# What do you use as your browser default/home/start page? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 30, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-your-browser-default-home-start-page/822232 "2018-09-30T22:36:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-your-browser-default-home-start-page/822232/1 "2018-09-30T22:36:59Z")
I’m setting up a new pc and was setting up Chrome and remembered the days when I used MyYahoo and then IGoogle as a start page. I stopped using those pages when IGoogle went defunct. If I recall, Google said “the start page was dead.” Why is that? Also, any recommendations for a personalized start page (or do you think they slow down the home page loading too much)? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-your-browser-default-home-start-page/822232/2 "2018-09-30T23:20:58Z")
I used to use MyYahoo with highly customized news feed as a start page. Then that turned to shit, and I couldn’t find anything decent to replace it with. Nowadays I just have Chrome open with the same tabs it had when I last shut it down. Usually about seven or eight of them. If I open a new tab, it starts on a Google search page. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-your-browser-default-home-start-page/822232/3 "2018-09-30T23:27:06Z")
Here at work, I use the company corporate main page because they won’t let me change it. I have no use for that page, so whatever. At home, I have tabs for email, Facebook, Weather Underground, and a Google Map of my home location. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-your-browser-default-home-start-page/822232/4 "2018-09-30T23:30:09Z")
My default is my email page. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-your-browser-default-home-start-page/822232/5 "2018-09-30T23:37:57Z")
Google Advanced Search. And I have the browser set to open first window as a blank page, not the start page, so it only goes there if I do ⌘-N ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-your-browser-default-home-start-page/822232/6 "2018-09-30T23:41:37Z")
Whatever travel alerts I’m watching. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-your-browser-default-home-start-page/822232/7 "2018-10-01T00:47:21Z")
Google. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-your-browser-default-home-start-page/822232/8 "2018-10-01T00:58:42Z")
Google ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-your-browser-default-home-start-page/822232/9 "2018-10-01T01:09:10Z")
Here. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-your-browser-default-home-start-page/822232/10 "2018-10-01T01:28:33Z")
Just the default page for Waterfox (a Firefox fork). It’s got a search bar and links to 9 frequently accessed sites. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-your-browser-default-home-start-page/822232/11 "2018-10-01T01:36:16Z")
SDMB is my home page ---
**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:** [October 1, 2018, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-your-browser-default-home-start-page/822232/12 "2018-10-01T01:56:50Z")
> [@Recommend me a new homepage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-new-homepage/678104/2): > > Every time someone asks this question, I always answer > > [www.protopage.com](http://www.protopage.com) > > Free and fully customizable including background colors. I have boxes with my often-used links (about 20 of them including this board), rss links to top 15 stories in NY Times, Atlantic, Christian Science Monitor, CNN, Time, Wired, plus Rotten Tomatoes, and a few others. I have a calendar, a digital clock, a list of my top stocks with updating prices, a widget with phases of the moon. The free version has an ad banner at the top, but if you scroll down a bit, you can hide it. You can also have multiple tabs. There’s nothing visible on the page that you don’t put there. > > I change the colors to match whatever wallpaper I’m currently using, as I don’t like my active windows filling the whole screen. Here’s a [screen shot](https://imgur.com/a/rzfI1pi) of my current one. It extends down farther than I could fit in the screen shot. And yes, I do have to scroll down. I love having everything there and I make only minimal use of bookmarks. My current wallpaper is a slideshow of stars and galaxies, so this looks cool on top of that. When I switch wallpaper, I change the colors to match. Makes me happy. In the quick links column, you can link to anything that has a link. There are ready-made widgets, but some of you clever types can prolly figure out how to create your own widgets. And yes, I need an analog AND a digital clock. So sue me. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-your-browser-default-home-start-page/822232/13 "2018-10-01T02:05:39Z")
A blank page. Pages I visit frequently are on my bookmark bar or come up in my navigation bar when I type the first few letters, so there is no need to start on them. Plus, starting up on a blank page is almost instantaneous. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-your-browser-default-home-start-page/822232/14 "2018-10-01T02:12:19Z")
My Google Calendar so I see it every morning when I fire up my browser. And when I need to see my calendar I just click the “Home” button. New tabs open up to whatever page Firefox has decided is there. I think it has frequently visited pages and then some news items. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-your-browser-default-home-start-page/822232/15 "2018-10-01T03:11:38Z")
Google News. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-your-browser-default-home-start-page/822232/16 "2018-10-01T03:19:17Z")
about:blank ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-your-browser-default-home-start-page/822232/17 "2018-10-01T03:43:48Z")
AOL ------ what can I say? I’m old fashioned. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-your-browser-default-home-start-page/822232/18 "2018-10-01T04:17:32Z")
I don’t have a start page as such. Chrome and Safari are set to go to whatever was up when it was closed. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2018, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-your-browser-default-home-start-page/822232/19 "2018-10-01T04:53:44Z")
My own domain. See if you can guess it. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-your-browser-default-home-start-page/822232/20 "2018-10-01T12:37:31Z")
Another “about:blank” person. I don’t even want any of that idiotic “speed dial” crap. Just a blank tab or even better, a blank nothing. I.e., when I start the browser or close the last tab I want _nothing_ in the window. Not even a new blank tab. (And I certainly do _not_ want the browser to close when closing the last tab!) Years of using classic Opera where tabs can be minimized makes blankness a must at times. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-as-your-browser-default-home-start-page/822232.md?page=2)