Extended Page – Beautiful New Tab for Chrome

Features

Everything you need on a new tab

Designed to be fast, private, and out of your way — until you need it.

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Clock & Date

Clean, minimal clock with customizable font styles — monospace, serif, system — and optional date display. Toggleable so it never gets in your way.

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Unified Search Bar

Search Google, Bing, or any custom search engine directly from the new tab. Smart URL detection opens sites directly without going through a search.

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Top Sites

Your most visited domains at a glance. When paired with Extended History, powered by 90+ days of data. Otherwise uses native browser history. Show 6–18 sites.

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Collapsible Sidebar

A slim sidebar that expands on hover. Show most visited pages, stored tabs from Extended History, or any bookmark folder. Stays out of the way when you don't need it.

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Weather Widget

A draggable weather widget with city autocomplete. Shows temperature in both °C and °F, conditions, and a custom SVG weather icon. No API key needed.

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Wallpapers

Choose from a curated set of wallpapers or upload your own. Adjustable blur overlay keeps the page readable over any background.

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Themes & Accent Colors

Full dark and light mode. Seven accent color swatches. Every element respects your chosen theme, including the sidebar, widgets, and settings panel.

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Bookmark Sidebar

Pick any bookmark folder to show in the sidebar for instant one-click access to your most important links, without ever opening the bookmarks manager.

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Settings Panel

All preferences in one slide-out panel. No separate options page needed. Changes apply instantly and persist across sessions via local storage.

Compatibility

Works standalone or paired

Extended Page is fully functional on its own. Install Extended History alongside it for a significant upgrade.

Standalone

Without Extended History

Clock, date, search bar
Top sites from native browser history
Bookmark folder sidebar
Wallpapers, themes, accent colors
Weather widget
Full History button opens chrome://history

Paired

With Extended History

Everything in Standalone
Top sites powered by 90+ days of history
Most Visited sidebar (last 10 days)
Stored Tabs sidebar
Full History opens Extended History page

Privacy

Your new tab stays private

Extended Page stores your preferences locally and never transmits anything about your browsing.

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Local Storage Only

All settings — theme, wallpaper, accent color, search engine, clock preferences — are stored in your browser's local storage. They never leave your device.

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No Data Collection

We collect nothing. No analytics, no telemetry, no usage tracking. The extension does not make any requests to our servers.

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Weather is Optional

The weather widget is disabled by default. If you enable it, your city name is sent to the public wttr.in API. No account or API key is required or stored.

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Minimal Permissions

Extended Page requests only the permissions it genuinely needs. No broad host permissions, no access to page content, no reading of your passwords or form data.

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Cross-Extension Communication

When paired with Extended History, the two extensions communicate directly using Chrome's secure extension messaging API. No third party is involved.

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Open Source

The full source code is available on GitHub. You can verify every claim on this page yourself, audit what the extension does, and contribute improvements.

📄 Read the full Privacy Policy ↓

Permissions

Why each permission is needed

No permission is requested without a clear reason. Here's exactly what each one is used for.

storage Saves your settings (theme, wallpaper, accent color, clock preferences, top sites cache) locally on your device.

history Used only to compute your top visited sites when Extended History is not installed. Read-only access, last 30 days only.

tabs Required to open the Full History page (chrome://history) in a new tab when the button is clicked.

bookmarks Allows the sidebar to display the contents of a bookmark folder you choose in settings. Read-only; no bookmarks are created or deleted.

Privacy Policy

Last updated: March 2026

1. Overview

Extended Page ("the Extension") is a Chrome browser extension that replaces the default new tab page with a customizable interface. This Privacy Policy explains what data the Extension accesses, how it is used, and your rights regarding that data.

2. Data We Collect

We do not collect any personal data. All information processed by Extended Page stays entirely on your device. This includes your settings (theme, wallpaper, accent color, search engine preference, clock configuration), your top sites cache derived from browser history, and any cached weather data. Nothing is transmitted to us or any third party.

3. Local Storage

The Extension stores user preferences using the Chrome localStorage API under the key nt_settings. A top sites cache is stored under nt_topsites_cache. This data is local-only and can be cleared at any time by removing the extension or clearing browser storage.

4. Browser History Access

When Extended History is not installed, the Extension uses the chrome.history API to compute your most visited domains over the past 30 days, solely for displaying the Top Sites widget. This data is processed locally, never stored in raw form, and never transmitted externally.

5. Weather Widget

The weather widget is disabled by default. If you enable it and enter a city name, that city name is sent to the public wttr.in API to retrieve weather data. No personally identifiable information (such as your IP address beyond what is inherent in any HTTP request) is controlled by us. No account or API key is required. You can disable the widget at any time in settings.

6. Communication with Extended History

When Extended History is installed, Extended Page communicates with it using Chrome's chrome.runtime.sendMessage API to request history summaries and stored tab data. This communication is entirely local, between two extensions on your device. No data leaves your browser.

7. Permissions Justification

All permissions requested by the Extension are used exclusively for the functionality described in this policy. No permission is used to track, fingerprint, or identify users. See the Permissions section above for a full breakdown.

8. Third-Party Services

The only optional third-party service used is wttr.in for weather data (when the widget is enabled) and Open-Meteo for city name autocomplete. Google's favicon service (google.com/s2/favicons) is used to display site icons. Wallpaper thumbnails may load from Unsplash if you select a preset wallpaper. All other functionality is fully local.

9. Data Deletion

All data stored by Extended Page can be deleted by removing the extension from Chrome, or by clearing your browser's local storage for the extension. There is no account and no server-side data to delete.

10. Changes to This Policy

If this policy changes materially, the updated version will be published at this URL with a new "Last updated" date. Continued use of the Extension after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

11. Contact

For questions about this policy, open an issue on GitHub or join the Discord server.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, Extended Page is completely free with no premium tiers, subscriptions, or hidden costs.

No. Extended Page is fully functional on its own — clock, search, top sites from native browser history, bookmarks sidebar, wallpapers, and weather all work without Extended History. Pairing the two simply unlocks richer history-powered features like Most Visited and Stored Tabs in the sidebar.

Yes, that is the intended setup. Extended History overrides the chrome://history page, and Extended Page overrides the new tab page. Chrome allows one extension per override type, so there is no conflict between the two.

All settings are stored locally in your browser using localStorage under the key nt_settings. They are never synced to the cloud or sent to any server.

No. The widget uses a city name you type manually — it never accesses your device's GPS or location services. The city name is sent to the wttr.in public API to fetch weather data, and nothing else is shared.

No. The page is lightweight, loads from local extension files with no blocking network requests. The top sites cache renders instantly from localStorage. Any fresh data fetches happen asynchronously after the page is already visible.

Extended Page is built for Google Chrome but should work in most Chromium-based browsers like Brave, Edge, or Vivaldi. Full compatibility is not guaranteed for all features.

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