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What Home page do u use? - Jim - 04-26-2010
Hi,
I was using http://excite.com/ , now I'm using http://my.msn.com/ , I need to spice up my Life so maybe a new Home page will excite me.
RE: What Home page do u use? - shoju - 04-26-2010
I use the Chrome thumbnail page as my home page for now, but with Chrome's irritations, I'm probably going back to firefox, which means I will probably go back to using the new igoogle as my home page.
RE: What Home page do u use? - DeeBye - 04-26-2010
iGoogle
RE: What Home page do u use? - Tal - 04-26-2010
iGoogle
RE: What Home page do u use? - LavCat - 04-26-2010
(04-26-2010, 05:43 PM)King Jim Wrote: Hi,
I was using http://excite.com/ , now I'm using http://my.msn.com/ , I need to spice up my Life so maybe a new Home page will excite me.
For almost fifteen years I've been using my own home page. The most prominent element being a Renoir from his later phase, which may have someting to do with my sexual orientation. Nothing obscene, just tasteful. Then there are links to a dozen sites. These change with the years, but one constant (besides the Renoir) has been the lurkerlounge.
At the bottom is a simple form to search with Google. The typeface is Bitstream PrimaSans, which is the best screen font I've found. And which I now need to get installed on Windows 7.
RE: What Home page do u use? - kandrathe - 04-26-2010
I use... blank.
I hate waiting for the homepage to load, so I just opt for blank knowing that I'll be going to the bookmark of my choice 15 seconds after my browser loads.
iGoogle is one of my bookmarks though.
RE: What Home page do u use? - LochnarITB - 04-26-2010
http://www.arewehavingfunyet.com/
RE: What Home page do u use? - Delc - 04-26-2010
In chrome I use their thumbnail page. In Firefox I use a blank page. In IE I use netflix.com, since that's the only reason I open IE.
RE: What Home page do u use? - LavCat - 04-26-2010
(04-26-2010, 08:18 PM)kandrathe Wrote: I use... blank.
I hate waiting for the homepage to load, so I just opt for blank knowing that I'll be going to the bookmark of my choice 15 seconds after my browser loads.
iGoogle is one of my bookmarks though.
You may or may not care for a Renoir, but why not make a simple page that loads instantly (give or take a millisecond) and which has your searching and links to all your common sites? Saves a lot of clicking I would think, not to mention fourteen seconds.
RE: What Home page do u use? - Jim - 04-26-2010
Hi,
Blank, I can not picture 1 moment much less 1/2 second that your mind could be in a state of 'Blank'.
You could add your LINKS/Favorites bar to your "TaskBar" that way you have access to at least your favorite favorites without having to open a browser.
Just right click with your cursor over the Taskbar open Toolbars & put a check mark next to LINKS
(04-26-2010, 08:18 PM)kandrathe Wrote: I use... blank.
I hate waiting for the homepage to load, so I just opt for blank knowing that I'll be going to the bookmark of my choice 15 seconds after my browser loads.
iGoogle is one of my bookmarks though.
What else? - --Pete - 04-26-2010
Hi,
The Lounge Forums page, of course. Most often, I open my browser only to check the Lounge, so I might as well start with it.
--Pete
RE: What Home page do u use? - Sabra - 04-26-2010
(04-26-2010, 07:30 PM)DeeBye Wrote: iGoogle
Me too.
RE: What Home page do u use? - yangman - 04-26-2010
What does it matter when I never close my browser anyway?
(Also, about:blank)
RE: What else? - Jim - 04-27-2010
(04-26-2010, 10:15 PM)--Pete Wrote: Hi,Hi,
What else?
--Pete
Did you see the movie Frequency yet & if you did, did you like it
Delc said: Netflix.com, hmmm sounds like a good Alt
Edit: I
iGoogle, I have a fish tank for a banner, now if they fix the weather I'm good to go 
RE: What Home page do u use? - Concillian - 04-27-2010
I think it's whatever the default is for Firefox. I don't really know, because I never see it.
I ALWAYS save my tabs before I close Firefox, so when it launches, the half a dozen tabs I had open when I closed firefox are all open and in the same state I left them. I can refresh a forum thread I was following, or keep a tab open as a reminder of something.
If I need to search for something, I select the appropriate search engine in the search bar (google, wowhead, ebay, amazon, wow armory, wikipedia, urban dictionary are the engines I have installed and use regularly.) No need to visit the site's homepage first.
I don't even really use bookmarks much anymore. I just open my browser and all the stuff I hit often is open already. Most of my bookmarks are to archived forum threads on my hard-drive (stuff that has pictures that I want so if they're removed they aren't gone forever), or to random links of work stuff that I don't visit that often (the intranet search functions SUCK at work)
RE: What Home page do u use? - vor_lord - 04-27-2010
about:blank
My browsing habits are so different now -- I only have about 10 bookmarks. I am totally addicted to the "awesome bar" in firefox. Everything is in my history.
For example, if I want to visit the Lounge, I know it is:
Ctrl-T (for new tab)
Ctrl-L (to highlight address bar)
lur Tab Enter
And I'll be at the lounge.
RE: What Home page do u use? - swirly - 04-27-2010
Opera's Speed Dial. Gives me a grid of pages that are one click away. Currently I'm running with a 5 wide and 4 deep grid. So all the sites I go to frequently are there and I even get a nice little pre-cached image of the site instead of only having text links. The lounge one still has an image of the old layout since I never tell it to update. : )
RE: What Home page do u use? - kandrathe - 04-27-2010
(04-27-2010, 06:57 PM)swirly Wrote: Opera's Speed Dial. Gives me a grid of pages that are one click away. Currently I'm running with a 5 wide and 4 deep grid. So all the sites I go to frequently are there and I even get a nice little pre-cached image of the site instead of only having text links. The lounge one still has an image of the old layout since I never tell it to update. : )I found that Firefox has an addon, based on Speed Dial, called Showcase. I'm going to give it a try.
RE: What Home page do u use? - LennyLen - 04-28-2010
My home page is set to about:blank, but I use Opera, so whenever I reopen the browser (which occurs roughly once a month or so, which is when I restart my computer), all the tabs I had open when I closed the browser are automatically restored. I also have speed-dial set up, so if I open a blank page, I get several options to choose from.
RE: What Home page do u use? - the Langolier - 04-28-2010
I use deviantART.com (/channels) which has feeds of the newest widescreen wallpaper and photography submitted to the site, the latest content available as prints in the store (which is generally higher quality work than average submittals), and "daily deviations" - works showcased by site moderators. It ensures that I get a taste of new material anytime I open my browser without actively browsing the site.
P.S. Is this the new lounge we've been waiting for, because it's pretty ugly
