# What do you use as a browser home page? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 4, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-a-browser-home-page/627162 "2012-07-04T00:50:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-a-browser-home-page/627162/41 "2012-07-04T13:58:51Z")
And tonnes better than any TV morning “news” ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-a-browser-home-page/627162/42 "2012-07-04T14:02:02Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > Of course, computer usage is very personal and this may not work for everybody. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-a-browser-home-page/627162/43 "2012-07-04T17:19:47Z")
[https://startpage.com/?r=8330](https://startpage.com/?r=8330) ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-a-browser-home-page/627162/44 "2012-07-05T00:59:43Z")
I have a multiple tab home page with gmail, yahoo mail and this website. ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-a-browser-home-page/627162/45 "2012-07-05T13:24:09Z")
I didn’t see anyone with the SDMB as their home page. You mean there is another source of news and current events ? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-a-browser-home-page/627162/46 "2012-07-05T13:32:01Z")
Blank page. There isn’t really any site I consider ‘home’ (not even my own). ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-a-browser-home-page/627162/47 "2012-07-05T13:35:35Z")
I use [protopage.com](http://protopage.com). I have it customized with news feeds of my choice (NYTimes, WSJ, NPR, Guardian, TIME, Wired, ThisWeek), my frequent web links (about 20 of them), phases of the moon, and some inspirational pictures, including one of my two dogs and two cats in a family portrait on the sofa. You can change the background colors to suit your mood (I change them to suit my current wallpaper, as I never expand windows to fill the whole screen). I don’t use gmail or google+ and only use google to search. ETA: I always open to a blank screen, but click the home button to bring up my protopage and leave that window always open in the background. I always have multiple windows open–never got used to multiple tabs. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-a-browser-home-page/627162/48 "2012-07-05T13:43:32Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > My browser is set to blank/empty as first (home) page. If I wanna go somewhere I’ll bloody well select it from the Bookmarks menu. Same. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-a-browser-home-page/627162/49 "2012-07-05T13:50:55Z")
I have been using a My Yahoo! Home page for years. Like some others who have posted, I like being presented with a “morning newspaper” when I first sign on, and I return to it from time to time during the day. My page has news sections, weather info, sports scores, and my investments. It has a Google search window as well. The first two bookmarks in my list are SDMB and Wikipedia. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-a-browser-home-page/627162/50 "2012-07-05T13:56:08Z")
13 tabs in Firefox but only the one I was last using refreshes when I start Firefox each time. The rest don’t refresh until chosen. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-a-browser-home-page/627162/51 "2012-07-05T14:39:16Z")
[Google.com](http://Google.com) on most computers. But I also use a custom google.com.html page I made that is a copy of their older clean and simple search page that doesn’t start jumping around as soon as you start typing. Searches submitted from that page still work fine when sent to Google. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-a-browser-home-page/627162/52 "2012-07-05T17:16:04Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > I’ve used a few different ones in my years on the net. [iGoogle is my current one,](http://support.google.com/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2664197) and now they’ll be shutting down. > > I like customizing my home page with weather, news feeds, etc… What have you used, both past and current? What would make a perfect home page for you? Me, too. I saw that announcement and promptly went back to the old Google page. I’d love to go back to Yahoo, but my Android phone no likey Yahoo. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-a-browser-home-page/627162/53 "2012-07-05T18:36:58Z")
Google. I have an iGoogle, but I change my e-mail login so often since Google bought YouTube that it’s more of a pain than anything. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-a-browser-home-page/627162/54 "2012-07-05T18:46:55Z")
I have been using iGoogle forever, and am pissed about it going away. I have my email, calendar, and reader widgets set up, as well as a notepad and bookmarks all on that page. And a little timer for brewing tea. ☹ Perhaps it’s time I actually built something from scratch. ---
**Author:** ![jacobsta811](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jacobsta811/32/2893_2.png) [@jacobsta811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacobsta811)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-a-browser-home-page/627162/55 "2012-07-05T18:59:04Z")
[Drudgereport.com](http://Drudgereport.com) Ignoring the obvious right wing bias to what articles are chosen especially downpage, it is lightweight (loads quickly), and almost always has true breaking news up before any other single online news outlet (such as the healthcare ruling, etc). ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-a-browser-home-page/627162/56 "2012-07-07T06:28:14Z")
I have four: Facebook, [The-W.com](http://The-W.com) (message board), The Order of the Stick (webcomic), and this message board, added only yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-a-browser-home-page/627162/57 "2012-07-07T12:09:06Z")
> [@Little\_Bird](#): > > I have been using iGoogle forever, and am pissed about it going away. I have my email, calendar, and reader widgets set up, as well as a notepad and bookmarks all on that page. And a little timer for brewing tea. ☹ Perhaps it’s time I actually built something from scratch. [Protopage.com](http://Protopage.com) is very customizable. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-a-browser-home-page/627162/58 "2012-07-08T22:46:25Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > [Protopage.com](http://Protopage.com) is very customizable. Thanks for the suggestion. I’ve already set up my new homepage and with all the same news feeds and most of the widgets I used on iGoogle. It will be an acceptable replacement. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-a-browser-home-page/627162/59 "2012-07-12T16:16:02Z")
Work: the home page of my company’s intranet. Home: plain ol’ [google.com](http://google.com). Not that I use that computer much these days. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-a-browser-home-page/627162.md?page=2)