This is a free, non-commercial Chrome extension that replaces your new-tab page with wallpapers from Makoto Shinkai's films. It is an unofficial fan project and is not affiliated with Makoto Shinkai or CoMix Wave Films.
The developer does not collect, receive, sell, or transmit any of your data.
There are no analytics, no tracking, and no ads. Everything the extension stores stays in your own browser.
What the extension stores (locally)
Saved with Chrome's storage on your device:
- Settings:brightness, blur, clock format, which films to show, and which modules are visible.
- Shortcuts:shortcuts you pin, and which “most visited” sites you've hidden.
- Apps grid order:saved with Chrome Sync so it follows your Chrome profile (this uses Google's built-in sync; it is not sent to the developer).
- Google account info (only if you sign in):your email, display name, and profile picture, used solely to show a greeting and avatar. OAuth access tokens are not stored on disk; they are requested only when needed and discarded.
You can clear all of this at any time by removing the extension.
Permissions and why they're used
storage:save the settings and shortcuts above.topSites:fill empty shortcut tiles with your most-visited sites (read on your device; not transmitted).search:send searches from the search box to your own default search engine. The query is not seen by the developer.identity/identity.email:optional Google sign-in to personalize the greeting and avatar.- host access to
googleapis.com:to read your basic Google profile (email, name, picture) after you sign in.
Third parties your browser contacts
- Google:for optional sign-in (your profile info) and for shortcut favicons (
google.com/s2/favicons). - DuckDuckGo:a fallback source for shortcut favicons (
icons.duckduckgo.com).
To show an icon for a shortcut, your browser requests that icon from Google or DuckDuckGo, so those services receive the domain of the site. The developer does not receive this.
Contact
For questions or requests, use the feedback form.