Replaces the New Tab page with a random unix fortune.
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
- (2018-03-06) Tsm Rdog: i love it
- (2016-03-03) Cyber Training: i was wishing for fortune on windows for ages, now I have it, thanks!
- (2013-08-29) Elektron Korobase: Very cool but size is limited on custom fortunes...
- (2013-05-23) 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.
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32
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Rating
3.2857 (7 votes)
Last update / version
2020-01-17 / 1.3.0
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