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RJM62

RJM62

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I'm curious which sites / pages POA members use as their browser "home" page(s). Mine are:

1. The Albany (NY) Times-Union, which I actually think is a mediocre paper at best other than in its coverage of state-specific issues. But it's reasonably local to me and doesn't have a paywall.

2. BBC (specifically, BBC's U.S. / Canada site)

3. CNN

4. Fox News

5. Weather Underground

6. Yahoo Finance

The above is also the order in which I tend to read the pages, but not how much time I spend on the sites. I check the Times-Union first for state and local news, but I actually spend more time reading BBC than any of the others. I think it's both more in-depth and less-partisan than most U.S.-based news sources.

I have the links to other frequently-visited sites (like POA) in a folder on the desktop.

Rich
 
RJM62 said:
......I have the links to other frequently-visited sites (like POA) in a folder on the desktop.

Rich
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why not just bookmark sites? u can occasionally backup your bookmarks if you're nervous about losing them.


EDIT: something like this?
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eman1200 said:
why not just bookmark sites? u can occasionally backup your bookmarks if you're nervous about losing them.
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I do bookmark sites, but I find the desktop folder more convenient. If the browser's not already open, I can open the one page I want, and only that page, from the desktop folder.

As for losing the links, everything on my computer is backed up at least three different ways (two local backups plus one remote backup), other than the sites that I own or manage, which are backed up three additional ways (per-account on the servers themselves, as nightly images elsewhere in the datacenters, and on Amazon S3). I'm also thinking about adding an RSYNC backup.

I'm kind of a backup nut...

Rich
 
I use the blank homepage so the browser opens more quickly. Bookmarks for the stuff I visit more often.
 
Google for the homepage and typing to get where I'm going.

I had www.pornhub.com as a homepage for a while, but HR found some lame issue with that. :(
 
I've created an elaborate home page on igHome.com with categorized links to all my favorite sites. Categories include News, Work, Aviation, etc. igHome lets you create multiple tabs, so I created an additional tab showing the weather reports and webcams for my primary and secondary residences.
 
I use Google for a home page. Loads quickly.
 
My browser homepage is my primary email site, but I have pinned tabs for my other "go to" sites. (Other emails, POA, Purple Board, Google, Weather, News, etc.) It saves having to open Favorites all the time. Usually only a few seconds slower than loading a blank page.
 
RJM62 said:
I'm curious which sites / pages POA members use as their browser "home" page(s). Mine are:

1. The Albany (NY) Times-Union, which I actually think is a mediocre paper at best other than in its coverage of state-specific issues. But it's reasonably local to me and doesn't have a paywall.

2. BBC (specifically, BBC's U.S. / Canada site)

3. CNN

4. Fox News

5. Weather Underground

6. Yahoo Finance

The above is also the order in which I tend to read the pages, but not how much time I spend on the sites. I check the Times-Union first for state and local news, but I actually spend more time reading BBC than any of the others. I think it's both more in-depth and less-partisan than most U.S.-based news sources.

I have the links to other frequently-visited sites (like POA) in a folder on the desktop.

Rich
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I use Google News, but I know how your feel about Google. You don't need to accept their default news sources. You can set up you own; and there are also sliders to indicate how much you want to see from each source. If it wasn't Google News, I might use Feedly as my home page. It also pulls in feeds that you select, and not necessarily news.
 
I've customized a page at Protopage.com. From it, I can do Google Searches, and get local and national news, weird news, & weather. I have two additional tabs, one with Aviation News, and the other with Tech News.
I think you can view it here: http://protopage.com/azctflyer
We setup a generic ad-free version for Phoenix clients at http://protopage.com/microsupport

I personally hate MSN as a home page, which I see a lot, because it's a default. It takes SOOOO long to load and is loaded with advertising and videos. I especially hate the little "check out the three-eyed monkey" kind of stories. One or two clicks and you are in danger territory.
 
Blank page for me.
 
RJM62 said:
I'm curious which sites / pages POA members use as their browser "home" page(s). Mine are:
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Your browser opens that many pages at one time? You are a genius at multitasking. I have it set to my town's FB page because that is the first place I learn that a tornado or fire is about to hit, or road closures, utility outages, or other tangible sh. about to hit the fan. When I am done reading it is four clicks to the next source of misinformation, be it weather/news/aviation.
 
Everskyward said:
I use Google News, but I know how your feel about Google. You don't need to accept their default news sources. You can set up you own; and there are also sliders to indicate how much you want to see from each source. If it wasn't Google News, I might use Feedly as my home page. It also pulls in feeds that you select, and not necessarily news.
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Yeah, I'm not a fan of Google. I used to be before they became evil, which said process started about 19 seconds after they went public. All that "Don't be Evil" bull **** went out the window once they had shareholders to keep happy.

Rich
 
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Let'sgoflying! said:
Your browser opens that many pages at one time? You are a genius at multitasking. I have it set to my town's FB page because that is the first place I learn that a tornado or fire is about to hit, or road closures, utility outages, or other tangible sh. about to hit the fan. When I am done reading it is four clicks to the next source of misinformation, be it weather/news/aviation.
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I don't know if there's any theoretical limit on how many tabs FF can open at once. I know I've had more than a dozen opened simultaneously on many occasions when doing research. It eats up a lot of RAM, but I have plenty to spare.

Rich
 
CT4ME said:
I've customized a page at Protopage.com. From it, I can do Google Searches, and get local and national news, weird news, & weather. I have two additional tabs, one with Aviation News, and the other with Tech News.
I think you can view it here: http://protopage.com/azctflyer
We setup a generic ad-free version for Phoenix clients at http://protopage.com/microsupport

I personally hate MSN as a home page, which I see a lot, because it's a default. It takes SOOOO long to load and is loaded with advertising and videos. I especially hate the little "check out the three-eyed monkey" kind of stories. One or two clicks and you are in danger territory.
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That's not a bad idea, but I'd rather build it myself. I have enough entities tracking me.

Rich
 
Hmm, haven't had a home page other than Google for a long long time, but I use the sync stuff and my browsers open with the ten or so tabs that I always have open. Toggl, Jira, Sometimes Bitbucket, system monitoring stuff, at times FB, sometimes PoA, whatever I'm currently working on or researching or testing in however many tabs that requires until a doc gets written and stuck into Confluence (which is in another tab), and a bunch of stuff bookmarked on the bar and in menus depending on how often they're used.
 
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