New Tab Redirect Chrome Extension Analysis
Tab & Bookmark ProductivityChrome extension ID: icpgjfneehieebagbmdbhnlpiopdcmna
A browser extension that redirects the new tab page to a user-specified destination, including internal Chrome pages, popular websites, or local HTML files. It provides a straightforward way to customize the browser's landing experience upon opening a new tab.
Overview
Installs
700K+
Rating
★ 4.1
3,190 reviews
Languages
1 locales
Includes English (United States)
Market analysis
Review-backed positioning, friction, and market signals for this Chrome extension.
Macro category
Tab & Bookmark Productivity
Pricing friction
Low review signal
Complaint intensity
High review signal
Listing positioning
The product is positioned as a simple utility that allows users to replace the default Chrome new tab page with a custom URL or local file. It explicitly notes that it is not a homepage replacement and acknowledges a technical limitation regarding address bar focus.
Inferred product pattern
A utility tool that started as a minimal-permission redirector but faced significant user backlash after expanding its requested permission scope.
Review-backed pain points
Users express strong frustration over recent updates that requested intrusive permissions (history, bookmarks, apps). Additionally, keyboard users are annoyed that the address bar loses focus after a redirect, requiring a manual mouse click to start typing.
Observed feature gaps
Lack of autofocus for the address bar post-redirect and unreliable synchronization of settings across different browser instances.
- Power users
- Users with custom local dashboards
- Efficiency seekers
- Redirecting new tabs to a specific website
- Loading local HTML files as a start page
- Quick access to internal Chrome system pages
- Simple core functionality
- Effective redirect capabilities
- Excessive permission requests
- Loss of address bar focus
- Broken local file support
- Privacy concerns
- Performance complaints detected
- Privacy complaints detected
- No pricing friction observed as the tool appears to be free.
Support
No direct support complaints, though users are directed to GitHub for bug reporting.
Reliability
Users report the extension stopping work after updates, failure to load local files, and instances of it breaking PDF plugin functionality.
Privacy
Severe concerns regarding 'massive intrusion' and an increase in requested permissions that users feel are unnecessary for the tool's core function.
- Free usage observed
- No account requirement observed
- Free plan or free usage claimed
Store listing facts
- Screenshots: 2
- Videos: 0
- Languages: 1
- Developer contact
- Version: 3.1.6
- Size: 1.52MiB
- Last updated:
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