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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?"

7 of 174 comments (clear)

  1. about:blank by Peartree · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Nuthin better. Good & fast...

    1. Re:about:blank by Foolhardy · · Score: 5, Insightful

      When I start my browser, I already have a page I want to go to in mind; why bother to load another first?

  2. Ballsome.com by joeljkp · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ballsome.com, my personal site.

    I figure if I don't like looking at it every time I open a browser window, nobody else will.

    --
    WeRelate.org - wiki-based genealogy
  3. Re:Google News by sreeram · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Me, too.

    The only thing I hate is that it's the "Search News" button that grabs the <Enter> key by default (when you type something into the text box). I hate being forced to use my mouse and click on the "Search Web" button.

    I don't have their toolbar (and refuse to install it). I wish they would allow a preference setting to change the default search. I mean, come on, how many people search for news items, even from news.google.com?

  4. This should be a poll by shadowbearer · · Score: 4, Insightful



    Inaccurate or no, it would be better that way.

    SB

    --
    It's old. The more humans I meet, the more I like my cats. At least they are honest.
  5. Re:Drudge baby by ka9dgx · · Score: 1, Insightful
    Drudge, for when you want to mainline your Republican propaganda.

    --Mike--

  6. Re:I have x start pages by mahonri5 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I too use firefox to load up six different pages. Just scroll through to visit all my standard pages every morning:
    Pooch Cafe Get Fuzzy Sluggy Freelance Megatokyo User Friendly Slashdot BYU
    Then I usually go to cnn, nytimes, bbc, and deseret morning news for the second set of tabs. I love firefox