There's some discussion at work about what "technical" people use as their webpage (yes, it's work related and we're not just dorks discussing it for fun). Since I'd qualify most here as fairly techinical I thought an informal poll couldn't hurt.
I'm using Netvibes myself. I think the reason for a module/feed based homepage is pretty obvious but I'm guessing people will say IGoogle is better. I'm just not a fan of the way it looks and like the visual layout and customization of Netvibes better.
What are you using and why?
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
igoogle, easy for all my rss feeds, gmail, weather, and hangman 
-Paul
"If you can't dazzle em with brilliance, baffle em with bullshit"
Just the standard google search page, because it's simple and loads fast.
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2017 Mazda CX-5 GT AWD Premium
Past: 2016 GMC Canyon All Terrain Crew Cab / 2010 Jaguar XFR / 2012 Acura RDX AWD Tech / 2008 Cadillac CTS / 2007 Acura TL-S / 1966 5.0 HO Mustang Coupe
2001 Lexus IS300 / 2004 2.8L big turbo WRX STI / 2004 Subaru WRX / A couple of old trucks
been using iGoogle for a few months now, mainly to track football scores, news and some rss feeds, not really married to it or any other 'homepage'. I pretty much know what I'm looking for on the 'net and where to get it.
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fascinating I know
about aul rules the world
that was mine for a while
-Paul
"If you can't dazzle em with brilliance, baffle em with bullshit"
redtube.com
(09-25-2019, 03:18 PM)V1GiLaNtE Wrote: I think you need to see a mental health professional.
Evan Wrote:about:blank
Seems like a waste if you ask me. I mean at the least have a page with all your bookmarks or something. Then you can just middle click them to open new tabs and you're good to go.
RJ, maybe you should change yours to eharmony or something.
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
Evan Wrote:about:blank
fascinating I know
Me too.
It's not a waste. It's faster.
Faster to load that page, maybe.
Or do you use the queer bookmark toolbar?
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
I use that queer bookmark toolbar religiously! It's money for forum browsing.
Good call on the about:blank! I might have to make the switch :wink:
Posting in the banalist of threads since 2004
2017 Mazda CX-5 GT AWD Premium
Past: 2016 GMC Canyon All Terrain Crew Cab / 2010 Jaguar XFR / 2012 Acura RDX AWD Tech / 2008 Cadillac CTS / 2007 Acura TL-S / 1966 5.0 HO Mustang Coupe
2001 Lexus IS300 / 2004 2.8L big turbo WRX STI / 2004 Subaru WRX / A couple of old trucks
mrbaggio Wrote:Evan Wrote:about:blank
fascinating I know
Me too.
It's not a waste. It's faster.
+1
every once in awhile, firefox defaults me to their pseudo google search page, but both are quick to load up
1994 Ford Ranger
2004 Honda S2000
2007 BMW X3
I actually have an address field down on my windows task bar. So I often go directly to the webpage I was going to end up at anyway.
By typing/autofill is so 1994!
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
Apoc Wrote:By typing/autofill is so 1994!
You are so lazy
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(09-25-2019, 03:18 PM)V1GiLaNtE Wrote: I think you need to see a mental health professional.
about:blank
Why do people just post what they are thinking? Without thinking.
2012 Ford Mustang
1995 BMW 540i/A
1990 Eagle Talon TSI AWD
Apoc Wrote:Evan Wrote:about:blank
Seems like a waste if you ask me. I mean at the least have a page with all your bookmarks or something. Then you can just middle click them to open new tabs and you're good to go.
RJ, maybe you should change yours to eharmony or something. and have to maintain a list of bookmarks? have to go back to my homepage every time i want to navigate to something that i think might be bookmarked?
I rarely use bookmarks anyway.
ctrl-tab goes to the URL bar
ctrl-tab-tab goes to google search box (google toolbar)
and i type faster than you can pick a bookmark out of a list
.RJ Wrote:Apoc Wrote:By typing/autofill is so 1994!
You are so lazy
Lazy... and efficient!
Evan Wrote:and i type faster than you can pick a bookmark out of a list
They're alphabetized by category and always appear in the same place. In about 3 seconds I've got 5 sites open in their own tab.
Sounds like a Battle Stage challenge!
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
about:blank
99% of the time when I open my browser it's because I've got a specific site in mind and I'm too important to deal with the unresponsiveness of it loading other sites while I try to navigate to my bookmark.
You need a job where you can keep your browser open. 
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
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