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Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

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Post by ghostly_s »

msravi wrote: post #46

This is what iGoogle used to be! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IGoogle You could add your own RSS feed, weather, etc and it used to be awesome. Used to be my "home" tab for many years, before google decided to do away with it. It appears there's a "replacement" now. https://igoogleportal.com/ Definitely going to try this one out

> It appears there's a "replacement" now. https://igoogleportal.com/ Very non-obvious that this is not affiliated with Google, I'd think twice about giving it your credentials. Honestly surprised it hasn't been C&D'd based on the URL alone.

Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

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Post by ghostly_s »

jlukic wrote: post #65

I also run a customizable start page http://myfav.es its cost $100/month for 10 years to run but i keep it up because a lot of schools use it to help set up their shared computers and i couldn’t ever have the heart to shut it down. Once you set it up you can also run it entirely offline using app manifests from myfav.es/fast if you don’t like the idea of your new tab experience being slowed down by web requests.

Is this not the exact same feature-set the browser's built-in 'start pages' already provide?

Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

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Post by theCrowing »

RedShift1 wrote: post #87
fazfq wrote: post #84

The last thing I need is such a stream of information in my new tab page. I would never get anything done. Thank the Lord for about:blank

Anecdote about about:blank: When I worked in a pc repair shop, when I set up new computers I always configured the browser (back in the day this was IE 6 and older) to start with about:blank because it just starts faster without having to load the MSN website or whatever. At some point my boss told me to stop doing that because customers thought the internet wasn't working.

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Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

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Post by dndvr »

cpcallen wrote: post #62

Hmm. It just shows me a blank page, like about:blank, only it uses 112% CPU. That doesn't seem very useful. Oh, I see: looking in the console is an infinity of error messages, mostly "Error handling response: Error: Failed to read the 'localStorage' property from 'Window': Access is denied for this document." Yeah: yet another page that can't load correctly with cookies disabled—only this one also manages to drain my…

- not that common a scenario

- this uses localStorage which is similar to cookies but not the same thing

- for a site that extolls 'all the data is saved in your browser', how should it cope with a browser with storage disabled?

- How do you log in to HN with cookies disabled?

Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

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Post by RedShift1 »

theCrowing wrote: post #93
RedShift1 wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Anecdote about about:blank: When I worked in a pc repair shop, when I set up new computers I always configured the browser (back in the day this was IE 6 and older) to start with about:blank because it just starts faster without having to load the MSN website or whatever. At some point my boss told me to stop doing that because customers thought the internet wasn't working.

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when I set up new computers. I never changed settings on existing accounts (unless it was to fix something of course).

Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

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Post by rajamaka »

theCrowing wrote: post #93
RedShift1 wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Anecdote about about:blank: When I worked in a pc repair shop, when I set up new computers I always configured the browser (back in the day this was IE 6 and older) to start with about:blank because it just starts faster without having to load the MSN website or whatever. At some point my boss told me to stop doing that because customers thought the internet wasn't working.

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"when I set up new computers"
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