# Tell me about your web browser's "start" page. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 22, 2014, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-web-browsers-start-page/696153 "2014-08-22T00:27:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-web-browsers-start-page/696153/1 "2014-08-22T00:27:47Z")
Hi all. I am conducting some research on web trends. One thing I’m (desperately) hoping you can help me out with should be pretty easy question to answer: **What is the first thing your browser shows you when you sit down to start browsing the web?** (or) **Is there a web page that is typically the first destination you navigate to?** _I cannot thank you enough for your help!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-web-browsers-start-page/696153/2 "2014-08-22T00:44:44Z")
It opens up right here, both computers! Well, not this thread, but the main page. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-web-browsers-start-page/696153/3 "2014-08-22T00:45:40Z")
IE goes to Google, Mozilla to the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-web-browsers-start-page/696153/4 "2014-08-22T00:49:55Z")
It goes to my own homepage. The first site I usually open each day is Twitter. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-web-browsers-start-page/696153/5 "2014-08-22T00:57:45Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > It goes to my own homepage. The first site I usually open each day is Twitter. By homepage, what exactly do you mean? Like your own personal/business website page? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-web-browsers-start-page/696153/6 "2014-08-22T01:19:42Z")
Mine is set to go to my Facebook page. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-web-browsers-start-page/696153/7 "2014-08-22T01:35:21Z")
Local Cox homepage 'cause, what do I care? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-web-browsers-start-page/696153/8 "2014-08-22T01:52:05Z")
My google calendar, week view. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-web-browsers-start-page/696153/9 "2014-08-22T02:04:31Z")
Google Search Portal. I then first go to my three Gmail accounts, at Gmail, Yahoo, and the site formerly known as Hotmail. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-web-browsers-start-page/696153/10 "2014-08-22T02:10:15Z")
My home page is Google. My morning routine is to check my email (Gmail), then Facebook, then the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-web-browsers-start-page/696153/11 "2014-08-22T03:11:39Z")
Google ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-web-browsers-start-page/696153/12 "2014-08-22T03:45:22Z")
Google. I use Chrome, so I assume it’s the default. I don’t think I’ve ever bothered changing the default on any of my browsers. Let me check. Firefox goes to the Mozilla Firefox start page, which is a Google search bar. Safari goes to nothing. Just a generic page with a bookmarks bar on the left and some top site and their icons on the right. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-web-browsers-start-page/696153/13 "2014-08-22T04:03:47Z")
The tabs from last time. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-web-browsers-start-page/696153/14 "2014-08-22T04:04:24Z")
Google ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-web-browsers-start-page/696153/15 "2014-08-22T04:33:35Z")
about:blank ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-web-browsers-start-page/696153/16 "2014-08-22T16:32:13Z")
My browser is set to NOT OPEN a page when it is started; if I do ⌘-N to make a new page, it is blank until I type something in the address bar or select something from the Bookmarks menu. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-web-browsers-start-page/696153/17 "2014-08-22T16:45:29Z")
My home page is the Firefox default page. It has a search box and the firefox logo. I choose to leave it as my homepage because it loads quickly. The search is convenient when I need it. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-web-browsers-start-page/696153/18 "2014-08-22T16:45:32Z")
about:blank ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-web-browsers-start-page/696153/19 "2014-08-22T16:46:02Z")
Gmail, BBC, Facebook and here ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-web-browsers-start-page/696153/20 "2014-08-22T16:50:47Z")
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