# Help with a new home page please. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 1, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-new-home-page-please/670121 "2013-10-01T18:58:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-new-home-page-please/670121/1 "2013-10-01T18:58:47Z")
I use Pale Moon as my browser, Just a slimmer FF I think. I use IGoogle as a home page. All set up with links right there, & I use Gmail which is right there letting me know when I have mail. It has tabbed browsing & all that stuff. Google says it is going to drop it on November 1… :eek: How close to the same type of display & functionality can I get with something else & what is your recommendation for something to use. :eek: I am old & set in my ways, PC, not Mac, don’t like IE but I have it & Chrome, & Opera, etc. because sometimes I need then for a page to display correctly. Plus I like to have a backup plan for everything I can in life & computers are not an exception. Smart ass replies are welcome also but please also post a real answer if you can. 😛 - ::::: putting my green metal undies on & waiting… ::::: \* 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-new-home-page-please/670121/2 "2013-10-01T19:15:05Z")
Google is dropping their personal integrator page without replacing it? Huh. I’ve used Google News as a home page for years, just so I get a news update every time I start up. I’ve never needed any kind of portal or coherent “home” page, but I also don’t live in browserland the way some users do; browser tools and functions are a side dish, not dinner. Betweeen GN as a home page, selected common sites in the toolbar, and a well-organized bookmarks list, I get where I need to go… ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-new-home-page-please/670121/3 "2013-10-01T21:19:12Z")
> **[Google Search Help](https://support.google.com/websearch/?visit_id=638766127874547656-4006964685&hl=en&rd=2#topic=3378866)** > > Official Google Search Help Center where you can find tips and tutorials on using Google Search and other answers to frequently asked questions. > [@](#): > > We originally launched iGoogle in 2005 before anyone could fully imagine the ways that today’s web and mobile apps would put personalized, real-time information at your fingertips. With modern apps that run on platforms like Chrome and Android, the need for something like iGoogle has eroded over time, so we’ll be winding down iGoogle on November 1, 2013, giving you a full 16 months from the announcement to adjust or easily export your iGoogle data. So whatcha been doing the past 16 months? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-new-home-page-please/670121/4 "2013-10-02T01:45:35Z")
Options include: [ul] [li]My Yahoo[/li][li]Google News[/li][li]Google Finance, [bbc.co.uk](http://bbc.co.uk), Bloomberg, Maddow Blog, reddit, [wheresgeorge.com](http://wheresgeorge.com), boing boing etc[/li][li]Your own homepage, complete with links.[/li][li] Your favorite RSS reader[/li][li] [http://www.ceoexpress.com/default.asp[/li][li]\*::sob::\*[/li][/ul]](http://www.ceoexpress.com/default.asp%5B/li%5D%5Bli%5D*::sob::*%5B/li%5D%5B/ul%5D) I haven’t been too keen on netvibes or dailyme for some reason.