r/ChromeExtension

I’ve always found the default Chrome new tab pretty useless.

I usually have the same problem: different projects need completely different websites, bookmarks, notes, and tools. Eventually I end up with 30+ tabs, a pile of bookmark folders, and half the stuff I actually need buried somewhere.

So I built my own new-tab page around the idea of workspaces.

Instead of having one giant collection of bookmarks, I can have separate spaces for different things:

Development

Studying

Research

Personal

Projects

Each workspace can have its own links, sections, notes, tasks and widgets, and I can switch between them directly from a new tab.

I also wanted it to feel like something I actually owned rather than another service that requires an account and sends my browsing data somewhere, so the core data stays locally in the browser.

I’ve been using it myself for a while and finally put it on the Chrome Web Store.

I'd genuinely like some criticism from people who use Chrome heavily:

What would make you replace your current new-tab setup with something like this?

If anyone wants to try it: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/arc-tab-%E2%80%94-your-new-tab-or/cfalnmddmncikdglpppjlemlepgjailn

I kept running into the same problem: screenshots often contain information you didn't realize you were sharing.

An API key. An email address. A phone number. A password field. Customer information.

Usually, you take the screenshot first and then manually look for things to hide.

I built Blackbar to reverse that workflow.

It reads the page before capturing it and automatically detects and redacts sensitive-looking information. The screenshot you get is already the safer version.

The part I cared most about was privacy.

Blackbar runs entirely on the device. It declares connect-src 'none', so Chrome itself blocks the extension from making network connections. It still works with Wi-Fi turned off.

It's also open source, has no account requirement, and is free.

I'd genuinely like feedback from other Chrome extension users/builders, especially on:

• detection accuracy
• false positives/negatives
• the capture workflow
• anything that would make you hesitate to trust it

Chrome Web Store Link

Source

When you flick through a long article, Skim Recap notices the passage you skipped and shows a short recap next to your cursor. You stay where you are - no scrolling back up.

Each recap covers that one flick, not everything above it. Flick 4,000 px and you get those 4,000 px; flick again and the next recap is of the new stretch.

There's also a Feynman button: instead of restating the passage, it explains it, and is allowed to define a term the page never bothered to define.

How it runs:

- Gemma 4 E4B, on your GPU, through LiteRT-LM + WebGPU

- No API key, no account, no summarization server

- Article text never leaves the browser

Before you install — the honest part:

Running a real model in the browser isn't free. First use downloads a 2.97 GB model from Hugging Face, cached locally after that. You need WebGPU and about 22 GB of free disk space. If that's a dealbreaker, it's a dealbreaker, and I'd rather you know now than after the download bar starts.

Chrome Web Store: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/skim-recap/febndabjnmbmdodeoenjmnplfcalmnmc

More detail + source: https://skim-recap.vercel.app