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WOF: What's your browser homepage and why?

Discussion in 'TechSpot News and Comments' started by Julio Franco, Jul 3, 2010.

  1. slh28 TechSpot Paladin Posts: 1,679   +101

    iGoogle is pretty awesome. I have Gmail, stocks, news stories and erm joke of the day. Also with a daily changing theme.
  2. Johny47 Newcomer, in training Posts: 157

    I've used and loved Google as my homepage since I first had the interweb =P

    It's simple, fast and easy, and I really like the themes they put up on there from time ti time for example Christmas or Halloween =)
  3. matrix86 TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 761

    What exactly is so different that makes it better? The images are laid out in the same way. I prefer the Google image search because editing the search preferences is so much easier since it's right on the page in the left hand side bar. No need to click a link just to tell it to search for a certain picture size.
  4. Eddo22 TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 107

    I guess it's just the extra step. For example... This pic is what you get after you click on the image in alltheweb - http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/usb_apple.jpg

    This is what you get in Google - http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/usb_apple.jpg

    ....then you have to click on the pic again to see it full size. Which for the occasional pic is fine, but if your looking for something and going through a lotta pics, I find it irritating. Then you have to double click to go back too.

    So in a nutshell, it's more time consuming. You are right about the convenience of the search options in google.
  5. twojpodlysyn Newcomer, in training

    igoogle, because i have there everything i want
  6. gobbybobby TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 508

    google (Firefox start) as my main along with some tabs.
     
  7. Ithryl Newcomer, in training Posts: 53

    Opera's speed dial. I kinda hate that thing by now though, as it kind of limits the scope of sites I visit almost only to what I've got in speed dial. I often find myself just clicking through these sites over and over again even though I've already seen them.
  8. arkantos Newcomer, in training Posts: 51

    Google is my homepage, its light and fast.
  9. TitoBXNY Newcomer, in training Posts: 84

    1.Techspot-Been a fan since the beginning.
    2.Gamespot-Poor game reviews as of late are making me re-think
    3.Gamespy-Been a fan since the beginning
    4.Anandtech-Don't like their new style at all
    5.ESPN-My boxing and MMA spot

    I use Firefox, Chrome and Opera as of late.
  10. Flamezgeek TechSpot Member

    I use black-google.bpled.com as my home page.
  11. I use google.com because it loads fast and i also search something..
  12. jobeard TS Ambassador Posts: 12,224   +120

    I set my home page to that of the ISP from which I am getting service.
    This tells me immediately if I have a useful connection or something's wrong.
    If I can't get the ISP h.p., then there's little hope of getting anything else :wave:
  13. mrtraver TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 204

    my.yahoo has been mine for years. With the advent of tabbed browsers, I have added Techspot, Facebook, Gizmodo, Tomshardware, boards.ign, woot, and gamespot.
  14. LightHeart Newcomer, in training Posts: 155

    Years ago, I created my own home page with icons to sites I visit daily and I'm still using it.
  15. seanmc Newcomer, in training

    Google - quick loading and handy.
  16. I use google Chrome so the top page link is my home page. But when I first open Chrome Google and Yahoo! mail are my pages that open
  17. TorturedChaos TechSpot Chancellor Posts: 825   +7

    Default FireFox google page.
  18. LNCPapa TS Special Forces Posts: 3,948   +120

    In Chrome it's Techspot.com, but in other browsers it's Google.com - because in Chrome I can type my g searches right into the address bar. I tend not to use the search bars on other browsers.
  19. arkantos Newcomer, in training Posts: 51

    I also use Chrome as browser.

    It's been a year since I joined TechSpot.
  20. tw0rld TechSpot Maniac Posts: 599

    I created a custom webpage (hosted locally) with all my bookmarks, and most visited sites.