Reviews for New Tab Override
New Tab Override by Sören Hentzschel
984 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by maritza, 6 years agoGood, easy to use, unobstrusive...Does exactly what it says, and does it perfectly. I really don't want to imagine having to do without it
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14430285, 6 years agoWorks like a charm. I wasn't a fan of the firefox "google" tab and wanted the default google search bar to appear when opening a new tab. I put the URL in for the google search bar and now the google search bar comes up when opening a new tab.
- Rated 5 out of 5by KumoLJT, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14376302, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by RookBytes, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14408658, 6 years agoI have issues with sitting down to PC to do something & forget what I sat down for. THAT is why I've had this "New Tab" issue for so long. Give whoever created this thing a big ole hug from me.
Now, what did I originally sit down here for???? - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14239736, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Dusty, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14350677, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14399466, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14197318, 6 years agoRated this Five Stars without having even used it. I personally have installed "Link Fixer 1.3" that does the same thing seamlessly and unobtrusively. Just saying.
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 13698427, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14381566, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13459573, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Thejohnstonnn, 6 years ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 13171780, 6 years agoStutter of the tab on top makes this plugin more unpleasant than bad new tab page. If it looked smoother would use.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14365418, 6 years ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 12055580, 6 years agoI would like the cursor in the url when new tab is opened please so i can immediately start typing a web address? how can i do this?
at the moment when open a new tab (hompage is google) it places the cursor in the google search box.
can you let me know if this is possible please? - Rated 5 out of 5by Martinique, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14351204, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by ActionScripted, 6 years agoWorks perfectly; dead simple!
Doesn't show anything weird in the address bar or in the auth/security area and doesn't cause problems with links.
Thanks so much for this plugin, great work. - Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 14154519, 6 years agoA very helpful extension. Unfortunately, takes noticeable time to actually open the custom new tab page, so when I open a new tab to go to another website, the following happens:
- I copy the url I want to go to
- the extension kicks in and overrides my url with the custom page I set for new tab.
So the extension does wonders when I open the new tab for the custom page I set for it, but destroys my workflow otherwise. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14322475, 6 years ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 14320088, 6 years agoWill not allow loading local files on Ubuntu / Linux.
No, "Mozilla doesn't allow this functionality" is not an answer. I have a different extension, with the same local file, working perfectly fine on Windows 8.1 but it refuses to load on Ubuntu. This extension doesn't even make an attempt to load the file. It's HTML, CSS, JS so the semi support doesn't work (and isn't a real fix because I want changes to be made immediate which is why it's a local file in the first place). The only use I have for this extension does not work so it is immediately uninstalled.
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Edit: I don't think I can reply to developer comments so I will here instead.
Firstly, I don't need to make a GitHub issue because this isn't GitHub. This is the review section of mozilla.org where I review the extension I downloaded that doesn't do what I wanted it to. Secondly, I did say exactly what is wrong. If the path does not start with http:// or https:// the extension refuses to load without even trying. This is not a technical reason, this is a developmental choice and why the other extension loads on Windows (because it doesn't give up the moment I input my file path). Lastly, the other extension works on Windows 8.1 and 10 merely by inputting file:// (path to file) despite it too saying it's not supported. The steps to reproduce the two star review are: 1) choose new URL 2) input anything that's not http:// or https:// 3) immediately uninstall and leave a poor review reflecting this design choice.
Thank you for making the extension (I didn't rate it one star) but the extensions design choice makes it unusable for local file hosting which works despite it not being officially supported. All I need(ed) it to do was auto open an HTML file from my machine (not cache but actually open to access ./css, ./js, etc) but I have since worked around this issue.Developer response
posted 6 years agoAnd where is your GitHub issue where you are showing the other add-on and you local file? Sorry, it's not okay to give such reviews and telling the add-on does something wrong and not to say what exactly is wrong. And honestly, I can't believe that it works on Windows and not on Linux. So please provide the test case and steps to reproduce before giving bad reviews…