A new tab that's ready to work
Keep it when Chrome asks
The first time you open a new tab after installing Multify, Chrome asks whether you meant to change your new tab page. Choose Keep it. In Edge the button says Keep changes.
New tab
Did you mean to change this page?
“Multify” changed the page shown when you open a new tab.
Chat
Chat is what you see when a new tab opens. It's the same chat as the Multify panel, with the message box in the middle of the page. Press / to jump into the message box without clicking.
For a regular web search, use the Google G button in the corner of the message box while the chat is empty. Whatever you typed goes to Google instead.
New tabIf you closed a chat partway through, the new tab offers Pick up where you left off so you can go back to it.
Explore
Explore is a page of things worth your time, built from what you save and who you follow. It's made of sections you can reorder. On a wide screen there's a contents list on the right: drag a section's name up or down to move it.
| Section | What's in it |
|---|---|
| Your stash | Your most recent saves. Switch between Tiles and Mosaic at the top of the section. |
| Fresh reads for you | New articles from around the web on the topics you save and follow. They refresh a couple of times a day. The search providers only see topic words, never the sites you visit. |
| Today | A short digest, grouped by topic, of what's worth a look from your stash and the people you follow. It refreshes a few times a day. |
| From people you follow | What people you follow on Multify have shared. Empty until you follow someone. |
| Your top sites | The sites you visit most, if you let Multify use your browsing history (below). |
New tabIf you're signed out, Explore asks you to sign in to see your stash. Links from Explore always open in a new tab, so your new tab stays put.
Flip through your stash
Click any card in Your stash or From people you follow and it opens full screen. Move through the list one item at a time with ↓ and ↑ (or J and K, your scroll wheel, or a swipe). Press Esc to close it.
Each item has three buttons: Open original, Open in Stash, and Ask about it, which puts the item in the chat so you can ask a question about it.
Using your browsing history
The Your top sites section starts as a card titled Use your browsing history. Click Use my history and your browser asks for permission. Once you allow it, Explore can show your most-visited sites, fold them into your Today digest, and use your topics to find fresh reads.
- Your history is ranked on your computer.
- Multify gets site names and a few page titles, never full links.
- For mail, docs, chat and calendar apps, only the site name is sent, never page titles.
- Local and private network addresses never leave your computer.
To stop sharing it later, click Stop using history and the permission is removed.
Change the look and settings
Two buttons sit in the corner of the new tab:
- The palette opens the Look picker. Your Look also styles your Stash, the web app and the panel. See Looks.
- The gear has two switches: Multify new tab and Fresh reads.
Off brings back your browser's own new tab. You can turn this back on in the Multify side panel, under Settings.
New articles on the topics you save and follow, found on the web. Search providers get topic words only, never your sites.
Turn it off
Click the gear on the new tab and switch off Multify new tab. Your browser's own new tab comes back right away, and the rest of Multify keeps working. To turn it back on, open the panel and go to Settings → Multify new tab.
To keep the new tab but drop the article suggestions, switch off Fresh reads instead.
Which browsers have it
The Multify new tab is in Chrome and Edge. Firefox keeps its own new tab page, and everything else in Multify works there as usual.