Simple

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Chrome extension that shows the current time and weather on the new tab screen

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Replace new tab screen with current time and weather sourced from OpenWeatherMap.org.

Simple replaces your "New Tab" screen with a new one that shows you the current time and the weather, with no tracking, no unnecessary permissions, no BS.

# Update 1.1.0
Added font picker
Minor bug fixes and performance improvements
Add blinky "new stuff" notification

# Update 1.0.12
CSS updates to make the scaling a bit nicer
Add 1hr caching to weather querying so we don't get booted from the weather API :)

# Update 1.0.11
Previous fix for issue causing defaults to override user settings didn't work in some situations, retrying
Allowed clicking off the settings bar to close it so you don't have to hit the X

Latest reviews

John Jaquavious 2024-05-03: It shows me the weather...cool ✔
Dhyey Patel 2024-03-14: Good extension but wish it could save bookmarks
Geet Arora 2024-03-05: Can you add an option to change the style of clock. Like analog style with some watch faces, digital ones with seconds font a bit slimmer etc. Also, option to show how the weather would be of the whole day. Location is buggy. Unable to update it properly and automatic one is wrong. Also, option to add own background or some themes or animations to select from would be nice.
Lee War 2024-02-17: Simple and beautiful!
김선비 2022-03-09: Weather doesn't work for asian country
Miguel Garza 2021-08-08: First weather new tab extension I've found that actually works and shows a 5-day forecast immediately.
Miguel Garza 2021-08-08: First weather new tab extension I've found that actually works and shows a 5-day forecast immediately.
Paternoster Hamburg 2021-05-05: Das Ding ist gut. Uhrzeit wird mit Stil angezeigt und der Hintergrund wechselt auch nach dem Wetter entsprechend.
Luke 2021-02-28: Currently recently changed their "Starry Night" theme to a more photorealistic one. If you can add a theme similar to the old Starry Night that would be amazing.
Luke 2021-02-28: Currently recently changed their "Starry Night" theme to a more photorealistic one. If you can add a theme similar to the old Starry Night that would be amazing.
Wil Knight 2020-12-18: it never showed up its just shows a grey page please help im using windows xp or NT5.1 chromium
Wil Knight 2020-12-18: it never showed up its just shows a grey page please help im using windows xp or NT5.1 chromium
Jade Creppel 2020-11-05: good for when a storm is about to come
Jade Creppel 2020-11-05: good for when a storm is about to come
Clowned64 2020-10-07: My only complaints are that you can't mix the fonts the same way you can with the colors, with two different types, and that the search bar in the middle is gone. Other than that, it's awesome!
Clowned64 2020-10-07: My only complaints are that you can't mix the fonts the same way you can with the colors, with two different types, and that the search bar in the middle is gone. Other than that, it's awesome!
Kenneth Bull 2020-03-27: Doesn't seem to work outside united states (wants a zip code for location)
Kenneth Bull 2020-03-27: Doesn't seem to work outside united states (wants a zip code for location)
Bruce Cox 2020-03-16: It is really great!
Bruce Cox 2020-03-16: It is really great!
Misty Blue 2019-11-17: I have been looking for something like this it is wonderful best of the best tried others so honestly this is just what I need I am retired and everyday seems the same this helps me be aware Thank YOi
Misty Blue 2019-11-17: I have been looking for something like this it is wonderful best of the best tried others so honestly this is just what I need I am retired and everyday seems the same this helps me be aware Thank YOi
Jaden Valerio 2019-10-22: Great extension to make your new tabs look cleaner!
Jaden Valerio 2019-10-22: Great extension to make your new tabs look cleaner!
Kevin Hargraves 2019-10-09: It was a great extension until just a few days ago. Each time I turn my laptop back on the background color goes away that I had it set to manually and temp units changes to metric (c) as well. I don't live in Canada. The location always stays the same so it's not like it putting me in the wrong location to not have Imperial (f). I know see no point of even keeping this anymore unless a fix will happen
Kevin Hargraves 2019-10-09: It was a great extension until just a few days ago. Each time I turn my laptop back on the background color goes away that I had it set to manually and temp units changes to metric (c) as well. I don't live in Canada. The location always stays the same so it's not like it putting me in the wrong location to not have Imperial (f). I know see no point of even keeping this anymore unless a fix will happen
Marcos M. Mendonça 2019-09-05: I like it, but there is a problem with the font. It looks good only in full screen. When you shrink the browser, it becomes unreadable.
Marcos M. Mendonça 2019-09-05: I like it, but there is a problem with the font. It looks good only in full screen. When you shrink the browser, it becomes unreadable.
