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How To Set Your Browser Homepage In 5 Browsers | DodaPedia — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:11:43 +0000

[...] from using your favorite website (wink, wink), we’ve seen a bunch of services here on MakeUseOf in the past, allowing you to make a personal, dynamic homepage, greeting you with [...]

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:03:41 +0000

I am using http://www.browserstart.net – it is easy, fast and I have access to contacts, calendar, bookmarks and the major portals and stuff..

By: Bobby

Bobby — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:22:41 +0000

I found this site http://www.43marks.com – its like all my faves but better cuz you can add you own bookmarks and delete any bookmarks you don’t like. Its free and totally customizable

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ClutterMe: Simple Yet Amazing HomePage Creator | MakeUseOf.com — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:03:08 +0000

[...] have previously discussed browser start pages and we have found that there are many options from which we can choose from. However ClutterMe is a [...]

By: devteam

devteam — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:36:15 +0000

hi, we have a light-weight personal portal page http://www.HomePageForMe.com The tool is simple and efficient for your daily browsing. It groups your favorite links in color-coded boxes, has RSS news feeds, a free personal web site, multiple web search and map search tool, and bookmark toolbar for easy bookmarking. Take a look at it and let us know if you like it or not. Thanks.

By: Zia

Zia — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:22:55 +0000

As the comments show, Netvibes is a popular choice which should have been covered by the original post.

By: Tina

Tina — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:56:39 +0000

After using Tabmarks for a little longer I found there were more than a few minor bugs to worry about. Today all my links were gone. Tabs still there, content vanished. And support is not responsive. Read more here: http://www.tinsie.net/Recommended/?p=1059

By: fryguy

fryguy — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:08:08 +0000

Lately I’ve been using http://www.flashhomepage.com but before that, mostly about:blank.

By: Anthony Ding

Anthony Ding — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:58:59 +0000

I usually use PageOnce, it’s in Beta and only accepting members w/private invitations. Email me if you’d like one .

By: Manoj

Manoj — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:35:14 +0000

I would rather stick to Opera’s Speed Dial.

By: Fastbullet

Fastbullet — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:35:38 +0000

Firefox is my browser of choice and so I don’t care that this is not usable with Internet Exploiter. Speed Dial is strictly a Firefox add-on.
Generally, my first concern when I fire up my ‘puter is my inbound Email from any of 5 accounts. The first page I want to see is Speed Dial, which has a block of 9 thumbnails on its page. All of my email accounts are in front of me along with four other user-determined options. It is like a bookmark of bookmarks that I have placed exactly what I want/need upon. (If more than 9 options are needed, there are other pages available within Speed Dial).
Firefox users will find it quite useful while Exploiter users will simply become new Firefox users. Both of these are good things

By: Ellie

Ellie — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:38:51 +0000

I have a Netvibes account, but I do spend a lot of time just using the Session Saver function from Fx. I go to Netvibes just for entertainment’s sake when I’m totally, absolutely bored.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:43:04 +0000

I’ve never gotten used to using a start page, although I think in theory they make a great deal of sense. Since about 1996 or so my start page has been Astronomy Picture of the Day. I guess I like to remind myself that there are other things going on out there, and I don’t like to start off diving right into my email, the latest news, or my RSS feeds. Starting my browser in the morning is a time to start my day “serenely” rather than information overload!

Nice list though Tina, all great recommendations!

By: Bligoo

Bligoo — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:25:46 +0000

Personally I use the firefox extension bookmarks home page, it is not supported since FF 1.5 but you can find workarounds to have it working with FF2.0.
I creates a nice looking page with all your local bookmarks.

By: Nxqd3051990

Nxqd3051990 — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:14:28 +0000

No netvibes I’m confused , I’ve heard about Netvibes Ginger in beta. Anyone has invites plz give me.

By: Stimul8d

Stimul8d — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:30:20 +0000

I’ve tried and tested almost all the start page sites around now and i can say, with no doubt, that netvibes is streets ahead at the moment. Pageflakes comes in a close(ish) second but lacks the extensibility and functionality that this kind of aggregation requires. Probably third best is yourminis but it’s so loaded with AJAX that the interface can become sluggish at best.

Coudn’t live without netvibes now – it handles all of my email addresses elegantly, makes viewing my subscribed RSS feeds a piece of cake (as well as having the ability to import/export the OPML) and centralizes my social presence (FaceBook,Digg,Del.icio.us, Box.net etc,..) without a hitch.

No competition as far as i’m concerned- netvibes, for the moment at least, is king!

By: Omar

Omar — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:46:59 +0000

They’re all pretty cool, netvibes is awesome, but I love Mysurfpad, the radio and that news section is crazy, but im a hardcore news junkie so it makes my life a thousand times easier

By: Tina

Tina — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:26:47 +0000

ClutterMe looks very cool. Thanks for sharing Alex!

By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:25:03 +0000

I’ve been using http://www.only2clicks.com for several months now. It’s free to sign up, and easy to use.

You can add websites into an unlimited number of renameable categories. The sites show up with a small automatically added screenshot (or you can add your own picture). You have the option of opening sites in new tabs/windows. To navigate to a site, you only need to click on a maximum of two things – the category name, followed by the site’s screenshot.

There’s four default skins for only2clicks, and you can also add a custom skin if you like things to look fancy.

By: Aibek

Aibek — Thu, 08 May 2008 07:01:38 +0000

I recommend Netvibes, the best and fastest startpage I have seen.

By: josh

josh — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:59:13 +0000

i’ve been using igoogle for the past year or so but got kind of bored of just plain text… ive just switched to mysurfpad and pretty happy so far… the music widgets are pretty cool as well

By: Madhav Trpathi

Madhav Trpathi — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:29:26 +0000

at present my homepage is google but its nice to take a change.

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:12:24 +0000

I used to make my own homepage that I uploaded to my host. But now i just use Google partner pages, nice and simple.

By: Angel

Angel — Thu, 08 May 2008 04:07:45 +0000

You are right on!!! MYSURFPAD.com has the best news section I have ever seen!! Also the search tab also got what I need!! Overall – by far the best homepage out there!!!!

By: Taylor Reese

Taylor Reese — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:55:32 +0000

The news tab on MySurfPad.com is the most comprehensive gathering of news information I have seen on any of these web/desktop based pages. Its great to pull of randomly and get all the news you need immediately without having to open numerous pages. Kudos to the developer

By: Walido

Walido — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:37:25 +0000

The more you play around with the start pages the neater you realize they are. Was a big fan of Firefox default page but now I am really feeling MySurfPad.com – thats my favorite out of the 3

By: Mark O'Neill

Mark O'Neill — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:00:43 +0000

Maybe it’s just me but I think that start pages are slowly becoming obselete. With Firefox offering Session Saver as default, I always have my previously opened pages ready and waiting whenever I next open my browser. I haven’t had a start page for at least 2 years.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:39:46 +0000

I think the simplest and at the same time the most customizable homepage creator is ClutterMe. It lets you write and add links anywhere on the page, move stuff around, add your own images, and so on. Check it out, I hope it hits the sweet spot for many people.

By: Inferno

Inferno — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:26:37 +0000

I’m using netvibes, but I’ll check out page flakes. Personally though netvibes is much better than IGoogle, and has a lot of useful and customizable features.