I was just trying to see how many people actually look at that page.

Now? No. Every browser I use is configured to show about:blank as the new tab page.

If I had an extension showing me cognitive biases, or Emacs tips? Maybe. Hard to say without trying it out.

But while I’m here, I know that Emacs users are fond of telling people how they’re using Emacs incorrectly, but I think this is the first time an Emacs user has told me that a hypothetical example involving an external tool is using it incorrectly.

Psychologists or UX designers might have better input into the right mechanism. I personally would guess it requires a more forceful approach. Periodically force change of focus to the tab or popup or whatever while going about normal work. As the user voluntarily installs this, maybe the threshold to be annoyed by it is a little lower and can be taken advantage off.

For me, it's different on different browsers. One displays Google's home page. Another shows some amalgamation of "news". I don't spend more than a second on the former. The latter can distract me for many seconds.

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