Dennis Tipene Edwards 2019-08-03: I am rating this extension with 3 stars. It has yet to convince me otherwise, twice I added the Simple mod from the web store... the first time I made simple changes to my location etc, then next minute all on-screen data disappeared, leaving only the current time on display. I soon drop kicked it from my extension library only to realise that if I wanted to rate this extension, I had to re-add it back to my library. So, to cut a long story short "It was OK" 3 stars.
Dennis Tipene Edwards 2019-08-03: I am rating this extension with 3 stars. It has yet to convince me otherwise, twice I added the Simple mod from the web store... the first time I made simple changes to my location etc, then next minute all on-screen data disappeared, leaving only the current time on display. I soon drop kicked it from my extension library only to realise that if I wanted to rate this extension, I had to re-add it back to my library. So, to cut a long story short "It was OK" 3 stars.
Skeeter Saurus 2019-05-22: While I really like the 'use the opened tab' to show your weather, temp and forecast...there is one MAJOR ERROR that you'd think would be corrected...and has not been! When you open a new tab, and the day and weekly forecast are displayed, your 'HIGH TEMPERATURE' for the day shows a number for the HIGH that is NOT the forecast high, at all, yet it climbs all day! Yet, all future days shown DO show the forecast highs! An example: forecast for today is 90/55...but the screen at 7-AM will show '70/55' for today's forecast (other days are 88/57, 89/58, 90/61, 89/52)....then, you open a tab at 10-AM and it will show today's high forecast of 83/55 (with current temperature of 80). So, I'm NOT sure where it's getting it's 'current day high forecast temperature' from, but it IS NOT ACCURATE. Other than that, the app works great.
Skeeter Saurus 2019-05-22: While I really like the 'use the opened tab' to show your weather, temp and forecast...there is one MAJOR ERROR that you'd think would be corrected...and has not been! When you open a new tab, and the day and weekly forecast are displayed, your 'HIGH TEMPERATURE' for the day shows a number for the HIGH that is NOT the forecast high, at all, yet it climbs all day! Yet, all future days shown DO show the forecast highs! An example: forecast for today is 90/55...but the screen at 7-AM will show '70/55' for today's forecast (other days are 88/57, 89/58, 90/61, 89/52)....then, you open a tab at 10-AM and it will show today's high forecast of 83/55 (with current temperature of 80). So, I'm NOT sure where it's getting it's 'current day high forecast temperature' from, but it IS NOT ACCURATE. Other than that, the app works great.
Anonymous 2019-03-29: Used this after using Currently. Almost perfect replacement. Wish the font was a little crisper and that it showed the time/temp in the tab title.
Damion Gomez 2019-03-27: Currently is dead. Long live Simple! Doesn't ask for sketchy permissions. Displays local time, temperature, weather forecast for the week quickly and without errors. Nice addon!
Damion Gomez 2019-03-27: Currently is dead. Long live Simple! Doesn't ask for sketchy permissions. Displays local time, temperature, weather forecast for the week quickly and without errors. Nice addon!
E C 2018-11-15: Great replacement for "Currently." The only thing that could improve it is custom font.
E C 2018-11-15: Great replacement for "Currently." The only thing that could improve it is custom font.
Tony Miller 2018-11-09: Found the link to this from the author's comment in the Currently extension's reviews. After that one has effectively died due to no longer handling weather properly and adding suspicious, this is an excellent replacement. Thanks to the author for building it!
Tony Miller 2018-11-09: Found the link to this from the author's comment in the Currently extension's reviews. After that one has effectively died due to no longer handling weather properly and adding suspicious, this is an excellent replacement. Thanks to the author for building it!
Bryce Dunn 2018-10-31: A great replacement for Currently after all the trouble they had with asking for permissions
Bryce Dunn 2018-10-31: A great replacement for Currently after all the trouble they had with asking for permissions
Alex Karcher 2018-10-23: It's a bit less polished than it's precursor Currently, but it works the same and loads very quickly. I'd just move the time/weather to be in the center of the screen and add a little animation when the weather is displayed after loading and it would be perfect! I'm also personally a bigger fan of Helvetica Nue Ultralight as the font as opposed to OpenSans Light.
Alex Karcher 2018-10-23: It's a bit less polished than it's precursor Currently, but it works the same and loads very quickly. I'd just move the time/weather to be in the center of the screen and add a little animation when the weather is displayed after loading and it would be perfect! I'm also personally a bigger fan of Helvetica Nue Ultralight as the font as opposed to OpenSans Light.
Kevin Walter 2018-10-23: Great for local weather and time, actually makes the default tab useful!
Kevin Walter 2018-10-23: Great for local weather and time, actually makes the default tab useful!

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