Want a beautiful yet minimal new tab page that comes to life?
This extension changes your new tab page so that scenes from Makoto Shinkai’s movies can play as seamless, looping cinemagraphs in the background, while your new tab page becomes a functional dashboard with different widgets and tools to help your productivity.
The movies included are:
– Kimi no Na Wa (Your Name)
– Byousoku 5 Centimeter (5cm/s)
– Kotonoha no Niwa (Garden of Words)
How to use:
1. Install the extension
2. Open a new tab
3. That’s it!
Clock:
► Drag to move the clock
► Click once to switch between standard 12hr and 24hr time
Info Panel:
► Shows the info about the current background shown
► Click to show different information and in a different style
Todo List:
► Type in the “New Item” box and press Enter to enter a new item
► Press enter while editing a list item to create a new list item below
► Press backspace on any empty list item to delete it
► Left click on items to edit them
► Click on the x next to the item to delete it
► Right click on the item to cross them off
► Drag and drop the item to reorder the list
► Drag the top of the list (where it says “todo list”) to move the widget
Search Bar:
► Drag from the top of the search bar to move it
► Type in the box and press enter to perform a Google search
Menu
► Move the mouse to the left most part of the window to access the menu.
► Each switch in Widgets enables/disables respective widgets
► Each switch in Background enables/disables the respective source of images
❤ Button: Add or remove the current background to favorites
🗑️ Button: Remove this background (won’t show this background again)
► Reset Button: resets the extension, wiping all data and restarts it (use this option when the widget is lost off-screen somehow)
► About Button: see information regarding the extension
Effects
► Brightness: adjust the brightness of the background
► Saturation: adjust the saturation (how colorful) of the background
► Contrast: adjust the contrast of the background
► Blur: adjust the blur of the background (default is no blur)
Bookmarks
► Move the mouse to the right most part of the window to access bookmarks.
► Folders are drop-down-styled, click on them to see contents
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the artwork or cinemagraphs used in this extension. Credit goes to their respective owner (anime stuio/publisher) and original poster cyan1618 on Imgur.
Makoto Shinkai is the director of the movie, and has also directed:
• Weathering with You (Tenki no Ko)
• She and her cat (Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko)
Change Log:
1.7.2 Small bug fix regarding the About button and Support page functions
1.7.1 Renamed to Shinkai’s Newtab, added new functions and support page
1.6.2 Todo list rework
1.6.1 Todo list new functions: reordering and editing
1.6.0 Revamped background filter effects system
1.5.1 Button bug fixes, dynamic menu bugfixes
1.5.0 Added updated menu and bookmarks panel
1.4.3 Bug fixes, menu now scrollable, slight font adjustments
1.4.1 Bug fixes, Added animations for widgets, Background changes
1.4.0 Original Release: Garden of Words Newtab
Please report any issues or suggestions to [email protected]! Thank you 🙂
Its so good and the design is very beautiful!!! Im hoping that Weathering with You will be added becuz its also a Makoto Shinkai classic.
Best Live Wallpaper
amei tudo indico p otakus
Amazing! Would be more Amazing if Weathering With You aka Tenki No Ko was added 😊
This thing is incredible, but still need to fix and add some features to improve. However great job 😀
Os wallpapers são perfeitos!!!
cuteee
no me sale en la portada de google
Really cool, saw a post of this on reddit. This is really nice for it being free. Thanks Dev.
Edit: This used to only have the Garden of Words. Now, it includes 5cm/s and Your Name. What an unexpected treat. Again, an excellent job, Dev.
honestly any scene from this movie is wallpaper/theme worthy, no cap
I love this movie
I love this theme
very very cool theme! thank you!
YO this the most beautiful piece of art i ever seen in my whole lifetime of using chrome…pls make more for his other films, esp the most recent one ‘Weathering with You’!! love love love this so much i recommended it to all my fellow shinkai fanatics <3 i keep opening new tabs just to see what pops up next aaaa this gave me an appreciation for his films like no other :^)
THANK YOU~~~\(^o^)/
Super beautiful and very simple. Love keeping my new tab page open for no reason at all! Love it!
Minimalism is beautiful 💜
The scenes are very beautiful. Makes me want to watch the movie again.