[jlgaddis]

I wanted a completely blank, empty new tab page, nothing on it whatsoever.

I had to create my own "extension" and load it up in developer mode to get the exact functionality I wanted (an empty page).

[i336_]

Ah, gotcha. That's not the absolute end of the world.

I've been using https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/jonikckfpolfcdcgdf... (on standard Linux) for ages myself.