Supermium

[DrWho3000]

how do i do that

edit ok i did it

Edited January 2 by DrWho3000

[Dave-H]

Same as with any extension.
Find it in the Chrome Web Store, install it, and set it up.
With New Tab Redirect (and there are others I'm sure, that's just the one I use) you can set any URL as the new tab page.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

36 minutes ago, Dave-H said:

you can set any URL as the new tab page

I always prefer the new tab extensions that "convert" your bookmarks into "thumbnails" displayed as a grid for your "new tab page".

I've used one called "Speed Dial" in the past (forget which one, there are a TON that go by that name at the Chrome Web Store).

I currently use "Visual Bookmarks" - https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/visual-bookmarks/jdbgjlehkajddoapdgpdjmlpdalfnenf

Edited January 2 by NotHereToPlayGames

[Dave-H]

Yes, I use one of those 'speed dial' extensions too!
The one I use is called 'Speed Dial [FVD]' and it's great.
I actually have Supermium set up so that I get the speed dial page when I hit the 'home' button, but I keep the normal new tab page for start up and when I open a new tab.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

41 minutes ago, Dave-H said:

The one I use is called 'Speed Dial [FVD]' and it's great.

<OT>

I've not used that one.  Downloaded just now but not installed.

The source code seems to suggest that it throws advertisements.

The .json then loads ads into frames.  Appears all of the ads come from "everhelper.me".

But most ad-blockers would block it anyway.

[Dave-H]

Off-topic of course, but if there are ads on the dial pages they are probably being blocked by uBlock Origin in my case!
It does have 'sponsored dials' but they can be deleted.
There is also a 'sponsored' page, which is the only one which can't be deleted, but I just ignore it.
The sponsored dials don't seem to invade your own customised speed dial pages, I'm glad to say!
I like it because I think it's very well-designed and extremely customisable.

[VistaLover]

On 1/2/2026 at 8:32 PM, Dave-H said:

With New Tab Redirect (...) you can set any URL as the new tab page.

... Wasn't/isn't there a native way to do that, without any such extension? Below, a screengrab from a Sm-132 copy: 

Edited Tuesday at 05:46 PM by VistaLover

[Dave-H]

Sorry, I can't see your image for some reason ('content not available in your region').

I'm sure you're right, but I have split the home page away from the new tab page, which may be the issue.
It probably isn't an issue with a standard installation.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

2 hours ago, Dave-H said:

Sorry, I can't see your image for some reason ('content not available in your region').

I'm sure you're right, but I have split the home page away from the new tab page, which may be the issue.
It probably isn't an issue with a standard installation.

He used "imgur".  Here it is "direct" to MSFN.

 

[Dave-H]

Thanks!
Yes of course, I'd forgotten about that flag.
@DrWho3000
That is the easiest way of changing your new tab page back to what you want.
No extension needed!

[NotHereToPlayGames]

So I admittedly find myself fully rethinking Supermium on MODERN HARDWARE.
We tend to think of forks like Supermium existing only for the sake of "keeping XP alive" or for "ancient hardware".
I "was" a member of both!  We all know the type, frowning upon friends and family using anything but XP and using our ancient hardware as somewhat of a "badge of honor".
Again, we all know the type, we kind of saw ourselves as "better than" folks with newer computers and "better than" folks that use Win10 or Win11.
I have *zero* regrets in "finally" upgrading to a HEAVILY TWEAKED *ancient* and no-longer-supported version of Win10.
So I saw things like Supermium as "not for me" (mainly due to *horrific* experiences with Supermium when I was on *ancient hardware*, so why use it on modern hardware?).

That changed yesterday...
My bank account "forced me" to upgrade from Official Chrome v136 to Official Chrome v140 back in November.
The force was actually several months prior to November.  November was just when I finally realized that an "older browser" was the ROOT CAUSE for login "extra steps".

As of today, I will be running Supermium as my DEFAULT.  At least for the sake of testing must-have web sites (bank account, pay my utility bills, et cetera).
I don't know (yet) if v138 will be "new enough" for my bank account login.

So why "downgrade" when v140 works for everything I need a web browser for?
Well, and unsure why it took so long, but it only hit my v140 *yesterday*.
I had a "screen_ai" folder suddenly appear in my browser profile!  Some 106MB "extension" that Chrome added "under the radar"!

I caught it during download and before "install", but just seeing it sneak in, well, basically p#ss#s me off!
Reading into what it "does" is kind of scary.

I can see SUPERMIUM (and maybe other forks "targeting" XP / 7) as a route of preventing this "under the radar" AI [BS].

[NotHereToPlayGames]

Disregard.  Based on bank account login, I will need to wait until Supermium releases a v140 or higher.

But even then, I also forgot that Supermium will never be able to work with Widevine on Netflix (not a showstopper, per se).

[Karla Sleutel]

4 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

I will need to wait until Supermium releases a v140 or higher.

By that time they will bump up the minimum version, you'll wait in vain. Supermium lags behind for at least several versions.

[Karla Sleutel]

5 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said:

My bank account

ASAP. Not advised for banking and important stuff.

It would be fatal since even the "Ungoogled" Supermium broadcasts, transmits the passwords to third parties. Tell later.

[Karla Sleutel]

I found it out by accident, we have Supermium user(s) with identical names on MSFN and other forum(s) . Their names came out from the search relating to Supermium, resulting in the finding of another forum.

They made a research. I used translation, and I was horrified! Luckily, I didn't put my paswords there!

Unsurprisingly, Russian forums contain cracked Western software, so I shan't, can't give the links publicly, nevertheless, I can share with our dear admins via the messages.

That said, to be completely fair, I don't know how well the Russians can be trusted.

Probaly Dave could make his own research?