Tired of using slow new tab pages based on external services? NelliTab is not a self configured "Speed Dial", this extension just shows your bookmarks, top sites, history and downloads by showing cached icons offered by sites you visit, nice, customizable, fast and with no privacy concerns.
Note: There are lot of websites not having "Touch" icons. The first char of domain will be shown instead.
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Last updated: April 12, 2018
NelliTab ("Extension") and the website https://nellitab.io ("Product Website") are provided by Thomas Werner ("Author").
The Extension reads and manages your local web apps (Chrome™ only), bookmarks and browsing history to show them with an icon on the new tab page. Icons are collected while you visiting websites by looking for images in META and LINK tags of the HTML header. Other tags in the header of visited website, also META and LINK tags which not contain images by definition, as well as the entire HTML body are not scanned.
Internet connections are only used by the Extension for loading these collected icons, but only from sources defined by websites you visit. The Extension and Product Website do not use any web-based services such as image proxies, content delivery networks, measurement products etc. which could expose your privacy, either from third parties or from the Author.
Collected Icons and URLs are stored together with your made settings for this Extension in the local storage of your browser. By the "same-origin policy" such data cannot be access by a different "origin" (e.g. another extension or website). Icons and URLs which are not shown for 31 days, or Icons with not bookmarked URLs but removed from history will be deleted from your local storage as soon as possible by the garbage collector. If needed you can delete these in the options page immediately.
The Extension and the Product Website do not use Cookies and do not collect, process or store any personally identifiable information about you, your name, email address, geographic location, IP address (e.g. in log files) etc. Neither such personally identifiable information about you, nor any other information such as settings, bookmarks, browser history, local storage, used web apps (Chrome™), extensions etc. will be transmitted to the Author or anyone else.
The same applies for personal data on a voluntary basis (e.g. email communication). But the Author would like to point out that data transmissions via internet (e.g. for e-mail communication) cannot be entirely secure and may have security vulnerabilities. A complete protection of personal details against unauthorised access by third parties is not possible for such transmissions.
This Privacy Policy applies only to the Extension and the Product Website, and not to websites owned by third parties. The Author is not responsible for any content of external websites you bookmark or visit and as well to show them in the Extension. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy statement of any website you visit.
The Author is obligated to publish contact information in the Legal Notice of the Extension and the Product Website. The use of such contact information by third parties for the purpose of distributing unsolicited advertisements or other commercial information is prohibited. The Author reserves the right to take legal measures in case of being sent unsolicited commercial information, e.g. spam mails etc.
"Read and change all your data on the websites that you visit"
Extension needs access to the header of HTML code from websites you visit to determine and to store the best matching icon.
"Read and change your bookmarks"
Allow to show your bookmarks on new tab page and change them upon your request.
"Manage your apps, extensions and themes"
Allow to show your applications and to manage their launch settings on new tab page.
"Read and change your history"
Allow to websites from history on new tab page and to delete them upon your request.
"Read a list of your most frequently visited websites"
Allow to show top sites on new tab page.
"Manage your downloads"
Allow to show your downloads and upon your request to pause, resume and delete them.
"Open downloaded files"
Allow to open "safe" downloads with its associated application upon your request.
Last updated: April 12, 2018
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If you do not agree to the terms of this Agreement, do not click on the "I Agree" button and do not download or use the Extension.
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The Extension may display, include or make available third-party content (including data, information, applications and other products services) or provide links to third-party websites or services ("Third-Party Services").
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Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of or limitations on implied warranties or the limitations on the applicable statutory rights of a consumer, so some or all of the above exclusions and limitations may not apply to you.
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If any provision of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable or invalid, such provision will be changed and interpreted to accomplish the objectives of such provision to the greatest extent possible under applicable law and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.
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The Author reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace this Agreement at any time. If a revision is material the Author will provide at least 30 days' notice prior to any new terms taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at the Author's sole discretion.
By continuing to access or use the Extension after any revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms. If you do not agree to the new terms, you are no longer authorized to use the Extension.
The laws of Lower Saxony, Germany, excluding its conflicts of law rules, shall govern this Agreement and your use of the Extension. Your use of the Extension may also be subject to other local, state, national, or international laws.
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Whenever NelliTab with a dark theme is opened, there's a white flash. By default empty tabs in most browser are white. Currently there is no option for developers to change this. You could try a dark theme or to use the native dark mode. But currently its only supported by Chrome™ and Vivaldi (https://ideaweb.de/blog/white-flash-problem-in-nellitab/). For Firefox® its not easy. You could use user stylesheets but there is a bug and the file userChrome™.css is loaded too late (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1438143).
