Reviews for New Tab Override
New Tab Override by Sören Hentzschel
74 reviews
- Rated 1 out of 5by Kay, 3 months agoSet a dark new tab page, for some reason during the already sluggish feeling redirect, the extension flashbangs my eyes with a wall of white every time. Seemingly no option to change that, doesn't happen when redirecting an existing tab to the wanted page, nor with other new tab apps.
Edit: Sad to see the dev rage at the review instead of fixing the issue - I'd have been happy to change the review had my issues been fixed (or one of them, to merit a change at least), now I'm just highly motivated to find a way to turn reply updates off and never touch the extension again. I get you're likely underpaid or not paid at all for this, but neither am I paid to be your bug tester.
Yes, I think I'll use the review function how it's meant to be used, to notify people who look at the reviews about the app's downsides.
I have nothing against you personally. The extension was frustrating and a waste of time to try to make work as desired, which I nonetheless believed I could do because of the numerous high reviews. My experience didn't reflect that. The statistical point of user reviews isn't to rate 5 stars because while it sucked for me it might work for other people - I'm sure it does.Developer response
posted 3 months agoSo the add-on works in general and there is only a visual annoyance for you, nothing else. And still you think instead of reporting an issue to me so that I can investigate and try to fix it you should rate this add-on with the worst rating that is possible. Bummer. Very frustrating for developers who spend their spare time to offer free extensions to other users. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 17775966, 4 months agodoesn't let you use the firefox homepage as the new tab page
Developer response
posted 4 months agoThis is neither possible for a WebExtension nor necessary. It's a built-in feature of Firefo to use the Firefox home page as new tab page. Therefore it's inappropriate to give a bad rating for this add-on. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14005394, 9 months agoIt's broken again. Stopped working yet again in SEPT 2022. Does absolutely nothing. New tab focus remains on URL/search field rather than on webpage as set. Does not use selected/desired page for new tabs any longer. Settings are different depending on which ones you open and where you open them. Makes no sense. Bad app. Rarely works. If FF/Mozilla allows it why do they constantly fight each other?
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 17550613, 9 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by caltrop, 10 months agodoes not work especially with a local HTML page, which gets all mucked up
Developer response
posted 10 months agoThis is not true at all. The extension works exactly as described. For local HTML pages there are restriction that are not New Tab Override's fault. But it's described within the add-on. The add-on also describes a workaround that works like a charm. So please be fair and don't give bad rating for things that are not the add-on's fault. - Rated 1 out of 5by hgm, 10 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by 謝哈哈, a year ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by hagrid22, a year agoThis extension disabled my WiFi over a reboot, so uninstalled! Linux Mint 20
- Rated 1 out of 5by Zarathustra420, a year agoMy experience with this add-on is horrible. When I first started the add-on, it went to settings. For some strange reason, the developer makes it incredibly difficult to GET BACK TO THE SETTINGS. My new tab goes to either a blank page or the firefox homepage. In firefox settings, the new tab area says that it is controlled by this add-on (new tab override). (I have everything else correct, "custom url" and "new tab override" in the appropriate places.) Unfortunately, the only way to change the new tab page is to get back to settings. THEY SAY all you have to do is press Shift + F12 to get to settings. That couldn't be less true, at least for me. It goes to the standard F12 html debug window. Then they say that, "it is also possible to open the settings interface by entering newtab settings in the address bar or from the menu entry in the tools menu). I was able to do that once, then it disappeared! You'd think that he would have a link to get to settings or there would be an easy way to change this SINCE IT'S THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF THE ADD-ON. Very frustrating. I see why only 78,000 people could stick with it. When it works, it's great. Problem is: it only works when you first set it up. There isn't any new tab icon anymore, I have no idea why it disappeared. It's probably Norton or something, I have no idea. It's quite frustrating. Avoid the frustration--that's my advice. Oh yeah, the icon on the taskbar USED TO ALLOW ACCESS. It disappeared, too. It's glitchy as heck and not worth the trouble. Avoid.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14429387, a year ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by balls, a year ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by BullFrog, a year agoEven after changing color, it pops up white shining through the night and just after that colors the tab black.
- Rated 1 out of 5by igochev, a year ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 17155851, 2 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by monnot, 2 years agoJe n'arrive pas à avoir la traduction directe, instantanée de pages entières. Que dois-je faire ? MERCI de me répondre.Ce que j'ai essayé de faire, c'est pas "TOP" : il faut recopier toute la page, c'est "DUR DUR DUR" C'est trop compliqué pour moi. Il doit y avoir une astuce pour traduire instantanément tous les textes complets, sans les réécrire. Expliquer moi. MERCI
- Rated 1 out of 5by SiCo, 2 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by dAVID, 2 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14631837, 2 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Davis Tubre, 2 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by The_Blinded, 2 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by mtsoltan, 2 years agoI cannot set a moz-extension:// url as the new-tab page. It auto-adds http:// to the start of it.
This defeated the purpose of installing this extension in the first place, therefore the 1-star. - Rated 1 out of 5by Hobbygärtner, 2 years agoNew Tab Override wurde von mir 2x installiert und beide Male liessen sich die Einstellungen auf keine der angegebenen Weise öffnen. Ausserdem enthält das Addon Berechtigungen die mittels Haken aktiviert sind und sich nicht ändern lassen. Ob die Berechtigungen optional abgefragt werden oder nicht ist mir egal aber ich habe keinen Einfluss darauf. Da ich also keine Einstellungen am Addon vornehmen kann ist es "FÜR MICH" völlig unbrauchbar und erhält demzufolge auch nur einen Stern. Die Betätigung der Strg-Taste und das Anklicken des Homebuttons machen genau das was ich will, einen neuen Tab mit meiner Startseite öffnen.
Developer response
posted 2 years agoIch habe es dir bereits erklärt: Dieses Add-on fragt ausschließlich technisch notwendige Berechtigungen verpflichtend an und sämtliche Berechtigungen sind in der Beschreibung des Add-ons dokumentiert. Ich biete hier volle Transparenz und es gibt keinen Anlass, mich dafür schlecht zu bewerten. Wenn du Fragen zu den Berechtigungen hast oder nicht verstehst, wieso welche Berechtigung verlangt wird, gibt es viele Wege, über die du mich kontaktieren kannst. Dann erkläre ich dir das gerne. Aber Unterstellungen, selbst angedeutete, sind nicht okay.
Zum anderen: Diese Erweiterung hat knapp 70.000 Nutzer und du bist der erste und einzige, der behauptet, die Erweiterung würde gar nicht funktionieren. Auch hier: Kontaktiere mich, wenn du Hilfe brauchst. Gib nicht einfach eine schlechte Bewertung, nur weil du ein Problem mit der Erweiterung hast. Dass die Erweiterung funktioniert, weiß ich ganz genau. Und das beweisen ja auch die anderen Reviews. Aber Bewertungen hier auf der Seite sind kein geeigneter Ort für Support. Support biete ich kostenlos an, nimm das Angebot gerne an. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15569564, 2 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 16867856, 2 years ago