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New Tab Fortune

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Description from extension meta

Replaces the New Tab page with a random unix fortune.

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New Tab Fortune
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Remember the good old Unix Fortune command? This extension shows you a random fortune message each time you open a new tab.

Version 1.3:
Added dark mode option.

Version 1.2:
Added ability to enter your own custom fortune files. Data is now stored across synced browsers.

Version 1.1:
Adds fortunes from Calvin & Hobbes, Chuck Norris, Simpsons Chalkboard, Disc World, Family Guy, Forest Gump, Firefly, Futurama, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Homer Simpson, Star Wars, and X-Files

Version 1.0:
Contains fortunes from fortune-mod_1.99.1 via Debian

Want to see more fortunes? Contact me with more fortune files.

Code licensed under MIT, some fortune files under GPL

Latest reviews

Tsm Rdog
i love it
Cyber Training
i was wishing for fortune on windows for ages, now I have it, thanks!
Cyber Training
i was wishing for fortune on windows for ages, now I have it, thanks!
Elektron Korobase
Very cool but size is limited on custom fortunes...
Elektron Korobase
Very cool but size is limited on custom fortunes...
Badri “Hippo” Sunderarajan
It's very useful when I want to see a fortune on a Windows machine. Only, I would prefer it if it only _added_ it to the New Tab and didn't _replace_ the shortcuts already there.
Badri “Hippo” Sunderarajan
It's very useful when I want to see a fortune on a Windows machine. Only, I would prefer it if it only _added_ it to the New Tab and didn't _replace_ the shortcuts already there.