New tab page is not shown after Firefox® started. Add-ons are loaded asynchronously and there is a chance that Firefox® will open first tab faster than load extensions overriding it and so it displays the default page. I hope it will be fixed soon (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1490260).
There are lot of rendering issues with enabled experimental backdrop filters in Google Chrome™ (e.g. rounded corners https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=547937). Please reduce border radius to avoid UI glitches. NelliTab disables as well all icon shadows and some hover effects with filters like "Glow" when backdrop filters are used until its fixed by Google™.
In Opera its not possible to define a new tab page. NelliTab is just overwriting the start page. Please remove all items from Opera's start page under the section "Start page" in the settings page to minimise flashing. Make sure that you only see the settings button in the top right corner before you activate NelliTab.
Firefox® shows only downloads from "current" session and not all downloads as shown in own Download Manager. Issue has been already reported 3 years ago to Mozilla (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1255507). Chrome™ based browsers does not have such limitation.
New option to to remember last opened tab.
Fixed pausing and resuming downloads.
Opening history folders was broken.
Allow to select multiple bookmarks for drag'n drop, opening URLs and deletions.
New options to backup and restore settings.
New theme "R-fresh".
Fixed several issues that bookmarks could not be opened by middle click or context menu.
Fixed a crash with "Cards" and enabled transparency.
Fixed empty icon spaces in top sites.
Fixed broken refresh in history folders.
Improved drag'n drop support (e.g. drag'n drop between sections or wait over a folder to open it).
Added "Rows" for top sites and a checkbox "Notify me after updates" in options page.
Added new relative unit "vh" to option "Top margin".
Improved performance when loading bookmarks.
Fixed renaming folders. Thanks to Vladimir.
Fixed crash in top sites when history permission was not given.
Fixed background issues in tab bar introduced in recent release.
Fixed a crash when root folder was deleted in bookmark manager.
Tweaked dark theme colors for Firefox®.
Workaround for Firefox® 65 to fix broken wallpapers.
Fixed an issue that icons are not parsed on sites where URL changed via Ajax requests.
Tweaked theme colors for (upcoming) native dark mode in Chrome™.
Fixed an issue that NelliTab was not working anymore in Firefox® 66 (Developer Edition). Thanks to Krisada.
Added parent folder in edit form.
Added new option "Default link target".
By user request the context menu on right mouse click is now enabled by default.
Fixed a crash when enabling applications in Chrome™.
Fixed revoking of permissions in Firefox®.
Added new section "Downloads" (Firefox® users please check "Known Issues" above).
New option to invert NelliTab icon in toolbar and another option to show there a badge with active downloads.
Permissions for "Applications" (Chrome™ only), "History", "Top Sites" and "Downloads" are now optional and can be granted or revoked anytime in options page. After update some permissions may lost and you need grant access again, sorry.
Deleting of "Applications" (Chrome™ only).
Fixed an issue that the options page opened from welcome screen was not usable.
Minor improvements in options page.
Fine tuning of russian translations. Thanks to Vladimir.
Option "Root Folder(s)" accepts now more than one folder to show multiple bookmark sections.
Added new option to display sections as tabs.
Made some tweaks to get NelliTab working with Opera.
Added new option "Themed scrollbars" (non-Mac browsers only).
Added "Downloads" to right panel (Chrome™ based browsers only).
Improved layout for options page.
Fixed edit form for internal URLs.
Fixed drag'n drop layout issues in compact view.
Fixed wrong order of history items if grouping is enabled.
Fixed broken Changelog under Windows.
Fixed Cmd-Click to open bookmarks in new tabs for Mac.
Fixed layout issues with folder opacity "0%".
Added new option to select Google™ for icon search.
Fixed an issue that images dragged from DuckDuckGo which are behind a proxy and/or redirecting to a page could not be dropped on an icon. A good example are results from icons101.com etc.
New option to define "Right mouse click" e.g. for activating new context menu or keeping legacy behaviour to leave folder or close forms.
Uploading icons via drag'n drop. Just drop an image from disk or any website on an icon. But as in the edit form you have to choose between "Host" (e.g. google.com) or "URL" (e.g. google.com/mail).
Added a link to search for an icon on DuckDuckGo. Press "Shift" to see the magnifying glass on any icon or use the the link inside the edit dialog or in the new context menu. NelliTab opens a new window containing image results from DuckDuckGo, but please click on an image and use the enlarged image below for drag'n drop.
Upload field for wallpaper(s) accepts multiple files. When opening a new tab page NelliTab selects from all uploaded files a random wallpaper. Drag'n drop is supported as well, except in the options page of Firefox®. Please use for drag'n drop the options page in the right panel. In Chrome™ there is no such limitation.
