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Changelog

What's new in New Tabber

v1.4.0Latest2026-04-24

Features

  • New AI Chat sidebar: chat with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Gemini from the new tab. Streaming responses, markdown rendering, multiple saved threads (stored locally in IndexedDB).
  • Provider configuration wizard: 2-step modal to paste API key and pick which models to show. Fetches live model lists from each provider on refresh.
  • Per-model visibility and default selection — hide noisy models, star a default per provider. Rough price-tier badge ($ to $$$$) next to each model.
  • Password-based encrypted key storage: password → PBKDF2 → AES-GCM key encrypts your API keys. Optional "Remember on this device" caches only the derived key (not the password) in localStorage.
  • Chat history auto-titles once a conversation has enough context (no more "hi" as a title).
  • Resume last chat button and dashboard with stats (configured providers, saved chats, quick links).
  • Chat launcher button added to the dock (left of the Settings gear) and to the top-right icon row.
  • Full i18n for all new Chat UI (English + Vietnamese).
v1.3.1Stable2026-04-22

Features

  • Companions dash and sprint more often: dash weight and sprint-recover combo weight bumped, cooldowns halved, so running feels like a regular part of the routine instead of a rare event.

Fixes

  • Hid the Settings drawer scrollbar for a cleaner edge when capturing or previewing the new tab page.
v1.3.0Stable2026-04-22

Features

  • Added animated companions on the new tab: 6 cat and 6 dog pixel-sprite characters with idle, walk, run, sit, stretch, itch, meow/bark, and nap animations. Default companion is Bernard (dog-5).
  • Companion positions: Roam (walks along the screen bottom, can disappear and reappear elsewhere) or perched on top of the Dock, Search bar, Clock, or Greeting — walks along that anchor's ground line.
  • Activity-based behavior engine with scripted sequences (patrol, wander-sit, stretch-walk, sprint-recover, chatty, lazy-day, curious) so the companion doesn't feel repetitive. Respects cooldowns and transition rules (no sit-stand-sit loops, laying only inside nap, walk always moves to a new spot).
  • Wake-up stretch animation runs as the first action when the tab opens.
  • Right-click the companion to open a context menu shortcut that jumps straight to Companion settings in the drawer.
  • Scaled cats up so they read better next to dogs at all perched positions.
  • Bumped itch repeats so the scratch animation reads clearly instead of flashing past.
v1.2.1Stable2026-04-19

Fixes

  • Replaced the stale yellow placeholder toolbar icon with the brand gradient logo (icon-34.png regenerated from icon-512.png).
v1.2.0Stable2026-04-19

Features

  • Added Dock visibility setting with three modes: Always show, Auto-hide (reveals on hover of the bottom edge, with a 600ms close delay), and Hidden.
  • Added an Accent-tinted tiles setting that applies the accent color to tiles, the dock settings button, and top-right icon buttons.
  • Added a FAQs modal accessible from both the right-click menu and the Settings drawer, covering Chrome's new footer, bookmarks, sync, data storage, and the new Dock visibility options.
  • Added a one-time onboarding tip that appears when Chrome 138+ shows its extension footer, pointing users to "Customize Chrome" to hide it. Dismissal is synced across devices.
  • Restyled sliders and checkboxes with transparent glass backgrounds; sliders now show an accent-filled track up to the thumb.
  • Unified all buttons into a pill-shaped glass style (Got it / Export / Import / Reset, etc.).
  • Theme and Dock fields in Settings now render on a single row for a denser, cleaner Layout section.
  • Custom dropdown caret with increased right-padding so it no longer sits flush against the border.
v1.1.0Stable2026-04-19

Features

  • Introduced a bookmark management modal accessible from the right-click menu, allowing users to toggle any of 40 curated sites or their custom tiles from a single interface.
  • Expanded the preset catalog to include the most-visited sites globally, including Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Stack Overflow, BBC, The New York Times, and Duolingo.
  • Preselected 10 popular sites by default during onboarding: Google, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, X, Reddit, TikTok, GitHub, ChatGPT, and Twitch.
  • Added a setting to hide tile titles for an icon-only grid.
  • Added a ghost slot indicator at the target position when dragging dock tiles.
  • Introduced custom monochrome icons for BBC, Outlook, Office, Bing, and Canva to replace brands removed from the simple-icons library.
  • Refined the onboarding layout to display 8 tiles per row on desktop and 4 on mobile with a denser grid.
  • Reordered the context menu to prioritize "Add bookmark" and added a "Manage bookmarks" entry.

