + F12 to get to settings. That couldn't be less true, at least for me. It goes to the standard F12 html debug window. Then they say that, "it is also possible to open the settings interface by entering newtab settings in the address bar or from the menu entry in the tools menu). I was able to do that once, then it disappeared! You'd think that he would have a link to get to settings or there would be an easy way to change this SINCE IT'S THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF THE ADD-ON. Very frustrating. I see why only 78,000 people could stick with it. When it works, it's great. Problem is: it only works when you first set it up. There isn't any new tab icon anymore, I have no idea why it disappeared. It's probably Norton or something, I have no idea. It's quite frustrating. Avoid the frustration--that's my advice. Oh yeah, the icon on the taskbar USED TO ALLOW ACCESS. It disappeared, too. It's glitchy as heck and not worth the trouble. Avoid.
984 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18710082, 16 days agoFinally... Why is Mozilla insisting on NOT allowing this setting by default is beyond my understanding. Many thanks to the developer :o)
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18771567, 23 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13212439, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Bullfinch, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Yodaminium, 2 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, 2 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, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13449591, 3 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?
- Rated 5 out of 5by sctech, 4 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18218893, 4 months agoBroken. Setting "current home page" does not work if homepage is a local file. Even though hitting the home button works for local files. So it should be possible to navigate to any homepage on the event.
They support something they call "local file" option, but it is not a local file, instead it is a static copy of the file loaded somewhere into the extension storage. Therefore any changes to the local file are not reflected. E.g. it is not possible to sync/backup such file.
Also URL bar of the new tab is cluttered with homepage URL, so its very cumbersome to use it.
Perhaps it is not fault of the extension itself, and it is just result of infamous FF anti-features regarding extensions they push constantly. But anyway, it does not work as described. Uninstalling.Developer response
posted 4 months agoNo, it's not broken, that's not true. Yes, local files don't work. But that's explained in the extension and a restriction of the WebExtension framework. It's not an add-on issue at all. Just set-up a local server and you won't have any problems, it doesn't take more than five minutes.
Please read the instructions and ask for help before giving bad reviews for no reason. - Rated 5 out of 5by 태준쌤, 5 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Rotozaza, 5 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by winphreak, 5 months agotl;dr - A+ addon, simple, light. And I don't have to deal with friggin' Firefox Start 😆
angry ramble - It was nice when Firefox had features and customization almost two decades ago. Now they slash features, save ALL OF THE telemetry data, then spam email/advertise to buy their VPN/Relay service. They're turning into their own enemy 🙄Developer response
posted 4 months agoThank you! :)
Regaring your off-topic paragraph: Firefox allows more customization than EVERY other browser. Telemetry is good for users and everyone with an opinion about the product should keep it enabled. It's ridiculous that the people who disable telemetry are the same who are angry because Mozilla removes their favourite feature. Also, Mozilla does not spam their users. That's just not true at all. - Rated 5 out of 5by Nicolas Francisco, 5 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by KitKatyusha, 6 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by KKK, 6 months agoMakes my life easier!~ Appreciate the developer explains the reasons of giving rights to the AddOn. That increases the transparency~
- Rated 5 out of 5by Aaron, 6 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14643963, 6 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Kshyhoo, 6 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by hugo, 6 months agoexcellent should be a default thing, my dad switched to firefox just for this!
Developer response
posted 6 months agoThank you!
It was a default feature of Firefox some years ago. But Mozilla had to remove it because it was abused by third party software to change the new tab page to adware pages without user consent. For that reason it's only possible for add-ons now. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18489395, 7 months ago