root-new-tab Autor: Kaushik Naik

Key Features:

Weather Dashboard: Displays real-time weather conditions and temperature for the user's configured location, fetched from the Open-Meteo API.
Productivity Tools: Includes a built-in Todo list for task management and a notepad for quick scratchpad notes. Data is persisted locally using the browser's storage API.
Hacker News Integration: Fetches and displays top stories from Hacker News via the Firebase API, allowing users to stay updated with tech news directly from their new tab.
Customizable Dock: A bottom dock that allows users to add, remove, and manage shortcuts to their most frequently visited websites.
Personalization: Users can customize their experience with Light/Dark themes, temperature units (Celsius/Fahrenheit), and time formats (12h/24h).
Permissions Usage:

storage: This permission is used solely to save user preferences (theme, location, name), tasks, notes, and shortcut configurations locally within the user's browser. No personal data is transmitted to external servers for tracking or analytics.
External Connections:

api.open-meteo.com: Used to fetch weather data based on the user's city.
hacker-news.firebaseio.com: Used to retrieve top stories for the news widget.
zenquotes.io: Used to fetch daily inspirational quotes.