What do you set as your Default Home Page? (Just Curious, informal survey)

FromLine · 8 Oct 2002, 03:22 AM

Recently, another EMD member asked me what I set as my browser home page default. I think it'd be interesting to see some of the various web pages that people set as their home page.

I'll start:

My home page is default is:

http://www.sfgate.com

but I'm thinking about changing it to:

http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle

since I usually click on the latter fairly quickly and can easily go back to the former.

**Gankaku** · 8 Oct 2002, 03:34 AM

I love this question because I like finding out what other people use as their home page. It's a weird, voyeur type of thing I guess....

Mine is set on Excite and I have all the cool modules and reminders and themes set up.

Adrian Bell · 8 Oct 2002, 03:37 AM

http://www.google.com/

**psalzer** · 8 Oct 2002, 03:38 AM

At home mine is set to a http://homegrown.nettrips.net. That's just a home page I created for my husband and myself, so that we could each get to it from any computer. My own links on that one are very outdated. I need to update it a bit. At work it's our intranet site that a programmer and I put together with our phone list and other information that we use each day. Fastmail is on the link bar of all my browsers.

FromLine · 8 Oct 2002, 03:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Adrian Bell
http://www.google.com/

I meant to put that one in the poll. Oh well... Too late now...

Quote:

Originally posted by Gankaku
I love this question ... It's a voyeur type of thing

I always wondered about you...

By the way, Gankaku was the EMD member that asked me my home page that got me the idea of starting this thread. (of course she replied first, but then again, I emailed her this thread with "what's yours?" in the subjectline).

**DBH** · 8 Oct 2002, 03:48 AM

How would you add something to your poll? Sorry if that's a dumb question...I only created 1 poll, myself

Anyway, as boring as this may sound, my default Home Page is a blank page! I just open up explorer, then decide where I want to go. I suppose I'll make the default FastMail eventually!

Dave

FromLine · 8 Oct 2002, 03:55 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DBH
How would you add something to your poll? Sorry if that's a dumb question...I only created 1 poll, myself

I responded here:
http://www.emaildiscussions.com/...&threadid=8122

(trying to keep this thread on the home page topic

)

lukask · 8 Oct 2002, 06:57 AM

http://calendar.yahoo.com/
It's my calendar! So I instantly see what I have to do this week.

esTester · 8 Oct 2002, 08:25 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DBH
Anyway, as boring as this may sound, my default Home Page is a blank page! I just open up explorer, then decide where I want to go.

I have the same thing. I had dial-up for a few years and always hated to wait for a start up page to load, so I made it nothing. I actually kind of like it, so I just stuck with it. I really don't think I will ever change it.

**CyberSmurf** · 8 Oct 2002, 10:58 AM

I have my homepage set to blank. It loads really quick.

**CyberSmurf** · 8 Oct 2002, 11:07 AM

lukask try the link ...

http://calendar.yahoo.com/,,,/youraccountname/?v=2

**munchkin** · 8 Oct 2002, 03:13 PM

At home Opera is set to 'start with no windows'.

hajonez · 8 Oct 2002, 05:02 PM

Hi fb19,

Nice idea for a poll!

It would have been great if you had added Runbox.com to the selection, however. As you know, there are a large number of people who frequent these forums and are Runbox subscribers.

I am stuck on a noisy rural dial-up connection so I don't like graphics-intensive homepages. Rather than having a blank page, however, I've set http://fast.runbox.no as my homepage. It loads in the blink of a second and enables me almost instant access to my email the second I fire up my browser.

- Henry

FromLine · 8 Oct 2002, 05:24 PM

yes, that domain reminds me a little bit of http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail for super fast yahoo mail reading...

***Edwin*** · 8 Oct 2002, 05:47 PM

Mine is set to "D:\portal\index.htm" - in other words, an offline custom start page I've built on my hard drive.

It's got links to all the discussion forums I participate in regularly, links to the news sites I use frequently, links to domain name and affiliate resources, links to key search engines and links to the control panels for my various sites, tools and services. It's also got a few "misc" links to things such as my local cinema listings, and so on.

