Thread: Computer: Whats a good home page besides MSN?

www.igoogle.com Customize it however you want.

There is a Google feature called "iGoogle" that places different widgets for email, news, weather, stocks, etc. on a homepage. You need a Google account.

I use "about:blank".

I've used Yahoo! for years and am happy with it. You chose whatever you want. No advertisements on the homepage.

My Yahoo! I've used it for years. Low bandwidth requirements. Easily customize to include stocks, weather, sports scores, different news sources.

I just use straight http://www.google.com It's clean and fast-loading. I do not understand what other search portals think they're doing. They have acres of graphics and megabits of animation--and CSS layouts that are so complicated or badly designed or both that the browser keeps having second thoughts and repositioning the layout. Even if I were considering on ...

I use iGoogle, largely because I use GoogleReader (48 feeds, pretty crazy), but I can have a couple boxes there for SP500 and a few Vanguard bond funds.

"MyYahoo" Easily customized to show in one page the news feeds that interest me, my/wife's respective portfolio's, and weather - current local and those places around the world that we are making plans to visit. - Ron

You can look beyond my Yahoo and iGoogle. I got fed up with them with large banners and limited customizable features. There is much more out there. I'm currently using Pageflakes and played with Webwag. Customizable widgets, built in podcast, links to your mobile, etc. lots of goodies. Here are some links. http://www.pageflakes.com/ http://www.webwag.com/startup/...

www.refdesk.com A great compendium