{
  "id": 5691295,
  "title": "I got tired of cluttered New Tab pages, so I built my own.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/i-got-tired-of-cluttered-new-tab-pages-so-i-built-my-own",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-05T01:43:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/ziad_shalaby_99b9e9593218/i-got-tired-of-cluttered-new-tab-pages-so-i-built-my-own-i5f"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "My browser's New Tab page was feeling cluttered and overburdened. Despite having news, weather, quotes, to-do lists, and a dashboard full of widgets, it still wasn't delivering the one thing I truly desired - my frequently visited websites, neatly organized according to my preference, easily accessible without any unnecessary distractions. I scoured the internet for existing extensions, but found them all plagued by similar issues: more features equated to more widgets, leading to visual clutter. This realization sparked an idea - why not create the New Tab experience I've always wanted? And so, I did. I built ZS New Tab, a minimalist, speedy, offline-first alternative that prioritizes swift access to your websites. Its core features include a customizable bookmark grid with drag & drop capability, custom background images, auto-fetching of favicons along with support for custom icon uploads, search options powered by Google, DuckDuckGo, Brave, and Bing, customizable rows and columns, multiple pages navigable via mouse-wheel or arrow keys, keyboard shortcuts, a clean dark UI. Importantly, it doesn't require any account, nor does it engage in tracking or maintain a backend. Everything functions locally within your browser. The implementation was kept deliberately simple - it's built on plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, without any framework or build process. The aim wasn't to craft the most feature-rich New Tab, but rather one that remains inconspicuous. ZS New Tab is open source and available for manual installation through Chrome's developer mode. You can find it on GitHub: https://github.com/ziadshalaby00/ZS-New-Tab.",
  "summary": "For a while, I kept feeling that my browser's New Tab page was doing too much — but somehow still wasn't doing the one thing I actually wanted. I don't need news, weather, quotes, to-do lists, or a dashboard full of widgets every time I open a new tab. Most of the time, I just want my websites . The sites I visit every day, organized exactly how I want them, easy to access, without a bunch of…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}