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What's Your Browser Start Page?

Posted by Cliff on from the internet-starting-lines dept.

prostoalex asks: "I was just reading an Associated Press story on the most popular Web destinations, where it's noted how the companies are vying for user's attention to become an access point to the Internet. Slashdot's readership is probably not the one to stick to the start page provided by their ISP or their browser manufacturer. What's your browsers start page? A third-party site like Google or Yahoo!? A customized page like My Yahoo! or My MSN? Personal Web site or local HTML file with your favorite bookmarks? about:blank?"

5 of 174 comments (clear)

  1. US CERT by kalidasa · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because that way, I know what I'm in for when I get into work.

  2. about:mozilla by Radical+Rad · · Score: 2, Funny

    And so at last the beast fell and the unbelievers rejoiced. But all was not lost, for from the ash rose a great bird. The bird gazed down upon the unbelievers and cast fire and thunder upon them. For the beast had been reborn with its strength renewed, and the followers of Mammon cowered in horror.

    from The Book of Mozilla, 7:15

  3. It's supposed to be about:blank by fm6 · · Score: 2, Funny
    But some piece of spywhere keeps changing it to http://allaboutsearching.com/passthrough/index.htm l?http://about:blank. And yes, I've run ad-aware, HijackThis, CWShredder, and SpyBot S&D. This puppy seems to have a mutating signature, so it's not in the databases. At least spybot is able to keep it from downloading any more spyware, something it keeps trying to do. And Spybot also manages to prevent it from doing any popups, so life is tolerable. I just wish I could figure where this software is. Maddening (and scary) that it can hide so thoroughly.

    Yes, I know about Mozilla. Still too slow (even Firefox) and the XUL version of the Google toolbar has serious problems.

    If you were about to tell me to switch to Linux, you really need to get a life.

    But I digress. Why about:blank? Because there's absolute no web page I want to see every time I open a new browser window. Something I do 100 times a day. That's not hype -- 100 is a conservative estimate!

  4. Re:my start page by Eevee · · Score: 2, Funny

    Damn, you've got a lot of porn showing up on your start page.

    Errr, wait a minute....

    Just forget I said anything, okay?

  5. STATUS by Gropo · · Score: 3, Funny

    My Linksys WET_11 Status page to tell me wether or not my leeched WiFi access is active :P

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    I hate Grammar Nazi's