My Tab aims to be the optimal new tab extension for chrome and firefox (maybe even edge 👀). My Tab wants to give full control to the user, what widgets should be used, where they should be placed and creating their own theme. My Tab will not launch with the full package on day one, we will launch it with the most barebone features and iterative new version based on feedback from our users.
My Tab want to help our users in their everyday life by just making it a little bit easier.
My Tab was created from the frustration of not finding a new tab extension for chrome or firefox that was clean and customizable. It was either clean and minimalistic and lacking useful features like todolists, or it was cluttered with all the features that you could imagine. There was no sweet-spot.
As mentioned previously we want to improve the everyday workflow, want an easy reminder? Create a todo and see it everytime you open a new tab. Want to have easy access to your favorite websites? Have them all collected in one place. Just want some information about the weather before you go and get lunch? Have the weather widget to see if you need to bring a jacket or not.
The goal to implement as many widgets as we can and make them customizable.
- Todolist
- Username greeting
- Weather widget
- Customizable background
- Favorite website links
- Inspirational quote
- Drag-and-drop widgets
(These are not in a specific order)
These instructions will walk you through how to get the project up and running on your machine for development and testing purposes.
These are the tools you need to build the extension
- Latest LTS version of Node.js (14.x.x)
- Latest version of npm
- Firefox
Follow the instructions for your platform
Download the repository to your computer
git clone https://github.com/MSaurus/my-tab.git
cd my-tabInstalling Mozillas extension tool with npm
# Install web-ext globally
npm install -g web-extUse Mozillas tool to start a new Firefox window and install the extensions as a temporary extensions. It then watches the files for changes and reload the extension when files been changed.
# Start the extension
web-ext runFirst lint the extension to make sure it doesn't have any errors regarding the manifest.json file.
# Lint manifest.json
web-ext lintBuild the extension and package it inside a zip file. The command will put the zip file inside the web-ext-artifacts directory that it creates.
# Build and package the extension
web-ext buildFeedback is super important to us!!! The easiest way to make your feedback heard right now is to create a new issue or pull request. If you want to ask us something you can always contact either of us ( @MSaurus / @jonathan-lindqvist ).
And when we launch the extension you will be able to give us feedback in the extension/addon browser.