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New Tab Fortune

31 users

2020-01-16

St. John Johnson

This extension is being deprecated because it doesn't follow Chrome extension best practices.

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Description

Replaces the New Tab page with a random unix fortune.

Remember the good old Unix Fortune command? This extension shows you a random fortune message each time you open a new tab.

Version 1.3:
Added dark mode option.

Version 1.2:
Added ability to enter your own custom fortune files. Data is now stored across synced browsers.

Version 1.1:
Adds fortunes from Calvin & Hobbes, Chuck Norris, Simpsons Chalkboard, Disc World, Family Guy, Forest Gump, Firefly, Futurama, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Homer Simpson, Star Wars, and X-Files

Version 1.0:
Contains fortunes from fortune-mod_1.99.1 via Debian

Want to see more fortunes? Contact me with more fortune files.

Code licensed under MIT, some fortune files under GPL

Reviews

Cyber Training

i was wishing for fortune on windows for ages, now I have it, thanks!

Elektron Korobase

Very cool but size is limited on custom fortunes...

Badri “Hippo” Sunderarajan

It's very useful when I want to see a fortune on a Windows machine. Only, I would prefer it if it only _added_ it to the New Tab and didn't _replace_ the shortcuts already there.