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Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

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Post by ilyt » Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 1:42 PM UTC

mosselman wrote: post #78

oars wrote: post #73

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A software engineer who makes $100,000 a year, working 40 hours a week, for 52 weeks, makes about $50/hour. If this person is spending 2 hours of their time each month maintaining this website (which they gain nothing out of) that's $100/month.

I detest this meme where supposedly every hour you have is translatable to money. It isn't as if you can sell every hour of your time whenever you feel like it. If it were that way, you'd be able to say: "I pay $1500+ for going to the toilet each month": > A software engineer who makes $100,000 a year, working 40 hours a week for 52 weeks, makes about $50/hour. So let's say 1 hour of toilet time per day on average, s…

On top of that who on earth would price their free time at same as they do their job? My free time is 2-4x the job

Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

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Post by ilyt » Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 1:45 PM UTC

cpcallen wrote: post #109

dndvr wrote: post #94

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- 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?

Disabling cookies quite naturally disabled local storage as well, since localStorage can be used to identify and track a user as surely as a cookie can, at least if they have JavaScript enabled. I selectively enable cookies on websites that I wish to remember me as required. The vast majority of websites are perfectly capable of loading and operating without cookies / localStorage (though more recently a lot of them…

...how else the website that is start page is supposed to remember what you have set it up ?

You sound like someone that rode on bald tires for a year, finally crashed into a wall, then started to sue manufacturer because "car didn't told me to change them"

Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

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Post by mnsh » Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 1:51 PM UTC

I have been using https://tabliss.io/ for a while now. Yours seem cool, but I personally don't like too much information on my start page.

Only reason I use tabliss is to see random Unsplash image on every new tab.

Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

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Post by Phristov » Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 1:53 PM UTC

Awesome work sir! I would definitely use it.

Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

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Post by robofanatic » Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 1:56 PM UTC

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.

how much do you make out of it?

Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

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Post by stevedzreams » Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 1:59 PM UTC

theCrowing wrote: post #93

RedShift1 wrote: post #87

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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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I don't think you read his comment.

Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

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Post by jcbcn » Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 2:09 PM UTC

Would be good to have this as an offline open source extensions for firefox (which also sets the new start tab to itself)

Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

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Post by thiht » Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 2:14 PM UTC

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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Don't be over dramatic

Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 2:20 PM UTC

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.

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Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

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Post by c7b » Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 2:39 PM UTC

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.

Well, as a repair worker you're also not really supposed to mess with settings that are frankly purely subjective (yes, about:blank loads faster, but if people want to always go to MSN first, you've just increased the time and friction to get there), and have nothing to do with whatever problem people came to see you about.