Chrome New Tab Notebook

Chrome extension that overrides Chrome's new tab page with a small notebook. Inspired by getpapier.com.

• Minimalistic (basically just a blank tab)
• Small (150 bytes of JavaScript instead of 615 kb)
• Fast (loaded after ~40 ms instead of ~600 ms)
• Secure™ – local backup of your data
• … in real time
• No account needed
• No configuration necessary
• Unopinionated – use all the words you want
• Auto spell checking
• Native scrolling
• Responsive layout
• Emoji support 😌 (Command Control Space)
• Variety of shortcuts:
  • Command B – bold
  • Command I – italic
  • Command Z – undo
  • Command Shift Z – redo
  • Command P – print
  • Command C – copy
  • Command V – paste
  • Command X – cut
  • Command Control F – full screen distraction free meditation mode

Installation

Clone this repo, navigate to chrome://extensions/ and drop the folder on the page.

Bonus

For very pretty image export to share thoughts or quotes on social networks: screencapture -oi export.png; convert -trim -border 32 -bordercolor whitesmoke export.png export.png