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title: Frequently Asked Questions
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<a href="/en/help/">
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Back to help
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# Frequently Asked Questions <!-- omit in toc -->
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- [How do I enable the blur on Firefox?](#how-do-i-enable-the-blur-on-firefox)
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- [How do I show the bookmarks bar only on the New Tab page?](#how-do-i-show-the-bookmarks-bar-only-on-the-new-tab-page)
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- [How can I place widgets outside of the grid / at the bottom of the screen?](#how-can-i-place-widgets-outside-of-the-grid--at-the-bottom-of-the-screen)
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- [Why does the extension request to read all the data for a website?](#why-does-the-extension-request-to-read-all-the-data-for-a-website)
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- [Why does a background that I've blocked still appear?](#why-does-a-background-that-ive-blocked-still-appear)
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- [Why isn't the background image appearing?](#why-isnt-the-background-image-appearing)
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- [Why don't you support browser sync?](#why-dont-you-support-browser-sync)
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- [Why don't you support X browser?](#why-dont-you-support-x-browser)
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- [Why do I get an error when entering a custom URL in the web version?](#why-do-i-get-an-error-when-entering-a-custom-url-in-the-web-version)
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- [How do I add custom widgets?](#how-do-i-add-custom-widgets)
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- [How can I get in contact?](#how-can-i-get-in-contact)
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## How do I enable the blur on Firefox?
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Edit: Firefox has broken support for this feature for now.
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Hopefully it'll be readded in the future.
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<!-- The blur requires an experimental feature in Firefox to be enabled, called
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`backdrop-filter`:
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1. Open a new tab and type `about:config` as the address.
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2. Accept the warning.
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3. Enable `layout.css.backdrop-filter.enabled`.
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4. Close and reopen Firefox.
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Please note that you may get visual glitches with this, it is an unstable
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Firefox feature, which is why it's not enabled by default. -->
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## How do I show the bookmarks bar only on the New Tab page?
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On Chrome, there's no way to show the **builtin** bookmarks bar only
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on the New Tab page. However, Renewed Tab provides its own bookmarks bar which
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you can enable by going to Settings > General > Bookmarks Bar.
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On Firefox, you can right-click next to the address bar > Bookmarks Toolbar >
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Only Show on New Tab.
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![Only show on new tab](/static/images/help/firefox_bookmarks.png)
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## How can I place widgets outside of the grid / at the bottom of the screen?
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Renewed Tab requires all widgets to be placed on the grid. This is great for
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the User Experience, as it's simple, but makes it harder to do certain things.
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To make a widget appear to be at the bottom of the screen, you can use the
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Invisible widget to add vertical spacing between widgets.
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## Why does the extension request to read all the data for a website?
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Some widgets, such as Feed, require loading information from a URL.
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Web browsers tend to have strict permission systems, such that a browser
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extension needs to request permission to do certain things.
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Contacting a website is one of those things.
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For example, in order to load a news feed from bbc.co.uk, the extension needs
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to be granted permission to access bbc.co.uk.
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Renewed Tab doesn't read any of your personal information or history for the
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websites you grant access to. It just makes a web request to the website to load
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the content.
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Example messages:
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> "Renewed Tab" has requested additional permissions.\\
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> It could:
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> - Read and change your data on feeds.bbci.co.uk
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> Renewed Tab requests additional permissions.\\
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> It wants to:
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> - Access your data for feeds.bbci.co.uk
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## Why does a background that I've blocked still appear?
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The Renewed Tab API server only has 4 images available to choose from at a time.
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If you've blocked a lot of images, then it's possible that you may end up with
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all of these available images being blocked - if this is the case, then the
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first image will be used.
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The reason this is done is to avoid hitting the Unsplash API too much.
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## Why isn't the background image appearing?
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Extensions like DarkReader can conflict with the background image, you can
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disable it per-site.
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Alternatively, it may be a connection issue with the Renewed Tab API or unsplash,
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or a configuration issue.
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## Why don't you support browser sync?
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Chrome and Firefox sync is limited to 8KB per key. It is common for components like notes
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to exceed this limit, which makes it impractical to support sync.
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You can use Settings (<i class="fas fa-cog"></i>) > Import / Export to share
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your setup between browsers.
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## Why don't you support X browser?
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We only support the latest 2 versions of Firefox and Chrome; it is hard to test
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and provide support for every browser.
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Renewed Tab is built using cross-platform technologies, meaning that it is likely
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that it will work on your browser despite not being supported.
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You can download .zips of the browser extension:
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1. Go to [GitLab pipelines](https://gitlab.com/renewedtab/renewedtab/-/pipelines).
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2. Find the commit you're interested in. Typically, you want a release commit
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like "Release 1.2.3".
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3. Click the download button (<i class="tag fas fa-ellipsis-v"></i>) to the right of the row.
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4. Select "Download webext:archive artifact".
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If you have a problem with an unsupported browser, then we are unlikely to be
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able to help. However, we may accept patches/PRs to fix issues on unsupported
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platforms as long as it doesn't introduce architectural problems, and the
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problem is not due to the browser incorrectly implementing web standards.
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## Why do I get an error when entering a custom URL in the web version?
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If you try to enter a custom URL that is not allowed in the web version, you
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will get the following error:
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> Accessing host example.com is not allowed on the web version. For
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> security reasons, the web version may only access pre-approved domains.
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> Consider using the Chrome/Firefox extension instead.
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The web version uses a proxy to access URLs, rather than contacting them
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directly. This is to get around
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[Cross Origin Resource Sharing](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS)
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(CORS) restrictions: web pages can't make requests to other websites without the
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other website giving permission.
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The web version's proxy restricts the domains you can use for
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[security reasons](https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Server_Side_Request_Forgery).
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If any domain were allowed, malicious users could mess with DNS records to allow
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accessing internal services on the server.
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You may be able to ask for a website to be allowed by the proxy. However, you
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should use the Chrome/Firefox extension instead, as it doesn't have this
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restriction
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Note: If you get the error whilst using the browser extension, there's something
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_wrong_. Please report it below.
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## How do I add custom widgets?
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See [Creating Your Own Custom Widgets for Renewed Tab](/blog/2022/07/24/custom-widgets/).
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## How can I get in contact?
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Making an issue on the Issue Tracker is the preferred way of discussing
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Renewed Tab bugs and feature requests.
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If you need help, you can use any of these options. Discord or Matrix is likely
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to be the quickest.
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Issue Tracker
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Contact Me
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Discord
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<a href="https://matrix.to/#/#renewedtab:matrix.org" class="button" >
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Matrix
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GitHub (mirror)
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