I Wanted My Browser to Feel Peaceful Instead of Distracting — So I Built This Islamic Homepage
Alhamdulillah… after almost few months of working on weekends and slowly building things piece by piece, I finally released Islamic Homepage v1.02 🌙
🔗 Chrome Web Store:
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/islamic-homepage/jnmepdjjfgiicgcjlhiakhhpplehdgfn?authuser=0&hl=en
This project actually started from a very simple thought.
Most of us spend hours every day in front of a browser — coding, studying, working, attending meetings, scrolling endlessly. And somewhere in between all of that, it becomes very easy to lose track of Salah, time, and sometimes even ourselves.
I kept thinking…
“What if opening a new tab could remind someone about Allah, even for just a few seconds?”
That idea slowly became Islamic Homepage.
The first version received far more love and support than I ever expected (not released in chrome webstore). People used it daily, shared feedback, suggested improvements, reported bugs, and honestly… that support is what motivated me to continue improving it.
So for the last several months, I spent most of my weekends redesigning and rebuilding the experience.
This time, the goal was simple:
Create something minimal, peaceful, eye-pleasing, and realistic — something that feels calm instead of distracting.
Some of the things added in v1.02:
✨ Accurate prayer times with live countdown
✨ Multiple calculation methods + Hanafi/Shafi support
✨ Forbidden prayer time indicators
✨ Daily Quran verses with translation
✨ Dynamic 24-hour day/night backgrounds
✨ Procedural stars and smooth nighttime atmosphere
✨ Smart location system with manual city search
✨ Lightweight animations optimized for performance
One thing I’m genuinely grateful for is the community around this small project. Seeing 400+ people actively using it daily and sharing thoughtful feedback was something I never expected when I first started building this.
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