Nozy-NT

Nice Cozy New Tab is a highly customizable minimalist new tab extension for chrome

Install

• Click to download the extension:
• Unzip it.
• Head to chrome://extensions and enable developer mode.
• Click load unpacked and select the unzipped folder.

Customizations

Best way to explore the customizations is by downloading the extension and heading to the settings panel by clicking the settings icon at the bottom right corner. However if you are more of a text person below are the list of things that can be customized.

• General
  • Tab name
  • Tab favicon
• Favorites
  • Toggle on/off favorites
  • Toggle on/off add button
  • Select layout (column / row)
  • Favorties postion horizontally and vertically (adjusted via sliders).
• Search
  • Search url: Uses https://search.mydomain.com/?q={query} format. As long as your url is syntactically valid and has the {query} identifier in it, you can use anything.
  • Search bar width
  • Search bar postion horizontally and vertically (adjusted via sliders).
• Background
  • Enable / Disable background (forces to use colored background)
  • Background brightness
  • Background quality cap: in which resolution the background(images only) should be saved. recommended is 1080p
  • Max file size of background media (default at 50mb and hard capped at 250mb)
  • Static / Animated background via either local file or url
• Theme
  • Enable themes: This unlocks custom themes. Click on "Browse Themes" to explore themes
  • Background color
  • Text color
  • Highlight color
  • Export current theme (little download icon next to extension name. only appears if any changes has been made to the current theme)
• Clock
  • Show / Hide clock
  • Show / Hide date
  • Adjust clock size
  • Clock postion horizontally and vertically (adjusted via sliders).
• Font
  • Font change using url and font family fields (same as you'd do in css)

Theming

This extension supports theming via theming API. It comes with set of themes made by me which will be shown under "Included" section in theme browser panel. See all available themes here

To install community themes:

• Move the theme folder starting with "nnt-" prefix inside the themes directory.
• Add entry to it via themes/community_themes.json.
• Enable custom themes inside the "Browse Themes" panel.

See more info here.

Warning

This entire extension has been fully vibe-coded using copilot via heavily guided specific prompts. Use it at your own risk.