Incredible Startpage 1.8 Released

Hello, fellow Incredible Startpagers!

The third extension that received an update! Version 1.8 is out now. If you're new to Incredible Startpage, this is a simple tutorial.  Or you can catch up on everything about this extension in these posts.

Just like the other extensions that were updated recently, little is changed visually, but under the hood, it's like we've given extension a whole new engine to run on, all to keep up with the latest Manifest V3.

What's Changed?

• Migrate to Manifest V3 (Not surprising, right?)
• Remove Chrome Apps tab (They no longer exist, right?)

Important Change on Notepad Storage

The content in the notepad is now synced using chrome.storage instead of relying on bookmarks as a workaround. This keeps the data within the extension's scope. However, it also means that if you uninstall the extension, the notepad content will be lost. This is different from the previous version, where the bookmarks were not removed when uninstalling the startpage.

A sidenote regarding syncing the notepad: if you have enabled this option, you also need to enable Chrome Sync for the extension (not bookmarks anymore). If you uninstall the extension on one machine, it will disappear on another machine with the same profile. This means that the notepad content will be deleted along with the extension. This is how syncing is intended to work, and we hope you understand this functionality before using it.

Recently Close tabs

In this version, the chrome.sessions API is used to bring back recently closed tabs, ensuring that both tabs and windows are restored with their history and positions from the start page.

Just a heads-up, though: you won't be able to clear them directly within the extension (because no such Chrome API is available to extension). So, I've added a handy toggle button to help you manage the visibility of your tabs in this area. If you need to clear your recently closed tabs, simply hop over to the history settings.

Problems after upgrade

I tried moving all settings to the new V3, but if something went awry. Here's what you can do:

Missing notepad content?

If you had notepad sync on, check the bookmark in "Extension settings > Incredible Startpage Notepad."

Lost other settings?

Right-click and inspect the startpage, then type "localStorage" in the console; your old settings should be there.

That's all for now. Enjoy!

Incredible Startpage 1.7 released!

Flexible layout

• For wide screen users, the main tab area would size dynamically,  and you might want to show 4 columns instead of 3 or 2 columns.

• Show/Hide "Bookmarks & Recently Closed" columns: Now you can hide them when you don't need them; when the columns are hidden, the notepad will automatically be enlarged and you can write some very long notes :)

New Filter for bookmarks and apps

Type to filter items in "My Bookmarks" and "My Apps" tab. Great when you have lots of bookmarks and you just can't spot it on screen.

Enjoy!

Incredible Startpage 1.6 is released!

Important!  If Incredible Startpage is not loading properly, please upgrade to Chrome 22 or higher.

This update includes three new functions. First, you may now easily rearrange your app order by drag and drop, just like the "My Bookmarks" tab.

In response to users who would like to hide the "Most Visited" tab, a new option is now available in this update. Simply go to "Advanced Options" and uncheck the "Show 'Most Visited' tab", click the "Save" button, and reload your startpage.

Another new function is "Send tab/link to Startpage", you may now use the context menu to add links to the startpage's "My Bookmarks" tab which is bookmarks bar folder (default) or any other folder you have chosen to show in the startpage. To enable this function, please go to "Advanced Options" page and change your settings.

Finally, this update also includes an important fix for the "Startpage not loaded for the first time during Chrome launch" issue. Enjoy!

New users - please go to this page to add Incredible Startpage to Chrome.

Incredible Startpage 1.5 is released!

Incredible Startpage 1.5 is released! You may now see your list of most visited sites in the "Most Visited" tab. This feature is only available if the new permissions are granted to the startpage. Please find the details below:

Note: If you experience any problem after the updates, please try to restart Chrome and reload the start page. 

After you have updated to version 1.5, when you click the "Most Visited" tab for the first time, you will see the following popup.

Please click "Allow" and the startpage will reload and show the list of most visited sites. This version also asked for access to favicons (icons of web sites), this would solve the issue on unmatched favicons in older versions.

We will continue to improve Incredible Startpage. Enjoy!

* The "Most Visited" function requires Chrome 19+.  Please try to upgrade your Chrome to 19+.

* Please note that the function to remove most visited sites & "Other devices" like the default new tab page is not available to extensions yet. It will be implemented once the function is made available.

Incredible Startpage 1.4 is released

We have added another new function to Incredible Startpage. Now you will have 4 different notepads in different colors to help you to keep some short to-do lists or reminders easily. Simply click on the different color note to select the notepad. Enjoy!

Release notes for 1.4.0 &1.4.1:

• New multi color notepads
• Updated locales
• Various bookmark issues

Release notes for 1.4.2:

• "Bookmarks not ready" fully fixed (no additional tab open)
• You may now have "empty" notepad if you leave the notepad blank
• New version number added inside the theme options

Enjoy!

Incredible Startpage 1.3 is released!

Welcome! We have released Incredible Startpage 1.3 which includes lot of improvements. Enjoy!

Improved theme editor!! 


Beside using a custom URL, you may now use local file as background image.

Note: A normal wallpaper of around 100 to max. 500K in size is recommended. If the file is too large it might be slow to load the new tab and even crash the new tab.

