[Suggestion] Psuedo new-tab minimal experience with a random shot.

[mroosa]

I remember talking to someone a while back about the plausibility of a new-tab extension that pulled in Framed HOF images, but thought it would be a great idea for second look too. Personally, I use Tabliss to achieve this, which pulls images from unsplash.com.

The way I can see it working without making a full blown extension, is to make a specific URL, like /new-tab, that incorporates a minimal new tab experience, showing the date/time, user and picture information, possibly with some settings to allow customization.

Tabliss inspired example uploaded.

[Fraulk]

Sounds fun. I'll see when i'll have the time to do it.

But what are ou proposing exactly ?

A link that you can pass to the Tabliss extension to show only the shots, or an actual "new tab experience" that you can set in browser settings ? Both can be done.

[mroosa]

I realized Firefox does not have the option, but Chrome allows you to "open a URL" as a new tab. Obviously a step up would be a full blown extension, but I know that would be a bit more work, while just loading a URL that mimics the new-tab experience would be more straight forward.

[mroosa]

I was using Tabliss as a reference for layout/content. I know there are a bunch of minimal new tab experiences out there, but the main thing most have is a date/time. I figured something similar could work for showing off second look/hof stuff.

[Fraulk]

By the way, shots are saved as JPEG at 50% quality, so you might see some banding like this one

[Fraulk]

Ok it's done, you can access it here https://second-look.netlify.app/new-tab