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zridling

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Start pages, revisited
« on: July 27, 2007, 04:42 AM »
Start pages are making a comeback.

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Re: Start pages, revisited
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2007, 07:51 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, 07:54 AM by freznel »

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Re: Start pages, revisited
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2007, 10:28 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 ;)

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Re: Start pages, revisited
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2007, 10:00 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, 07:40 AM by Mamoun »

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Re: Start pages, revisited
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2007, 10:17 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 :)
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