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SquarePage

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ncklgdfggnihgccignllhlgffofjanlk
Description from extension meta

Customize your Start Page and New Tab page with live backgrounds, shortcuts and widgets; like weather, wallpapers and much more!

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SquarePage
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FEATURES:
★ Fully customizable start page
★ Create many pages to group shortcuts and widgets
★ Use HEX color codes for custom backgrounds
★ Dozens of HD background images
★ Upload your own custom backgrounds
★ Animated and Interactive backgrounds
★ Dark Mode
★ Add Widgets, like weather, notes, calculator, and much more!
★ Add & Move Shortcuts anywhere on the page
★ Select from a shortcut library, including over 100+ popular sites
★ Customize the shortcut icons by choosing a library of icons and colors
★ Search engine customization (Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Wikipedia...)
★ Open links or search results in new tabs
★ Hide shortcuts or the search box (for the minimalist)

★NEW★ Add your own custom search provider!

"It's like a desktop experience for your browser!" – Anonymous

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If you have a feature request, please feel free to send us a feedback message via the settings window, we look forward to improving your experience.

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This extension will replace your new tab with a customized Start Page and will open your start page when the browser is launched (you can customize these options in settings)

You can remove or disable the extension at any time.

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CHANGELOG: (shows most recent changes)

## [5.0.0] - 2021-04-24

### Changed
* Updated Extension Store links
* Updated data to version 2 (using new widget repository format)
* Can only sync data from version 4 and above
* Improved styling of page create overlay/icons and theming
* Improved input fields
* URL Suggestions now have arrow like wikipedia
* Reduced size of background and add widget buttons
* Misc/minor design changes

### Fixed
* Fixed issue where syncing data could cause it to merge and keep existing pages
* Fixed text shadows on animated squares with light mode
* Fixed todo list issue with unable to remove items
* Fixed field inputs on darkmode where the text was unreadable
* Fixed removed the "remove" button from create shortcut overlay
* Fixed shortcut overlay now resets fields when opened each time
* Fixed notes widget header color (now matches selected color)

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## [4.11.0] - 2021-04-20

### Changed
* Improved light-mode square background
* Improved square background performance
* Improved widget/shortcut menu icon for dark/light modes
* Tint background feature now on by default for all image/video backgrounds
* Removed tint feature option from settings

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## [4.10.0] - 2021-04-16

### Added
* Type animations for search box, with hide animation options restored from past settings
* Added darkmode detect on by users system settings with new users
* Added new search provider Ecosia based on user requests

### Changed
* Square animated background now works with dark mode
* Changed search box to show only light mode even while in dark
* Adding new blank page uses the new square animation background by default
* New users will start with new square animated backgrounds (+darkmode system setting)
* Welcome page now shows the new square animated background
* Pushing up search box on search-only page by 130px to give space for suggestions
* Search widget now has an edit button to make it easier for users to customize

### Fixed
* New blur/tint features now work with animated backgrounds
* Fixed any issues if theme was not defined on page

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## [4.9.1] - 2021-04-14

### Added
* New page presets, Blank, Standard, Minimal, and Productive
* Added new light/dark mode page preset icons
* Added new beta feature for blur effect on background images
* Added new beta feature for tint effect on background images
* Added new beta feature for page scrolling (and transparent scrollbars)

### Changed
* If dark mode is set, it will be carried over when creating a new page
* Creating page overlay now persistent so you dont accidentally click off

### Fixed
* Fixed New page name now uses the correct number by default
* Fixed creating page steps so you cant go back to 1 or 2 if page has been created
* Fixed issue in settings for pages not registering new changes when adding or deleting pages.
* Potential fix for loading widgets on page with a min width/height of box

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## [4.8.0] - 2021-03-30

### Added
* Added new calculator widget
* Ability to change widget (replace) on the search-only page
* Search-only page widget overlay will now show you which widget you currently use

### Changed
* Maps widget can now be optional on either field, but needs one field to run

### Fixed
* Fixed issue where widget on search page still had the resize placeholder

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By adding this extension, you agree to our privacy policy available at https://squarestartpage.com/privacy

By adding this extension, you agree to our terms of service available at https://squarestartpage.com/terms

If you have questions or feedback, you can contact us here
https://squarestartpage.com/contact

If you need help removing or resetting the Start Page, follow these steps:
https://squarestartpage.com/faq/remove

Latest reviews

Aung
It's been a month since I started using this extension. For those thinking of installing this extension, I'd say just do it. You won't regret it. However, I would like to suggest/ request some improvements from the developer. * Add a built-in timer/reminder for notes. * A website icon should appear when you save a shortcut similar to the way it appears when you bookmark a page in the browser. (important) * When you are on the homepage or new tab, the address bar should be empty/clean instead of it filled up with messy extension URLs. It makes it difficult for user to put queries inside the address bar when the user wants to search something or go to a website. (important) * Add basic text formatting features such as highlight, underline, strikethrough, italic, bold, bullets. (important)
keter
This is just perfect. It is straightforward, user-friendly, and has pretty much everything. 5 stars. 🎇🎇🎇🎇🎇
Pratik
New tab doesn't focus on the address bar, its supper annoying. always this code : extension://ncklgdfggnihgccignllhlgffofjanlk/index.html?r=start and copying and restoring on another laptop does not have this problem. tried turning off " new tab focus on search box". worked for 1st new tab and resets and automatically turned on. not prevalent on other computer
B23648
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e38224
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e38223
终于找到一个可以免费看谷歌和youtube的扩展了 直接搜索 ilink网络加速器 请叫我雷锋
B23648
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Devon
This one is promising. Better than the other custom dashboards. I can move stuff around with my mouse instead of having to type in all the boundaries. The only issue is it won't let me upload my own background pictures. If you fix this, I will come back and rate it 5 STARS.
Julian
Was great, then all the shortcut icons vanished, Followed all FAQ articles and logged a call to the developer, but never a response. Functionality great but support is missing therefore time to dump!
Kimi
壁纸非常nice,就是怎么更改默认搜索引擎啊,p.s.大陆用不了谷歌
Taha
The extension broke down recently. Pinned site icons are no longer showing. Emailed the dev but so far there has been no response. Have no choice but to uninstall.
Roman
The best start page i've every seen. But really sad story that I can't change Icon of the site shortcut. And many of them is not updated automatically, even popular ones (like YouTube, GoogleMaps, GitLab) and many others. Please add the ability to use own icons for sites shortcuts, that would make this start page just perfect.
DELL
Tôi không thể upload ảnh của mình nên
一直在用,但是现在无法自定义背景图片了。
islam
it's very good addon
Agustin
This thing is awesome. I have tried many startup pages and all have issues. This one is stable, which is to say a lot. Reads really well the icon's logos when adding custom ones. And the productive page type is meant to be a desktop. I have tried the homey, all diy pages and others. Curiously this one, the quiet one with one review is the one.