Browser extensions that customize the new tab page aim to enhance productivity and provide a personalized browsing launchpad. For users seeking alternatives to extensions like Homey, which offer features such as customizable dashboards, widgets, and quick access to information, several notable options exist.
Infinity New Tab
Infinity New Tab offers a highly customizable new tab experience, allowing users to transform their default browser page into a personalized productivity hub. It emphasizes visual appeal and functional versatility.
- Icon-based access: Add frequently visited websites as beautifully designed icons.
- Widget integration: Includes widgets for weather, to-do lists, notes, bookmarks, and browsing history.
- Customization: Extensive options for background images (HD wallpapers, personal uploads), icon styles, layout, and search engine preferences.
- Cloud synchronization: Syncs data and settings across devices.
Infinity New Tab provides a dashboard-like feel similar to Homey, with a strong focus on quick access to user-defined apps and information.
Momentum
Momentum is a widely recognized new tab replacement designed to offer a calm and focused environment. While its approach is slightly different, it shares the goal of making the new tab more useful.
- Inspirational visuals: Displays a new inspiring photo and quote daily.
- Productivity tools: Features a primary "main focus for the day" prompt, a to-do list manager, and current weather information.
- Quick links: Provides access to bookmarks and frequently visited sites.
- Minimalist design: Emphasizes simplicity and reducing distractions.
Momentum enhances the new tab with essential productivity elements and a focus on daily goals, appealing to users who appreciate a more streamlined yet functional start page.
Tabliss
Tabliss offers a tranquil and highly customizable new tab page experience. It focuses on providing beautiful backgrounds and configurable widgets to suit individual preferences.
- Stunning backgrounds: Sources high-resolution images from various providers or allows custom uploads.
- Widget variety: Offers a range of widgets including clocks, weather forecasts, to-do lists, quick links, search bars, greeting messages, and custom CSS.
- Minimalist by nature: Starts with a clean slate, allowing users to add only the elements they need.
- Lightweight and fast: Designed to be performant and not bog down browser startup.
Tabliss provides a flexible alternative, enabling users to build their ideal new tab page from a minimalist foundation with powerful widget capabilities, akin to Homey's customization potential but with a different aesthetic emphasis.
