What do you set as your Default Home Page? (Just Curious, informal survey) - Page 2

redmyrlin · 8 Oct 2002, 10:15 PM

My laptop home page is http://www.bbc.co.uk
My family machine at home is set to our family website at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/9303/ - I must get round to updating this site sometime soon

and my development machine at home (running Linux only) has the home page set to http://www.mozilla.org/start/

zany · 8 Oct 2002, 10:26 PM

Mine's a blank page.

Dave P in StLouis · 9 Oct 2002, 12:35 AM

My wife set our start page to www.iwon.com. Otherwise, it'd probably be emailaddresses.com/forum or lycos.com.

milgram · 9 Oct 2002, 02:43 AM

I use way too many browsers for my own good. They are almost never in sync.

At my machine at work, which is usually booted into Linux:
netscape: file:/usr/doc/HTML/index.html
mozilla: http://www.mozilla.org
galeon: about:blank
lynx: file:/usr/doc/HTML/index.html

When it is booted to W2K:
ie: about:blank

I can't remember what the settings are for the 2 machines at home in general. Yesterday for part of the day IE was set to http://dslstart.verizon.net, but I fixed that problem.

-Marc

Adam Lachlan · 9 Oct 2002, 02:48 AM

My browsers home page is http://another.com

**DBH** · 9 Oct 2002, 02:50 AM

I mentioned before that I, too, have my default home page set to blank. However, when I first start up IE, it always goes to the Netscape homepage. I use Win XP. Weird...

Kyle Babich · 9 Oct 2002, 04:17 AM

about:blank

robert@fm · 9 Oct 2002, 04:30 AM

On Netscape Navigator on a friend's system, it's about:mozilla

(That does nothing special on IE; I wonder if it does anything on Mozilla?

)

(edit:  can't eliminate the spurious "http://" that VB prepends to that URL...)

Adrian Bell · 9 Oct 2002, 05:27 AM

I just thought I'd try about:mozilla out of curiosity

Netscape 7 & Mozilla 1:-
And the beast shall be made legion. Its numbers shall be increased a thousand thousand fold. The din of a million keyboards like unto a great storm shall cover the earth, and the followers of Mammon shall tremble.
from The Book of Mozilla, 3:31
(Red Letter Edition)

Netscape 4.74:-
And the beast shall come forth surrounded by a roiling cloud of vengeance. The house of the unbelievers shall be razed and they shall be scorched to the earth. Their tags shall blink until the end of days.
from The Book of Mozilla, 12:10

IE6:-
Strangely, just a blank blue page.

robert@fm · 9 Oct 2002, 05:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Adrian Bell
I just thought I'd try about:mozilla out of curiosity

Netscape 7 & Mozilla 1:-
And the beast shall be made legion. Its numbers shall be increased a thousand thousand fold. The din of a million keyboards like unto a great storm shall cover the earth, and the followers of Mammon shall tremble.
from The Book of Mozilla, 3:31
(Red Letter Edition)

[emphasis mine — robert@fm]

I love the new version quoted above!  First time I've seen it, and it seems to be having a dig at Microsoft...

**Gankaku** · 9 Oct 2002, 05:46 AM

I didn't know this but Google has a new News page: news.google.com. It's all generated by computer. No human editing. It's pretty cool and would be a good home page default.

**JeffK** · 9 Oct 2002, 06:52 AM

Yes the Google news page is good, although as is often the perspective of those of us outside the United States, it leans a bit that way.

I like to use a blank page for my browser startup, although if I did choose I would probably use one of my frequently access sites ... fastmail, emailaddresses forum or a Australian computer hardware site with very good forum www.overclockers.com.au

Regards, Jeff

robbie · 9 Oct 2002, 08:02 AM

I use google news also. I like that it grabs the most important global headlines. I'm a cricket fan and when Indian made it the finals of the ICC championship, it was on the cover of google news. Awesome.

