Nightfall
My Goal Is To Deny Yours
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join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI
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| Of course techies aren't going to care!
I know a lot of non-technical people who love their ISP start pages. I wouldn't say they are lost without them, but they would like them to start up when they click on their browser.
To me, they are a waste of time. I know where to get all the information that I need. However, there are people out there that don't know where or how to get information on the internet. Therefore, they need a place to start from.
The results from this poll will be skewed. For the most part, people who know their way around the internet will have no use for a start page and will find them worthless. Since broadbandreports has a very high concentration of technically sound people, you and I both know what the results will be.
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GO BLUE1
Greed Is Good
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join:2004-03-08
IN YOUR MIND | START PAGE
i could care less
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techwench
I Work For Food
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join:2003-06-26
Sherman, TX
| Hell and No
I hate heavy start pages. I like my browser to start up and not have to wait 60 seconds for a page (which I'm probably not going to look at anyway) tick and load and tick and...still waiting.
I used to use my.yahoo.com, but since they "revamped" (read: bloated) it, I quit using it, and now just have my homepage set to the yahoo mail login screen.
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join:2000-10-28
| The Contrary, Of Course...
NOT having a "bandwidth intensive ISP start-page" is what's important to me as a broadband customer.
Google works fine.
So does about:blank.
Anyone bothering to pay big fees for broadband knows what they're paying for -- fast surfing and fast downloads.
Even the AOL converts realize that 1 MB home pages are a waste of their lives.
At least, I hope so.
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Anon_Name
@ibm.com
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I don't find any of that crap useful... I have always had my browswers set to start up with a blank page... and because an ISP feels it necessary to put this crap up is way beyond my thinking ability.
If I want news, I go to a news site.
If I want gossip about movie stars and the such, I go to the appropriate sites.
This is just an effort to say they are offering their "End Abusers" a "Meaningful" online experience!
Yech, Pah-tooey... Mouth wash won't even get the bad taste out of my mouth! |
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Vamp
5c077
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join:2003-01-28
MD | stupid..
craming a page full of useless flash is just going to give users a slower "experience"
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Jim Gurd
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join:2000-07-08
Plymouth, MI | Start page
It's not set as my default start page but I do use it for accessing webmail. That's about it though. I generally ignore the rest. |
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MalakoPlus
join:2005-01-17
l165h3 | slow
I am on 3mb DLS and that Road Runner page was BRUTAL!
Its a good thing these idiots don't write real code else programs would need gigs of RAM minimum just to run properly. |
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woody7
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join:2000-10-13
Torrance, CA | Hmmmm.........
Someone should do a survey to see who actually usees their ISP portal as a start page.....
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kycomcastuser
| Flash
More isn't necessarily better. Too many animations, fluff, spinning objects - objects flying into view - pictures in motion, all fluff. Almost like who can make the coolest webpage, as opposed to ease of use. Doesn't do anything for me. |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
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·Comcast
1 edit |  Home built links page best "Home Page"
I built my own home page with links to the pages I use most. It loads very fast from a local disk file and it lets me get to those sites I visit most.
But, even better, I use Slimbrowser and its multiple tab capability, to automatically open the 4 sites I visit most, and also my own home page.
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA | reply to MalakoPlus
Re: slow
Hell, I thought Comcast's page was slow!  That RR page was sad!
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rodoke
join:2003-10-28
Carbondale, IL | reply to woody7
I couldn't agree more
Since I didn't use my last two ISPs' webmail (Mediacom and Charter, FWIW), I didn't even know they had such pages. |
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Chameleon
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join:2004-11-24
Virden, IL | Simple
I have DSLR as my homepage for work and home. |
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noadplz
join:2004-04-09
USA | Would it add to the "invisible" download caps?
With bandwidth intensive start-page, if you open the browser 10 times a day or 300 times a month, wouldn't it affect the "invisible" download caps that many providers seem to have? Just a thought.. |
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footballdude
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join:2002-08-13
Imperial, MO | google
I use Google as my start page. Because it loads instantly and I sometimes use it. Beautiful simplicity. |
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oliphant
I Have 8 Boobies
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join:2004-11-26
Corona, CA
| Depends on what it is
Comcast's content is completely worthless, tiny windows of videos no one gives two squirts of piss to see...but if it were better content, by it's definition it would be worth it.
Like most entertainment, it depends on what it is. The question shouldn't be so much do we like high bandwidth portals, but do we like the common "Comcrap like" bandwidth sucking portals. If the latter is the question the answer is no.
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rodoke
join:2003-10-28
Carbondale, IL | reply to kycomcastuser
I also like pages that KISS
with programs like Flashblock, such distractions are almost invisible to me. |
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