Fixes

  • Rewrote drag-and-drop slot detection using grid-based coordinates to ensure accurate placement across multiple rows.
  • Implemented a favicon fallback chain (Google S2 → DuckDuckGo → FontAwesome globe) to handle upstream 404 responses.
  • Decoupled the Midnight wallpaper gradient from the accent color.
v1.0.3Stable2026-04-19

Features

  • Updated the default accent color to soft violet and replaced the free-form hex picker with a curated palette.
  • Applied a unified theme overlay at 10% opacity across System, Light, and Dark modes.
  • System theme now resolves to the operating system preference and responds to live changes.
  • Added a configurable tile shadow setting, applied uniformly across the grid, dock, and settings button.
  • Extended the tile corner radius setting to the dock settings button.
  • Redesigned checkboxes with accent fill and white checkmark for visual consistency.
  • Reorganized the Add-tile dialog: URL field precedes Title, prefill replaced with placeholders, and the Icon hint is localized.
  • Added wallpaper swatch labels and a consistent selection indicator across settings and onboarding.
  • Added a changelog link within the About modal.
  • Added a ghost slot indicator during grid reordering.

Fixes

  • Clicking the "Icon" label in the tile editor no longer opens the dropdown; the Escape key closes the dropdown before dismissing the modal.
  • Replaced the default Google S2 globe fallback with an internal equivalent.
  • Dock tiles dragged to the grid now resize the overlay to grid dimensions and revert to 72 pixels when returned to the dock.
  • Modals no longer close when a drag selection ends on the backdrop.
  • Improved placeholder text legibility in light mode.
v1.0.2Stable2026-04-18

Features

  • Increased the default grid to 10 tiles per row.
  • Expanded the tiles-per-row range to 4–16.
  • Enabled vertical scrolling when rows exceed the viewport.
  • Added a configurable tile corner radius setting.
  • Expanded the default preset list to 10 bookmarks with the addition of Twitch and Reddit.
  • Onboarding now resets existing tiles rather than appending to them.

Fixes

  • Ensured dock tiles seed correctly on fresh installations and when upgrading from 1.0.1.
  • Resolved a race condition during tile seeding that could drop dock entries.
  • Prevented hover state from clipping the top edge of the first row in onboarding.
v1.0.1Stable2026-04-18

Features

  • Added a setting to open bookmarks in a new tab.
  • Added a changelog link to the right-click context menu.
  • Onboarding is now skipped on new devices when tiles are already synchronized from another installation.

Fixes

  • Google dock tiles (Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Maps) are now seeded by default across all installations.
v1.0.0Stable2026-04-16

Features

  • Tile grid supporting drag-to-reorder and drag-to-folder interactions.
  • Folder management with inline renaming and editing.
  • Pinned shortcuts dock at the bottom of the page.
  • Search bar powered by the default browser engine.
  • Configurable clock display.
  • Liquid Glass user interface with blur and opacity controls.
  • Curated selection of built-in wallpapers.
  • Accent color picker.
  • Light, Dark, and System themes.
  • Adjustable grid column count.
  • Import and Export functionality using JSON.
  • Localization in English and Vietnamese.
v0.3.0Early Design2024-09-19

Features

  • Tile grid with drag-to-reorder support.
  • Folder creation by dragging one tile onto another.
  • iOS-style folder modal for viewing and managing folder contents.
  • Drag tiles out of folders back to the main grid.
  • Dock row for pinned shortcuts at the bottom of the page.
  • Tile migration between grid and dock.
  • Centered search bar.
  • Clock display.
  • Onboarding screen with preset tiles.