The new tab page of the Google Chrome browser offers little options to change layout or contents. The page displays the bookmarks bar, web apps, most visited websites and recently closed sites. Users who want to change the layout need to install extensions to do so. One of the extensions available is New Tab Redirect.
The extension basically allows the Chrome user to change the new tab page to a local or remote location. It is for instance possible to select the homepage of your favorite tech blog Ghacks, Facebook, Google Mail, a custom start page like iGoogle or Netvibes or a local page with custom links as the starting page.
You need to configure the extension after installation. This is done with a click on the Wrench icon in the Chrome interface, and the selection of Tools > Extensions from the context menu.
Locate New Tab Redirect under Extensions and click the Options link to open the extension’s options.
You can enter a location right away and click the Save button to set the new start page. The program suggests original Chrome pages and popular pages that you can add as the new tab page as well. Among them Downloads, memory, version or bookmarks.
Remote urls can be entered right away, local files need to start with the file:// protocol followed by the full file path and file name on the system, for example file://C:\example.html to load example.html whenever a new tab page opens.
Using a local page has the benefit that it is usually faster to load and without bandwidth requirements than a remote page.
Chrome users who want to change the new tab page in Chrome can install the Chrome extension New Tab Redirect directly from the Chrome web apps store.
It is a handy extension for Chrome users who want more customization when it comes to the new tab page of their browser.
Firefox users can take a closer look at New Tab King or New Tab Homepage for customizations for their web browser.
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