I've been adding to this page for years, to the extent that I probably need to visit a "non-listed" page only once every few days - it's a BIG time-saver!

View Poll Results: What is Your Browser Home Page Default Set to?
yahoo.com (or my.yahoo, mail.yahoo, or any other yahoo)	11	18.03%
Hotmail, MSN, or other MSN	6	9.84%
FastMail.FM	6	9.84%
EmailDiscussions.com (or other Genki site)	1	1.64%
Something else (please state URL in your response below)	37	60.66%
Voters: 61. You may not vote on this poll

8 Oct 2002, 03:22 AM	#1
FromLine The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,619	What do you set as your Default Home Page? (Just Curious, informal survey) Recently, another EMD member asked me what I set as my browser home page default. I think it'd be interesting to see some of the various web pages that people set as their home page. I'll start: My home page is default is: http://www.sfgate.com but I'm thinking about changing it to: http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle since I usually click on the latter fairly quickly and can easily go back to the former. Last edited by FromLine : 8 Oct 2002 at 03:27 AM.

8 Oct 2002, 10:58 AM	#10
CyberSmurf Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: British Columbia Posts: 4,027	blank I have my homepage set to blank. It loads really quick.

8 Oct 2002, 11:07 AM	#11
CyberSmurf Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: British Columbia Posts: 4,027	re yahoo calendar lukask try the link ... http://calendar.yahoo.com/,,,/youraccountname/?v=2

8 Oct 2002, 03:34 AM	#2
Gankaku Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 3,265	I love this question because I like finding out what other people use as their home page. It's a weird, voyeur type of thing I guess.... Mine is set on Excite and I have all the cool modules and reminders and themes set up.

8 Oct 2002, 03:37 AM	#3
Adrian Bell Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Darlington, UK Posts: 938	http://www.google.com/

8 Oct 2002, 03:38 AM	#4
psalzer Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,654	At home mine is set to a http://homegrown.nettrips.net. That's just a home page I created for my husband and myself, so that we could each get to it from any computer. My own links on that one are very outdated. I need to update it a bit. At work it's our intranet site that a programmer and I put together with our phone list and other information that we use each day. Fastmail is on the link bar of all my browsers.

8 Oct 2002, 03:48 AM	#6
DBH Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: USA Posts: 1,533	How would you add something to your poll? Sorry if that's a dumb question...I only created 1 poll, myself Anyway, as boring as this may sound, my default Home Page is a blank page! I just open up explorer, then decide where I want to go. I suppose I'll make the default FastMail eventually! Dave

8 Oct 2002, 06:57 AM	#8
lukask Essential Contributor Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Haarlem, Netherlands Posts: 311	http://calendar.yahoo.com/ It's my calendar! So I instantly see what I have to do this week.

8 Oct 2002, 03:13 PM	#12
munchkin Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Milliways Posts: 1,165	At home Opera is set to 'start with no windows'.

8 Oct 2002, 05:02 PM	#13
hajonez Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 727	Hi fb19, Nice idea for a poll! It would have been great if you had added Runbox.com to the selection, however. As you know, there are a large number of people who frequent these forums and are Runbox subscribers. I am stuck on a noisy rural dial-up connection so I don't like graphics-intensive homepages. Rather than having a blank page, however, I've set http://fast.runbox.no as my homepage. It loads in the blink of a second and enables me almost instant access to my email the second I fire up my browser. - Henry

8 Oct 2002, 05:24 PM	#14
FromLine The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,619	yes, that domain reminds me a little bit of http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail for super fast yahoo mail reading...

8 Oct 2002, 05:47 PM	#15
*Edwin* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: UK Posts: 3,118	Mine is set to "D:\portal\index.htm" - in other words, an offline custom start page I've built on my hard drive. It's got links to all the discussion forums I participate in regularly, links to the news sites I use frequently, links to domain name and affiliate resources, links to key search engines and links to the control panels for my various sites, tools and services. It's also got a few "misc" links to things such as my local cinema listings, and so on. I've been adding to this page for years, to the extent that I probably need to visit a "non-listed" page only once every few days - it's a BIG time-saver!