# What is your favorite Internet start page? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 18, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-internet-start-page/681642 "2014-02-18T19:12:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-internet-start-page/681642/1 "2014-02-18T19:12:46Z")
I’ve used My Yahoo! as my start page for years. As some of you may know, they recently redesigned My Yahoo! with many, many “improvements”. Now it’s a piece of crap, with such useful features as a “My Weather” tab that primarily shows the weather at your server’s location, which in my (and many other’s) case is about 1500 miles away. And, it can’t be changed to your real location! :mad: The page is now cumbersome, confusing, and very difficult to customize properly. In short, it’s time for a new start page. Which page do you folks recommend? I’d prefer one that is customizable and has spots for news, comics, local happenings, etc. In other words, something like the old My Yahoo! But I’m open to other suggestions… ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-internet-start-page/681642/2 "2014-02-18T19:16:11Z")
I just use [google.com](http://google.com) no add-ons or fanciness. Often, when I want to go to the internet, it’s because I want to search for something. Even when I go to SDMB, I start by googling “straight dope.” ---
**Author:** ![Inna\_Minnit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Inna\_Minnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inna_Minnit)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-internet-start-page/681642/3 "2014-02-18T19:17:39Z")
Blank page. I don’t need to wait for a page to load to be able to type in where I really want to go, which isn’t the same place every single time. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-internet-start-page/681642/4 "2014-02-18T19:21:22Z")
Google. I either want to go someplace specific when I log on or I am looking for something. Bookmarks and Google fit the bill. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-internet-start-page/681642/5 "2014-02-18T19:27:08Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > I’ve used My Yahoo! as my start page for years. As some of you may know, they recently redesigned My Yahoo! with many, many “improvements”. Now it’s a piece of crap, with such useful features as a “My Weather” tab that primarily shows the weather at your server’s location, which in my (and many other’s) case is about 1500 miles away. And, it can’t be changed to your real location! :mad: > > The page is now cumbersome, confusing, and very difficult to customize properly. In short, it’s time for a new start page. > > Which page do you folks recommend? I’d prefer one that is customizable and has spots for news, comics, local happenings, etc. In other words, something like the old My Yahoo! But I’m open to other suggestions… I used to do [www.msnbc.com](http://www.msnbc.com), then they changed it to the current format which, get this, only displays 10 stories on the front page. Then I used [www.nbc.com](http://www.nbc.com), then they changed to an even worse format, some sort of Windows 8 tile thing that I can’t stand. Therefore, I changed my homepage to some random page about bouncy ball science fair projects. Behold: [Temperature Affecting Bouncy Balls | Physics Van | Illinois](http://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=94) ---
**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:** [February 18, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-internet-start-page/681642/6 "2014-02-18T19:27:42Z")
Startup, Google News. New tab, blank screen. ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-internet-start-page/681642/7 "2014-02-18T19:47:32Z")
It was [weather.com](http://weather.com). Now it’s Google. It’s just easier to launch from there. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-internet-start-page/681642/8 "2014-02-18T19:57:30Z")
I’m a Binger. Truthfully, I just like the photo-splashes. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-internet-start-page/681642/9 "2014-02-18T19:59:00Z")
I open on my Google calendar. It’s the only calendar I have (nothing on phone or email app) so it’s good to get that reminder of events once a day when I open the browser. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-internet-start-page/681642/10 "2014-02-18T20:20:06Z")
I create my own in HTML. It has everything I want on it and nothing I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-internet-start-page/681642/11 "2014-02-18T20:26:54Z")
I have several tabs loaded at startup: [ol] [li]Google News[/li][li]Twitter[/li][li]Gmail[/li][li]TV listings (zap2it)[/li][/ol] The RSS feed reader is launched separately. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-internet-start-page/681642/12 "2014-02-18T20:35:18Z")
[thehungersite.com](http://thehungersite.com) - it’s the first click I do every day. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-internet-start-page/681642/13 "2014-02-18T20:36:01Z")
I’ve been using Yahoo! since my main email address is one of theirs. But I have really grown to dislike it and would prefer to use Google news. I can pull up the email in a second tab. So… I think this has goaded me into making the change. Thanks Dopers! ---
**Author:** ![Krouget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b38774/32.png) [@Krouget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krouget)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-internet-start-page/681642/14 "2014-02-18T20:45:44Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > I have several tabs loaded at startup: > > [ol] > [li]Google News[/li][li]Twitter[/li][li]Gmail[/li][li]TV listings (zap2it)[/li][/ol] > The RSS feed reader is launched separately. I’m the same way. My tabs sync (or I selectively sync, depending on the machine/device), and so I have multiple tabs which open. Gmail is typically one of them. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-internet-start-page/681642/15 "2014-02-18T20:58:53Z")
Google News and a couple blank tabs. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-internet-start-page/681642/16 "2014-02-18T21:07:11Z")
I go a _long_ time without restarting my browser, and even then I usually have it revert to the last state. I have one tab now that’s been open for almost two months. Of course when I start a tab I just want a blank. I don’t get “home” pages at all. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-internet-start-page/681642/17 "2014-02-18T21:22:39Z")
Yeah, me too. The browser only closes when the computer restarts, which doesn’t happen very often. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-internet-start-page/681642/18 "2014-02-18T22:29:43Z")
The My Yahoo! changes haven’t sucked nearly as badly as I thought. I still use it a great deal. ---
**Author:** ![drewc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@drewc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewc)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-internet-start-page/681642/19 "2014-02-18T23:11:24Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > I’ve used My Yahoo! as my start page for years. As some of you may know, they recently redesigned My Yahoo! with many, many “improvements”. Now it’s a piece of crap, with such useful features as a “My Weather” tab that primarily shows the weather at your server’s location, which in my (and many other’s) case is about 1500 miles away. And, it can’t be changed to your real location! :mad: > > The page is now cumbersome, confusing, and very difficult to customize properly. In short, it’s time for a new start page. > > Which page do you folks recommend? I’d prefer one that is customizable and has spots for news, comics, local happenings, etc. In other words, something like the old My Yahoo! But I’m open to other suggestions… I’m in the same boat. Use the Canadian My Yahoo, eh! It hasn’t changed and still knows you’re in the US. > **[Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, News, Finance, Sports, Shopping,...](https://ca.yahoo.com/)** > > Latest news coverage, email, free stock quotes, live scores and video are just the beginning. Discover more every day at Yahoo! ---
**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:** [February 18, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-internet-start-page/681642/20 "2014-02-18T23:15:44Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > I’ve used My Yahoo! as my start page for years. As some of you may know, they recently redesigned My Yahoo! with many, many “improvements”. Now it’s a piece of crap, with such useful features as a “My Weather” tab that primarily shows the weather at your server’s location, which in my (and many other’s) case is about 1500 miles away. And, it can’t be changed to your real location! :mad: > > The page is now cumbersome, confusing, and very difficult to customize properly. In short, it’s time for a new start page. > > Which page do you folks recommend? I’d prefer one that is customizable and has spots for news, comics, local happenings, etc. In other words, something like the old My Yahoo! But I’m open to other suggestions… As soon as I saw this thread title, I thought, “I’ll bet he’s going to rant about that ultra-crappy new My Yahoo! page…” I agree with you, it sucks and I am going to dump it after lo these many years… Probably go to Google News. Too bad iGoogle went away recently. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-internet-start-page/681642.md?page=2)