topbanner_forum
  *

avatar image

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?

Login with username, password and session length
  • Friday March 29, 2024, 10:56 am
  • Proudly celebrating 15+ years online.
  • Donate now to become a lifetime supporting member of the site and get a non-expiring license key for all of our programs.
  • donate

Author Topic: Start pages, revisited  (Read 6111 times)

zridling

  • Friend of the Site
  • Charter Member
  • Joined in 2005
  • ***
  • Posts: 3,299
    • View Profile
    • Donate to Member
Start pages, revisited
« on: July 26, 2007, 11:42 PM »
Start pages are making a comeback.

popurls1001.jpg

Here's a few that are cool:


freznel

  • Participant
  • Joined in 2007
  • *
  • Posts: 11
    • View Profile
    • Donate to Member
Re: Start pages, revisited
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2007, 02:51 AM »
Yes, they are definitely making a comeback. However, I always find that having these pages as start pages always prolongs browser startup time. So i'd rather have about:blank as a start page and have handy bookmarks for these start pages should I wish to visit 'em :)
« Last Edit: July 28, 2007, 02:54 AM by freznel »

jgpaiva

  • Global Moderator
  • Joined in 2006
  • *****
  • Posts: 4,727
    • View Profile
    • Donate to Member
Re: Start pages, revisited
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2007, 05:28 AM »
Until not much time ago, i used to use about:blank as start page, but right now, i wouldn't give up opera's speeddial for anything ;)

Mamoun

  • Participant
  • Joined in 2006
  • *
  • Posts: 15
    • View Profile
    • Donate to Member
Re: Start pages, revisited
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2007, 05:00 PM »
I like start pages, they have gone a long way since the beginning for sure, but I feel the same as freznel, they slows down your browser, so I would rather have them on demand.

My choice from the above list would be netvibes.

EDIT: ooops, sorry for the bump.
« Last Edit: August 10, 2007, 02:40 AM by Mamoun »

f0dder

  • Charter Honorary Member
  • Joined in 2005
  • ***
  • Posts: 9,153
  • [Well, THAT escalated quickly!]
    • View Profile
    • f0dder's place
    • Read more about this member.
    • Donate to Member
Re: Start pages, revisited
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2007, 05:17 AM »
I use www.google.dk as my start page - it's very fast to load, and my browser is always started with "win+r->http://whatever.url", clicking the firefox icon (which usually means I want google), or double-clicking an URL from a mail message :)
- carpe noctem