Improved Default Theme
A theme that adjusts inactive tab colors so favicons are visible, even if they are blue!
As of May 2026, Improved Default Theme has 56 users and a 4.56/5 rating from 9 reviews.
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9 reviews
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Version
5.0.3
Manifest V2
History
2 snapshotsTracking since Apr 25, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2026 | 58 | 4.56 | 9 | 5.0.3 |
| May 22, 2026 | 69 | 4.56 | 9 | 5.0.3 |
| Now | 56 | 4.56 | 9 | 5.0.3 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- None declared
- Host access
- None declared
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About
The new tab system's default theme makes background/inactive tabs blue, making certain pages favicons extremely hard to see (including Chrome's own settings icons). So I adjusted them all to be an off-white. Incognito active tab/toolbar color can't be changed independently from the non-incognito toolbar color, so we are stuck with white.
Technical
- Version
- 5.0.3
- Manifest
- V2
- Size
- 3.01KiB
- Min Chrome
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- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- No
Metadata
- ID
- ajcidaldcobnbphipidfinfphijlbnbi
- Developer ID
- u89349460bdd8d4596c3c7ca6251ff1de
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Jan 10, 2019
- Last Updated (Store)
- Dec 19, 2019
- Last Scraped
- May 22, 2026
- Website
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- Support URL
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