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Blank new tab to prevent chrome from slowing down whenever you open a new tab and type stuff into the address bar, taking ages of latency to reflect keyboard strokes

New Tab

Load a simple and blank new tab for google chrome.

Installation

  1. Download and extract this extension or clone via command-line
  2. in chrome://extensions/, enable developer mode, then click Load unpacked extensions
  3. Select the folder which you just cloned or downloaded.
{
"name": "New Tab",
"version": "1.0",
"description": "Load a simple and blank new tab for google chrome.",
"manifest_version": 3,
"chrome_url_overrides": {
"newtab": "./tab.html"
}
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<style type="text/css">
html {
background-color: #fbfbfb;
height: 100%;
}
@media ( prefers-color-scheme: dark ) {
html { background-color: #3c3c3c }
}
</style>
</head>
<body></body>
</html>
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