Form to create bookmarks by hand. Press "Shift" to see the new icon in the upper right corner of the bookmark section or if activated please click "New bookmark" in the context menu.
Sorting bookmarks by title. Press "Shift" as well to see the new icon in bookmarks section or use the new context menu to sort your bookmarks.
As in options page added dialogs "About" and "Release Notes" in new tab page.
Removed quota limitation for wallpapers. But please keep in mind, the bigger the files the slower NelliTab.
Fixed annoying bug that "Maybe later" of donation dialog were not saved.
Improved start time of NelliTab. But there is still lot of work for installations with many bookmarks.
Fixed Shift+Ctrl+Click (Mac Shift+Cmd+Click) to open link in a new "active" tab. For open a link in a background tab please use Ctrl+Click (Mac Cmd+Click) only.
Option "Do not ignore launch settings" for Chrome™ Apps caused that bookmarks could not be opened anymore.
Fixed drag'n drop of Chrome™ apps.
Support for for private mode. For Chrome™ there is an extra switch "Allow in incognito" in the extension page of NelliTab. In Firefox® there is no such barrier and extensions are always allowed to run in private mode. But decided to add an extra checkbox to toggle private mode for NelliTab that users can decide to see the new tab page or the standard purple background. The purple background is still NelliTab, does not mean that NelliTab was not loaded.
By default standard and private mode use the same NelliTab settings. Added an extra checkbox that private mode can have own settings, e.g. to define a different theme for private windows. If separate settings are activated the options page under extensions are for standard mode only. For private mode please use the options in any private window directly.
Added default themes "Bright Dark", "Darkest" and "Purple".
Improved colour picker.
Fixed broken icon font colour in custom themes.
Fixed lot of layout issues in the options page.
Fixed an issue which prevent NelliTab from being loaded in Firefox® containers. Please note containers have their browser storage separated from other containers and you need to repeat your settings. The options in the extensions page do not have access to any containers. Thats why the options are now integrated in the right panel of new tab page without redirecting to external extensions page. Options in the extensions page still exist but made changes there are for standard tabs only and do not affect any container.
Added "Full width" to option "Icons per row" to use entire browser window for icons.
Fixed an issue which prevent options page from being loaded in Vivaldi browser.
To preserve the order of visted sites the option "grouping history" groups only repeating items and not items from entire history.
Fixed broken icon and link to edit bookmark folders on hover.
Added new checkbox "Compact view" in options page to reduce the column width of shown icons.
Fixed a calculation issue that on bigger icons the column width became disproportionately spacious. Thanks to Serge.
Fixed layout issues for icon style "Cards".
Extension for Google Chrome™ is now for free.
Added the buttons "Review" and "Patreon" to options page.
Added reminder for making a donation. Popup will be shown only once.
Button "Reset settings" does not delete the configuration for ribbons anymore.
Fixed layout issues of options page in Google Chrome™.
Added hover effects for icons and folders like "Glow", "Grow" etc.
Added option to control the background colour of transparent icons.
Added option to change the aspect ratio of icons.
Added new icon style "Cards".
Added "Reset settings" to options page.
Added confirm dialog for deleting the icon database.
Fixed broken "Icons per row" after changing icon size. Thanks to Serge.
Fixed uploading of custom icons with low dimensions.
Added default theme "NelliTab" as shown in screenshots.
Fixed rare bug where no history icons were shown in Firefox®.
Workaround to hide bookmarks separators in Firefox®.
Fixed tiny layout issues in options page.
Improved usability in options page by adding tiny helper icons in pick lists.
Added default themes "MS Black" and "One Dark".
Fixed folder opacity for custom themes.
Improved rendering of history items in groups.
Fixed uploading custom icons for URLs with port numbers.
Improved garbage collector to avoid wrong icon resets.
Workaround for missing cursor on editing an empty ribbon field in Firefox®.
Fine tuning of russian translations. Thanks to Sergey.
Fixed font colour in "Darker" theme.
Added basic russian translations. Thanks to Sergey.
Fixed an issue that top sites disappeared with enabled backdrop filters in Chrome™.
Fixed scrolling issue in Changelog.
Added breadcrumb navigation to folders. Thanks to Sergey.
Restored broken buttons for deleting history entries in Firefox®.
Fixed broken text selection with the mouse in input fields.
Fixed double backgrounds in sections caused that custom opacity is used twice and looked darker as wished.
Workaround for broken backdrop filters in "Top Sites".
Removed folder back button. Please use browser navigation buttons or right mouse click instead.
Broken result list for repeated searches.
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