NovaTab — Mersad Shahidi

NovaTab – A Modern, Focus-First New Tab Experience

NovaTab is a thoughtfully crafted new tab extension built for users who care about focus, productivity, and visual harmony.
Every detail has been redesigned with consistency, smooth animations, and real daily usability in mind.

Whether you want to stay productive, reduce distractions, or simply enjoy a beautiful start page, NovaTab adapts to your workflow.



✨ Core Features

🔍 Smart Search Bar

• Clean and modern search bar with icon-based search engine selection
• Supports powerful slash commands:
• /g — Google
• /b — Bing
• /d — DuckDuckGo
• /gh — GitHub
• Seamless design that stays perfectly aligned with the rest of the UI

🎯 Focus & Deep Focus Modes

Focus Mode

• Visually immersive Zen-style overlay
• Large animated clock centered on the screen
• Background blur with smooth transitions
• All distractions hidden for maximum concentration
• Elegant entrance and exit animations

Deep Focus (Pomodoro)

• Fully localized timer (no language flicker)
• Clean localized numerals throughout
• Designed for long, uninterrupted work sessions

Focus modes are intentionally distraction-free and do not rely on keyboard shortcuts to avoid accidental triggers.

📝 Task Management (To-Do List)

• Add, manage, and complete tasks directly from the new tab
• Scrollable when content grows, without visible scrollbars
• Smooth interactions and consistent visual styling

🌤️ Advanced Weather System

• Modern, minimal yet informative weather widget
• Displays:
• Current conditions with weather icon
• Temperature (current, min/max, feels-like)
• Humidity, wind speed, precipitation probability
• Short-term hourly forecast
• Designed to feel rich without being cluttered

Weather Location Settings

Choose how your location is determined:
1. Manual city selection
2. Automatic location detection
3. Custom latitude & longitude input

Each option includes a confirmation step to ensure accuracy.



⚙️ Fully Styled Settings Panel

• Unified design across all settings sections
• Custom dropdowns and controls with consistent styling
• Available options:
• Default search engine (icon-based)
• Time zone selection
• Weather configuration
• Background & appearance
• Quote widget toggle (on/off)

🕒 Accurate Time & Localization

• Clock synchronized precisely to real time (no drifting)
• Time zone selector with styled dropdown
• Fully localized interface and numerals where applicable

🖼️ High-Quality Dynamic Wallpapers

• Random high-resolution wallpapers
• Optimized for large and small screens
• Carefully balanced for readability and focus

📱 Responsive & Adaptive Design

• Optimized for smaller displays (including 13-inch laptops)
• Prevents overlapping elements
• Maintains layout integrity across resolutions

🎨 Design Philosophy

• Clean, modern, and cohesive visual language
• Carefully chosen icons and spacing
• Smooth, subtle animations — never distracting
• Everything feels like one complete system

📖 Built-in Guide

• Updated help section covering:
• All features
• Search commands
• Focus modes
• Settings and customization options

✅ Why NovaTab?

• No clutter. No unnecessary noise.
• Designed with a front-end-first mindset
• A balance between beauty, performance, and focus
• Built to feel complete, not experimental