Filed under: Internet, Productivity, Web services, Search
Begin your web sessions at Homepage Startup
Homepage Startup tries to set itself apart from a stampede of web 2.0 start pages by focusing on the fact that the majority of web users regularly visit no more than a handful of websites. The concept is pretty straightforward (if not exactly original): set this site as your homepage and when your browser window opens you have instant access to your favorite search engine and a grid of links to your favorite websites. Each link is identified by a screen shot and you can easily rearrange them by dragging and dropping to your hearts content. You can even get this all setup before creating an account.
When put up against the likes of iGoogle and My Yahoo there isn't a lot to do here, but that isn't a bad thing. Often the key to success is doing one thing well and not overpowering your users with unneeded features. Links are what Homepage Startup does well and they deliberately do not burden users with RSS feeds, weather, widgets, news, or anything else that is likely handled better by a dedicated service.
If you are looking for something simple to pop up when you click your browser's Home button then Homepage Startup is well worth checking out.
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When put up against the likes of iGoogle and My Yahoo there isn't a lot to do here, but that isn't a bad thing. Often the key to success is doing one thing well and not overpowering your users with unneeded features. Links are what Homepage Startup does well and they deliberately do not burden users with RSS feeds, weather, widgets, news, or anything else that is likely handled better by a dedicated service.
If you are looking for something simple to pop up when you click your browser's Home button then Homepage Startup is well worth checking out.
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So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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jfjb said 2:58PM on 10-01-2007
done that for years with FireFox tabs
no secrets, no MIT diploma required
no fees, no fuss, no muss
are people really getting lazier, less imaginative, or are we witnessing the case of yet another syndrome of neuron calcification in the population at large?
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sodapop said 1:41PM on 10-02-2007
I think this site has something unique to it in that its icon driven. I basically made a static page like this, this weekend, to route traffic to some of my lesser known sites. While the concept of bookmarking is old, the graphical concept is somewhat unique. If they create a publish function, it would be useful to sare a "tab" with peers or clients.
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Lee said 7:39PM on 10-01-2007
Opera 9 has this built-in to each blank page...
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hezron said 8:46PM on 10-01-2007
I still prefer Opera's built-in speed dial.
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