Sparkly – Beautiful & Productive New Tab

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A productive new tab with beautiful wallpapers, smart search, quick links and news feeds. Sparkly turns every new tab into a calm, beautiful workspace for search, quick access, and discovery. Search the web, find open tabs, launch your favorite sites, explore developer news, and personalize your workspace — without a crowded dashboard or complicated setup. 🔎 SMART SEARCH • Search with your favorite search engines, with your browser's default used automatically • Get helpful suggestions as you type • Search open tabs and recently visited pages • Navigate results entirely with your keyboard • Open Universal Search from any webpage with Cmd+Shift+K on macOS or Ctrl+Shift+K on Windows/Linux • Customize the shortcut from Chrome's extension settings 🌄 BEAUTIFUL BACKGROUNDS • Discover and search high-quality Unsplash wallpapers • Upload your own JPG, PNG, or WebP images • Quickly return to recent wallpapers • Choose any solid background color • Use atmospheric Aura backgrounds • Adjust wallpaper blur and dimming for readability 🚀 LAUNCHPAD Organize important websites into spaces for work, development, design, study, or anything else. • Create, rename, reorder, and delete spaces • Add, remove, and organize links • Open every link in a space at once • Access everything from a compact side panel 📰 DEVELOPER NEWS Stay informed without leaving your new tab. • Explore Hacker News, GitHub Trending, Dev.to, and more • Browse stories and trending projects • Filter by topics like JavaScript, Python, DevOps, and more 🗂️ SIMPLE TAB ACCESS • View all open tabs • Search by title or URL • Switch to any tab instantly • Close tabs directly from the panel • See your total open tab count at a glance ⚡ QUICK ACCESS • Turn recently visited websites into shortcuts • Choose how many shortcuts appear • Quickly open Google apps • Keep optional tools collapsed until you need them 🎨 MAKE IT YOURS • Show or hide the clock, search, weather, and recent sites • Choose 12-hour or 24-hour time • Select Celsius or Fahrenheit • Choose which sources appear in Universal Search • Customize wallpapers and visual effects • Start using Sparkly immediately — no onboarding wizard 🔒 PRIVACY-MINDED • No Sparkly account required • No ads or hidden paywalls • Preferences, Launchpad spaces, and customizations stay in Chrome's local extension storage • External services are contacted only when needed for wallpapers, weather, feeds, and search suggestions Sparkly stays out of your way — beautiful when you look at it, useful when you need it, and quiet when you don't. ✨ WHAT'S NEW IN 4.5.0 A lighter, calmer, and more focused Sparkly. 🚀 Redesigned Launchpad A cleaner vertical sidebar makes spaces easier to create, reorder, edit, and organize. 📰 Streamlined FeedHub A focused single-panel experience makes developer news faster to browse. ✨ Cleaner New Tab Improved spacing and alignment reduces clutter while keeping search and shortcuts easy to reach. ⚡ Compact Action Panel Google Apps, Open Tabs, Launchpad, Feeds, and Settings stay collapsed until you need them. 🌄 Better Wallpaper Controls Recent wallpapers are easier to access, with a full color picker for solid backgrounds. 🔎 Clearer Search Engine Menu Improved icons, contrast, and selection states make search engines easier to identify. 👋 Simpler First Run No onboarding wizard. Sparkly opens immediately with a small, dismissible shortcut hint. 🗂️ Focused Tab Access Open Tabs focuses on the essentials: search, switch, and close. ⚡ Lighter & Faster Retired layouts, obsolete settings, and unused onboarding code have been removed. 🐛 BUG FIXES • Fixed overlapping panels and first-run notices • Standardized drawer controls • Fixed inconsistent Settings icon behavior • Improved active states across the action panel • Launchpad selection now stays intact when spaces are reordered or updated

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