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. The only time your browser reaches out is for features you choose, like Google sign-in, shortcut icons, or the optional Weather widget, and those requests go straight to the service involved, never to the developer.
What the extension stores (locally)
Saved with Chrome's storage on your device:
- Settings: brightness, wallpaper blur, the clock's glass blur, clock format, which films to show, and which widgets are visible (and where you've placed them).
- Widget content: your quick notes, to-do items, focus-timer length, and weather preferences (the city you pick, °C/°F, and the last forecast reading). All of it stays on your device.
- 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). - Open-Meteo: only when you turn on the Weather widget. Your browser asks
open-meteo.com(its geocoding and forecast APIs) for the weather at your approximate location (derived from your device's time zone, or a city you type in), with no account, key, or sign-in.
To show a shortcut icon, your browser requests it from Google or DuckDuckGo, so those services receive the domain of the site. The Weather widget works the same way: the request goes from your browser straight to Open-Meteo. The developer does not receive any of this. The ambient sounds are generated in your browser and use no network at all.
Contact
For questions or requests, use the feedback form.