Many browser developers have started to fill the new tab page with life, usually a collection of favorite websites but sometimes more than that. The idea is to offer the user quicker access to often used services and websites.
Desktop is a Firefox add-on that takes the concept a step further by offering to create a fully customized new tab page. Firefox users can add three elements to the page, they are:
- Thumbnails that point to websites or files
- Folders that can contain thumbnails and search
- A Google Search form
Thumbnails are the main elements that are added to the new tab page, either directly or in subfolders to save space. It is possible to enter a website url aided by bookmark suggestions or a file from the local computer system. Thumbnails are automatically generated and displayed on the screen.
It is then possible to move the thumbnails freely around on the screen. They will stick to the grid easily and can be resized to fit the overall design.
Folders basically add another layer to the new tab page. A double-click on a folder leads to its own grid with options to add, align and resize thumbnails there.
A double-click on a thumbnail loads the website or file in the active tab, a middle-click in a new tab.
Users can add a background image from their local PC to the new tab page if they want. Desktop is a promising add-on. It lacks a few features like the ability to browse the bookmarks directly or add a bookmark folder to the new tab page directly. It would also be nice if additional search providers would be added to the add-on.
Lastly the addition of dynamic contents like RSS feeds or news would be welcome.
Firefox users who want to try out Desktop can install the add-on directly from the official Mozilla Firefox add-on repository.
Update: The add-on has been removed from Mozilla.
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Hoi Martin, I think that I am doing something horrible wrong this because only when i have a picture, from something like 600 kb is possible to get it to fit the background as one picture. A larger format blows up the detail too much, so you a looking at a particle piece from the picture. When you use a smaller size picture, say 200 kb, you getting 4 or more pictures as a background.
Do you know how to get all sizes ( the large sizes would be ferry nice) fitted to one pictures as background?
I actually have only used it with one background picture that had a size of 400k and a resolution of 1680×1120 and it looked great. I remember that there was a setting to configure the background image, whether it should tile or not.
I use Fast Dial. Can’t set background picture but it has the same options as this one :) Maybe I will switch to this after a while or at least give it a try.
I think that I am doing something horrible wrong this because only when i have a picture, from something like 600 kb is possible to get it to fit the background as one picture.
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