Jim Schubert

So... don't do that? I'll add a validation to prevent this.

Adding this feature would increase loading time, which goes against the rules of Chrome newtab override extensions. You could create such an extension locally, though: https://github.com/jimschubert/chrome-random-newtab

@camelCaseCo unfortunately, because this extension uses a redirect, the logic occurs after Chrome clears the bar. You could create a custom newtab extension with your target URL and get this...

@camelCaseCo I took a look at this, and it appears that Chrome no longer allows this behavior. In older versions of the browser, I believe you could define a manifest.json...

@artquest I don't think this would be expected. However, it's controlled by the browser and not by extensions. I _believe_ you can acknowledge this in chrome://settings as well. You'll usually...

I don't fully follow the issue here, can you please explain how this score might affect anything in this extension? I'd be happy to look into it given an example...

I don't know how many users will actually see CRXcavator results. Tech savvy users may not even click the link. I wouldn't personally ever click a link with "excavator" as...

The problem is that extensions don't have a way to hook into the startup page or to know that Chrome just started. At least, I haven't seen anything like that....

I'll have to download the source again. Last time I looked, it seemed like there were a few workflows to open pages. For instance, one route would attach to the...

Do you have another extension installed which overrides the new tab page? The browser acts crazy sometimes when there's more than one override.