# What is your default startup page? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 23, 2001, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-default-startup-page/59194 "2001-03-23T19:34:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cerebrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3da27b/32.png) [@cerebrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerebrum)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-default-startup-page/59194/1 "2001-03-23T19:34:01Z")
Mine is The straight Dope. 😃 what’s yours? ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-default-startup-page/59194/2 "2001-03-23T19:52:27Z")
> **[Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters](https://slashdot.org)** > > Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters. Timely news source for technology related news with a heavy slant towards Linux and Open Source issues. I have a ritual each morning. Turn on the monitors (the computer is left running), scan for interesting headlines at slashdot, read sluggy, read userfriendly, read sinfest, read megatokyo, read penny-arcade, read exploitationnow, follow up on slashdot stuff, read straightdope. ---
**Author:** ![Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gut)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-default-startup-page/59194/3 "2001-03-24T01:22:21Z")
[/.](http://slashdot.org) for me as well. Then here,then I move on to other stuff if time permits. Ya right,like that ever happens. ---
**Author:** ![Airbeck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/airbeck/32/6574_2.png) [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-default-startup-page/59194/4 "2001-03-24T02:27:43Z")
Mine is about:blank ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-default-startup-page/59194/5 "2001-03-24T02:38:35Z")
about:blank ---
**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:** [March 24, 2001, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-default-startup-page/59194/6 "2001-03-24T03:10:35Z")
Mine is MyYahoo. When I get home from work I have between 30 and 80 e-mails. And I spam-block! ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-default-startup-page/59194/7 "2001-03-24T03:14:36Z")
Mine is [web.icq.com](http://web.icq.com)…I don’t want the fricking thing to be my start up page but whenever I change it and I start up again it takes over…I have my true start up pages bookmarked…depending on my mood they are the New York Times or my ISP’s home page (sk.sympatico.ca). Keith ---
**Author:** ![fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fish_in_the_sky)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-default-startup-page/59194/8 "2001-03-24T03:32:19Z")
[The Rainforest Site.](http://www.therainforestsite.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CTDSites) It’s my small, passive way to Save The World [sup]TM[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-default-startup-page/59194/9 "2001-03-24T06:31:09Z")
[CNN.com](http://CNN.com). That way even if I immediately bypass it to go to some other site, I still get a glimpse of current headlines and therefore stay mildly informed about the state of the world. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-default-startup-page/59194/10 "2001-03-24T16:34:26Z")
[Google](http://www.google.com). Loads quick, and I can get to my favorite search page by clicking the HOME button or opening a new window. Massively useful, I find. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-default-startup-page/59194/11 "2001-03-24T16:54:26Z")
> **[The Straight Dope – Fighting ignorance since 1973. (It’s taking longer than...](https://www.straightdope.com)** > > Fighting ignorance since 1973. (It's taking longer than we thought.) Like there’s another option? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-default-startup-page/59194/12 "2001-03-24T17:05:42Z")
I’m even more impatient…I go straight to the latest posts [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?getdaily=yes&action=dosearch&searchdate=1) so I have less clickthroughs! ---
**Author:** ![headshok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@headshok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/headshok)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-default-startup-page/59194/13 "2001-03-24T17:14:31Z")
Just the blank Netscape window, although I usually check news ([CNN.com](http://CNN.com)) and sports ([ESPN.com](http://ESPN.com)) first. ---
**Author:** ![Alonist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Alonist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alonist)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-default-startup-page/59194/14 "2001-03-24T17:46:29Z")
My _default_ startup page is some weird Microsoft address, [http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&pver=5.5&ar=msnhome](http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&pver=5.5&ar=msnhome). It goes to [msn.com](http://msn.com), so what’s all that other crap for? I don’t use it, don’t know how to get rid of it- Microsoft Help doesn’t want to tell me how to change the default startup. What the hell, it’s not my computer. The page I actually use, unless I change it to remind me of something, is the SD message boards home. ---
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-default-startup-page/59194/15 "2001-03-24T18:39:49Z")
At home, [The Weather Channel](http://www.weather.com/weather/local/32825) forecast for Orlando. At work, its [Calvin and Hobbes](http://www.ucomics.com/calvinandhobbes/viewch.htm).