New Tab Snake AI

The New Tab Snake AI allows you to change your old, boring, and flat new tab page into a new tab page that plays snake in the background!

Install

Chromium based web browsers can install the extension through the Google Web Store. You can also install the extension through the Firefox Web Store.

This extension in action

• Please note this video is from an alpha version

Todo

• Re-create the extension from the ground up

• Shortcuts

  • Add drag and drop to sort shortcut order
  • Add the ability to change shortcut options (icon, name, url or the ability to delete)
    • Name and URL
  • Add a menu when creating the shortcut
  • Make it so shortcuts sync on different pages
  • Save order change
  • Add shortcut base functionality

• Add options menu

  • Customizable colors (background, shortcuts, etc)
  • Search engine
    • Preset search engines
    • Add the ability to have a custom search engine
  • Snake color
  • Make it so settings sync on different pages

• Code cleanliness

  • Divide code into different files/sections to avoid making it hard to read
  • Add comments to code
  • Update p5 module to newest version

• Save website icons for offline use

• Get a new icon for the extension

• Create a new preview for the chrome/firefox web store

• Use github.io to create an online new tab page (where new tabs go to a specified URL)

• Download assets

• Autofocus search bar

• Scrolling shortcuts if there are too many

• Wait for shortcuts to load before rendering hud to prevent flickering

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