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recoed
Making moves
Status: In development

Can we have the opportunity to add a wallpaper in the new tab view? Like chrome or edge, that you can upload a picture and use it as a background in the new tab.

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scalebearer
Making moves

I'd also like to add that perhaps there should be rotating wallpapers similar to Edge's "Image of the Day" it gets from Bing.

Maybe there could even be sponsored backgrounds similar to Brave's new tab backgrounds, where companies can advertise themselves as long as the image itself is pretty to look at and it isn't super obnoxious. If there are sponsored and non sponsored rotating backgrounds, allow people to customise the proportion of sponsored and non sponsored backgrounds. This can complement the existing default search + sponsored shortcuts and help offset the cost of development slightly more.

Both should be turned on by default (again, having nice looking backgrounds that don't drive people to immediately turn it off is key) for new installs.

paul921
Strollin' around

At present, we only have the choice of Firefox Home or Blank Page for new tabs.  I think Custom URL should be added (giving it the same options as homepage and new windows).

You could then use a file:///C:/Users/... URL to specify an image file as your wallpaper.

ansiklopedici
Making moves

This feature can added to Firefox Color and made more useful.

lovelyjubbly
Making moves

Nice idea,  it definitely looks striking in Edge. I also like that it gives the option to show just the image,  or image with extra links (top sites etc)

Currently I use this add on which replaces new tab with a photo. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/mendhak-flickr-new-tab/

KevinZhang
New member

New tab on Firefox could only change background colour and show quick links. However, the new tab on Chrome and Microsoft Edge can customize the background picture. I can put my favorite photos under the search bar. It is just like the wallpaper of my PC, but it is for my best browser Firefox.

filloBuccia
Making moves

There's already an extension that does this type of thing: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tabliss/

It takes photos from Unspash, but you can change the source and the duration of photos, you can also add widget, url bar, weather and so on.

However a firefox prebuilt wallpaper function could be useful, even if i don't feel to need it right now.

OkanAtasoy
Strollin' around

Add wallpapers on home page.add wallpapers on the home page and have the feature to add.

 

 

aayushmaticc
Making moves

When tapping on FF logo on home screen on android, the background color changes nicely. Can we get a similar feature on PC?

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Jon
Community Manager
Community Manager

Hey all,

Here with an exciting update…

Your idea has received a great deal of votes (kudos) and support here in the Mozilla Connect community, so we are upgrading the status to “Trending idea.” This means it’s now one step closer to reaching our internal teams for review—learn more about The Idea Journey.

Please keep the conversation going, add more details to state your case, and stay tuned for updates 😃

-The Community Team

AlfoMora
Making moves

I thought about it all the time…

Anonymous
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Jon
Community Manager
Community Manager

Hey all,

We know this has been a popular topic (wallpaper in the new tab along with other homepage requests) so a Product Manager has just kicked off a discussion here in the community:

Let's Chat About the Firefox New Tab Page! 

We encourage you to join the conversation and add your input. Thanks for working together with us on improving the new tab page 🙌

-The Community Team

Status changed to: In review
Jon
Community Manager
Community Manager

Hey all,

Here with another exciting update…

This idea has been upgraded to "In review" which means it will be brought to our internal teams for review—learn more about The Idea Journey. As soon as we have another update on its status, we’ll let you know right here in the comment section.

Stay tuned 😃

-The Community Team

discostewart
New member

It would be great if there were background images. This option is also available in Chrome and Edge. It would also be great if you could use your own pictures as background pictures.

Example in ChromeExample in Chrome

Legitimater
Strollin' around

Yeah that would be good