New Tab Apps Page

A Google Chrome extension to show the apps page when opening a new tab.

Installation

Add extension from https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/new-tab-apps-page/fgfnhkkcobfgplgakkclighaejoimhph

CHANGELOG

v1.1.x

• Improving crash handling

v1.1.10

• Handle browser crash - automatically restore tabs from crashed session
• Removed console logging

v1.0.3

• Updated app icon
• Add short_name to manifest

v1.0.0

• Improved load speed of Apps page
• Restricted extension to Chrome 33 and later
• Reduced required permissions - now requires only tabs and storage (for options)
• Fixed issue in Chrome 34 which caused address bar text to be unselected.

v0.0.28

• When opening new tab, address bar remains focused so you can commence typing immediately

v0.0.10

• Initial release

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Development Environment

Windows dev environment set up (requires Chocolatey)

1. Powershell: iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
2. cinst nodejs ruby Compass git -y
3. npm -g install yo generator-chrome-extension bower
4. yo chrome-extension
5. npm update -g bower
6. bower install angular angular-route chrome-platform-analytics --save

To update upstream projects

• npm -g update npm # update npm
• npm -g update # updates Yeoman generators, bower, etc
• npm update # updates project components (mainly grunt)
• bower update # updates project front-end components, e.g. angular

TODO

1. Use events to make sure if the user has already typed something, that the apps page load is cancelled. This happens when the PC is under load.