4.1
2038
97977
25
Currently is a simple extension that replaces your “New Tab” screen with a new one that shows you the current time and the weather while providing convenient web search powered by Yahoo.
Permissions & Reasons Used
Our extension uses the minimum permissions required:
Permission: “geolocation”
Reason: “In order for Currently to display accurate weather information for your area, it requires the ability to query your Latitude and Longitude.”
Have used this extension for YEARS. While I can be sympathetic to the developers for adding a search bar, as they can probably benefit financially from driving traffic, I cannot forgive the fact that they *force* your cursor into their search bar. This has absolutely ruined my workflow. Further, they don’t even provide the option to disable this forced search, nor do they allow you to switch to a different search engine (which is admittedly much less important than the former). As such, I have no option but to disable the extension. Fix this Currently!
I’ve had this for a very long time. Doesn’t seem to display weather anymore. And not being able to choose the search engine will be a deal breaker. It’s chrome, I already have the omnibox. Why do I need a search bar?
One of my favorite extensions. I have no turned it off as the focus to search field and the search defaults to Yahoo (without any option to change it). Will not use it until these things are fixed/reverted.
Used to be a 5 star extension, but now they changed the search to yahoo. What a pain in the A! at least give us an option to change the search engine.
This used to be a nice extension. Forcing search to Yahoo, and pushing focus to the search bar is awful. Please fix! Simpler was better.
love the new update SORT OF. i love the new starry night look for sure but i HATE yahoo. i cant change it and it automatically starts typing in that field instead of the address bar. its…super annoying. PLS fix this!!!
UPDATE (v4.0.2) :
Okay, to be fair, they started to fix the mistakes they made from their latest “big update”.
-clock positioning is fixed
-celsius
-24 hour format
-themes
But this search bar that leads to yahoo, could’ve been forgivable. IF it didn’t force the cursor away from the browser address bar!
After a week of tolerating, it just ruins work flow. So I agree with the rest of the recent reviewers here that I’m also giving this 1 star again and removing it as an extension until they either remove the search bar or at the very least, stop overwriting the cursor.
The new forced search bar is such a bad addition and inconvience to what was overall a really good, clean and minimal extension.
I used to enjoy this extension but with the inability to change search to Google, I am really disliking it now. Going to be uninstalling!
Was a fan for 8 years. I have the same complaints everyone else mentioned since the recent update. Now that opening a new tab puts focus on a Search Bar with Yahoo results…. I’m out.
I will check back later and see if they remove this very damaging new feature.
After 9 years of using this extension, I’m removing it after the recent update.
I agree with many of the other reviewers here: I used to love this extension. The latest updates have ruined a great tool. I hate the new design, but that’s not what’s prompting me to remove this extension. It’s the fact that opening a new tab puts the focus on the Currently search bar (instead of the browser default address bar) and so: (1) I can’t type URLs in now, and (2) it’s forcing me to use Yahoo. Nope.
This extension search function goes redirects to a tracker, then yahoo. It’s unsafe and should be uninstalled. It’s a real shame the dev team or new dev team tried to slip one past users.
Adding my voice to the chorus. The new search bar and forcing my cursor to land there ruined this extension. The new font makes it even worse. I occasionally use Yahoo, but this change actually discourages me from going there. I feel like this extension is trying to trick me into using Yahoo and that is a sure way to encourage me to go out of my way to avoid their site (and to uninstall this extension).
It was a perfect (may be the best) extension for new tab. I’ve used it for several years. But latest updates brought search string which uses yahoo as search provider and focused by default. So, I need to do one more click every time I open a new tab to make Chrome address bar active.
User can’t remove search string or change search engine. It’s a pity, but bye-bye Currently.
Appreciate the recent update, I’ve enjoyed the clean look of Currently for a while now and it’s nice that the weather feature finally got fixed. I don’t enjoy the fact that when I open up a new tab, I have to reselect my url bar to type in an address — would appreciate the option to opt out of the search bar on screen. Seems redundant given that this is an extension on Chrome…. the omnibar is an omnibar for a reason.
Please give the option to turn off the search feature on the extension, if that is fixed it gets a 5 star.
This used to be a good extension, now it just forces the input to its search field instead of my browser’s address bar. And I have to do extra click on address bar to go to the URL I want to go to, or to do Google search.
Used to be a great new tab extension for many years, but with the recent update the visual settings are dumbed down, dark text is illegible, but most of all, it hijacks the cursor and forces yahoo search. YAHOO. In 2021. Seriously?!?
Uninstalled. 🙁
Like many of the other reviewers, I have used currently for years (and paid for it) but the addition of the yahoo search bar and the hijacking of my cursor placement is a deal-breaker.
This was one of my favorite extensions, but alas they destroyed it with the latest update. I don’t want to use yahoo search in chrome and I don’t need a search bar when there’s one in my browser. Peace and cheers, it’s been a great however many years, but this is now removed.
Nice that that celsius degrees and 24h time is added back but another irritating feature appeared.
Everytime I’m opening a new tab in Chrome (Ctrl+T) this extension steals focus, so instead of new tab address I’m typing into that “search” field and eventually if I press Enter it starts searching on Yahoo?? OMG I didn’t know that this search service still exist until this recent update. Would be nice to have possibility to disable that “Search” somehow. Maybe also to choose different search service if someone is really using this function.
пожалуйста верните расширение к версии, которая была до обновления: поисковая строка, работающая через yahoo, что странно ввиду того, что поисковую систему поменять нельзя (да и к тому же в России она, мягко говоря, непопулярна, просто мешает и суть бесполезна. почему-то убрали купленный мною фон звездная ночь, а в замен дали отвратительный сублимат.
I won’t give it 1 star. But disabling this extension until they stop making a new tab default to their search box. When I hit ctrl T or the new tab icon, I’m ready to start typing. Instead, every time I bring up a new tab I have to take the mouse and click inside the main search bar again. This wasn’t always the case. This is a recent change. I’ll give it a month and then I’ll re-enable. If the behavior doesn’t change I’ll remove for good.
used to be amazing, then it was ruined, and they recently updated it to look really nice again. but now the search is powered by yahoo with no option to change engines? after using this for years and years, I will look for alternatives now