We also have enhanced the photo picker for you to easily choose amazing photos from Flickr.com

Edit bookmarks directly in the main panel

To begin edit a bookmark, mouse over the bookmark item and click the 'wrench' icon at the bottom right corner. A pop up will appear and you may edit the bookmark title or delete it.

Handle local links
The main panel can now links like chrome:// or file:// are handled properly

What's new in Incredible Startpage 1.2.0

To welcome the launch of the new Chrome Web Store, we have brought some new enhancements to Incredible Startpage. Hope you enjoy it!

• Got lots of apps already? How about arrange them in 3 columns instead of two columns. Simply go to options and change the 'Number of columns' setting of "My Apps". (You can set that for "My Bookmarks" as well)

• App launching now supports middle/left click to open the web app in new tab/existing tab respectively
• Web apps now sorted in alphabetical order :)

Incredible Startpage is Web App ready! (1.1.0)

You might have heard from the web already - exciting new changes are coming soon to Chrome, and we have made Incredible Startpage ready for it!

Starting this version (1.1.0), Incredible Startpage is now Chrome Web Apps ready. It looks and works completely the same old good Incredible Startpage at the moment, but when Chrome App Store launches and you have your first taste of Chrome Web Apps, Startpage will be able to show your installed apps and allow you to launch your apps from it. Yay!

If you are upgrading from older versions (1.0.0 or before), remember to accept the new permissions for the latest Incredible Startpage if you haven't already! For Ubuntu users please manually update to Chrome 8.0 stable or above to be able to use the extension! Thanks.

We are all looking forward to it. Enjoy!

Important: Changes to Incredible Startpage in the Coming Weeks

Hi fellow Incredible Startpage users,

In preparation for a major Chrome update (launch of Chrome's WebApp stores), Incredible Startpage will be updated to support WebApp launching and management. To facilitate the support of this exciting new development from Google Chrome Team, we will have to increase the permission level of Incredible Startpage to manage your future WebApp needs. In a week or two, when you start Chrome, you will see the following message:

Just click "Re-enable" or "Ok" or anything equivalent in your locale to continue using Incredible Startpage. The updated extension will be ready for all the exciting developments of Chrome in the coming months.

Thank you for your support all along. Enjoy!

Update: We will need permission (called chrome.management) to work with a new Chrome feature called Web Apps. For information, please visit Google's preview at https://chrome.google.com/webstore/

Visibo Team

Incredible StartPage 0.9.10

Some of you reported that European characters (e.g. å, ö) cannot be displayed in the notepad of Incredible StartPage. To fix this, you can go to the "Advanced Settings" page and switch to another notepad font:

And beginning from version 0.9.10, if your browser language contains these characters, we will automatically pick a safe font at the first run of Incredible StartPage :)

Incredible StartPage 0.9.6

We have fixed the browser freeze bug on certain versions of Ubuntu and Debian. The error was caused by a call to window.location.replace().

Also in this version you can middle click on both the icon and text part of bookmarks to open them in new tabs. In other words, they work exactly the same as normal links now.

Incredible StartPage 0.9

Incredible StartPage 0.9 is here! It includes two advanced features - notepad synchronization and Google Apps support.

Notepad Sync

You can now synchronize the contents in notepad with your Google Account. For example, you can type a note on your office machine, and it will appear in your browser at home.



For more details, check out the What's New page for Incredible StartPage 0.9.

Google Apps support

Now you can post the content of your notepad to a Google Apps email or calendar. You can configure the Google Apps domain in advanced options:



Theme Options

In Incredible StartPage 0.8 we revamped the theme options, in case you missed the details, you can check out the previous update page.

Enjoy!

Custom bookmark folder for Incredible StartPage

Incredible StartPage for Chrome features a beautiful photo frame which shows your favorite bookmarks from the bookmarks bar. Some of you have asked for the ability to show a different folder in the frame, and today's update has brought that to you!

There are two new buttons at the bottom of the Bookmark browser. The "Show as main" button will put the currently displayed folder to the photo frame. The "Home" button will return the Bookmark browser to the root folder.

Navigate to the folder you want to see, click "Show as main", and behold...

It's here!

Incredible StartPage for Chrome

Check out our latest Chrome extension - Incredible StartPage!

Incredible StartPage is an awesome replacement of Chrome's "new tab" page. The new start page shows your bookmarks, recently closed tabs and a notepad in once place, along with a customizable theme.

The first thing you may want to do is to customize your background. Click the "theme options" button on the bottom left corner to open the theme menu. You can choose the background color and a background image from several Flickr categories.

The large frame on the right displays bookmarks from your Bookmark Bar. You can move the items by drag and drop. If you want to put more bookmarks in the frame, you can drag bookmarks from the bookmark browser:







The closed tabs browser is a simple way to get back accidentally closed tabs. Note Chrome currently does not suppport restoring tab history from extensions, so it only restores the last page loaded in the tab.

Finally, there is a handy notepad for you to take short notes. You can send the notes to Gmail /Calender in one click!

That's it. Have a try and tell us what you think!