Card Board

The default New Tab is not Google enough ? Try Cardboard, Now with more Material Design (plus nifty features)

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v2.1

Installation

Warning: This is for development purpose and not the right way to get the extension for daily use. If you want the stable version head over the Chrome Web Store and install it from here.

1. bower install
2. Delete the bower_components/chrome-platform-analytics/src/ directory otherwise Chrome will complain about multiple manifest.json
3. Open chrome://extensions/
4. In top-right corner tick Developer Mode
5. Click Load unpack extension and choose the root cardboard folder

Notes on permissions

Some of theses permissions are not optional only due to manifest/API limitations: learn more

• storage: to save user's settings such as background image
• sessions: to retreive chrome sessions linked to your account and display them in a card
• browsingData: to allow the quick-settings card to remove your cache, cookies, history and local storage
• downloads: to display your recent downloads
• downloads.open: to open files you have downloaded from the download card
• system.cpu: to collect and display your computer's cpu usage
• system.memory: to collect and display your computer's memory usage
• system.storage: to collect and display your computer's storage usage
• https://hawttrends.appspot.com/api/terms/: to fetch google trends at this address
• [Optional] tabs: to show your recently closed tabs (session card)
• [Optional] topSites: to display your most visited websites
• [Optional] bookmarks: to display your bookmarks
• [Optional] management: to display your apps
• [Optional] history: to display your history