FromLine · 9 Oct 2002, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gankaku
I didn't know this but Google has a new News page: news.google.com. It's all generated by computer. No human editing. It's pretty cool and would be a good home page default.

That doesn't sound very voyeuristic

**Gankaku** · 9 Oct 2002, 09:43 PM

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

9 Oct 2002, 04:30 AM	#23
robert@fm The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 4,681	On Netscape Navigator on a friend's system, it's about:mozilla (That does nothing special on IE; I wonder if it does anything on Mozilla? ) (edit:  can't eliminate the spurious "http://" that VB prepends to that URL...) Last edited by robert@fm : 9 Oct 2002 at 04:33 AM.

9 Oct 2002, 08:02 AM	#28
robbie Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 28	Google News I use google news also. I like that it grabs the most important global headlines. I'm a cricket fan and when Indian made it the finals of the ICC championship, it was on the cover of google news. Awesome.

8 Oct 2002, 10:15 PM	#16
redmyrlin Master of the @ Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,409	My laptop home page is http://www.bbc.co.uk My family machine at home is set to our family website at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/9303/ - I must get round to updating this site sometime soon and my development machine at home (running Linux only) has the home page set to http://www.mozilla.org/start/

8 Oct 2002, 10:26 PM	#17
zany Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 33	Mine's a blank page.

9 Oct 2002, 12:35 AM	#18
Dave P in StLouis Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: St. Louis, MO USA Posts: 597	My wife set our start page to www.iwon.com. Otherwise, it'd probably be emailaddresses.com/forum or lycos.com.

9 Oct 2002, 02:43 AM	#19
milgram Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 138	I use way too many browsers for my own good. They are almost never in sync. At my machine at work, which is usually booted into Linux: netscape: file:/usr/doc/HTML/index.html mozilla: http://www.mozilla.org galeon: about:blank lynx: file:/usr/doc/HTML/index.html When it is booted to W2K: ie: about:blank I can't remember what the settings are for the 2 machines at home in general. Yesterday for part of the day IE was set to http://dslstart.verizon.net, but I fixed that problem. -Marc

9 Oct 2002, 02:48 AM	#20
Adam Lachlan Master of the @ Join Date: May 2002 Location: UK Posts: 1,004	My browsers home page is http://another.com

9 Oct 2002, 02:50 AM	#21
DBH Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: USA Posts: 1,533	I mentioned before that I, too, have my default home page set to blank. However, when I first start up IE, it always goes to the Netscape homepage. I use Win XP. Weird...

9 Oct 2002, 04:17 AM	#22
Kyle Babich Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 540	about:blank

9 Oct 2002, 05:27 AM	#24
Adrian Bell Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Darlington, UK Posts: 938	I just thought I'd try about:mozilla out of curiosity Netscape 7 & Mozilla 1:- And the beast shall be made legion. Its numbers shall be increased a thousand thousand fold. The din of a million keyboards like unto a great storm shall cover the earth, and the followers of Mammon shall tremble. from The Book of Mozilla, 3:31 (Red Letter Edition) Netscape 4.74:- And the beast shall come forth surrounded by a roiling cloud of vengeance. The house of the unbelievers shall be razed and they shall be scorched to the earth. Their tags shall blink until the end of days. from The Book of Mozilla, 12:10 IE6:- Strangely, just a blank blue page.

9 Oct 2002, 05:46 AM	#26
Gankaku Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 3,265	I didn't know this but Google has a new News page: news.google.com. It's all generated by computer. No human editing. It's pretty cool and would be a good home page default.

9 Oct 2002, 06:52 AM	#27
JeffK Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Kingaroy, AU Posts: 3,179	Yes the Google news page is good, although as is often the perspective of those of us outside the United States, it leans a bit that way. I like to use a blank page for my browser startup, although if I did choose I would probably use one of my frequently access sites ... fastmail, emailaddresses forum or a Australian computer hardware site with very good forum www.overclockers.com.au Regards, Jeff

9 Oct 2002, 09:43 PM	#30
Gankaku Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 3,265