Blank New Tab
Use a blank page as your new tab page.
Blank New Tab - Simple Firefox Add-on for Blank New Tabs
'Blank New Tab' is a user-friendly and lightweight Firefox add-on. Its main function is to change your new tab page to 'about:blank', eliminating the usual thumbnails and search box. No additional settings are needed to use this add-on. However, if you are using Firefox 61 or above, you can easily set your 'New tabs' to 'Blank Page' through Firefox's own Settings, rendering this add-on unnecessary.
Add-on stats
Manifest V2 Overrides new tab
Weekly download count: 26
Firefox on Android: No
Size: 7.94K
Full description: See detailed description
Ranking
# 3,214
Other platforms
Not available on Chrome
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge
User reviews
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Simple and effective at providing a blank new tab
- Allows immediate focus on the search bar when opening a new tab
- Does not display history, maintaining privacy in shared environments
- Does not require any unnecessary permissions
- Restores blank tabs upon reopening Firefox
Cons
- Minor delay before the URL bar is ready for typing
- Flashes a 'moz://' URL briefly when opening a new tab
- Does not override the new tab page when opening a new window
- Could benefit from a customizable background color option
- Some users experienced issues with graphics buffers affecting performance
Most mentioned
- Works as advertised
- Provides a truly blank new tab
- Immediate access to the address bar
- Privacy in shared environments
- Potential graphical issues when opening new tabs
User reviews
by 退出中共邪教党团队保命, 2025-02-24
It can still be useful to have this add-on using Firefox 61+. Recent versions of Firefox have the about:newtab page as new tab. With this add-on it is replaced by about:blank. This allows me to work with mouse gestures on new tabs (using Gesturefy add-on). Thanks!
by flo, 2023-07-20
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Blank New Tab requires very minimum permissions.
Risk impact analysis details
- Medium Can alter new tab settings; fairly benign but with some capability to affect user experience.
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Risk likelihood
We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Blank New Tab. Use it at your own risk.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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