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I need a new home page MSN is making me cranky
tourist   Intermediate BC CANADA Member since 2007 Posts: 4714	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/26/12 7:54 PM OK - I have had a tough week. Work has been nuts. so maybe that is part of the trouble. But I fire up the computer to my homepage - MSN and all I get are "new" diet tips, celebrity nonsense and sports scores. I don't want to go to an all news page such as CBC because they are just too busy and have a lot of things flashing and frankly, too much hard news. I know I am sounding fussy, but I am tired.... I could do a totally non-news page such as our wonderful PR, but that doesn't quite fit the bill, either. Any suggestions for a page that has the main headlines, maybe the local weather and maybe something light that isn't (excuse me animal lovers) video of someone's cat/dog/gerbil doing something stupid? ------ http://bgballroom.wordpress.com to follow the progress on my next ballgown.
Sweetsong   Advanced MI USA Member since 2005 Posts: 857	Login to reply to this post In reply to tourist Like this post Date: 1/26/12 8:02 PM www.refdesk.com is my home page. It has EVERYTHING. The weather is off to the side on the right.
Mandolin82   Intermediate WA USA Member since 2003 Posts: 1230	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/26/12 10:41 PM I just switched to Google, which you can configure to have as little, or as much, as you want. I got sick of Yahoo, which I had used for years. So far I'm happy, but I didn't do any research, just thought I'd give it a try. Susan
marjoriekh   Intermediate VA USA Member since 2010 Posts: 480	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/26/12 10:53 PM I use the weather.com 10-day forecast page for my locality, which I always need to check first thing in the morning, is customizable, and rarely has any movement on the page. However, sounds like you want something more than the weather. My husband uses the homepage of our local paper. This is a small town, so the website doesn't sport videos or obnoxious ads - just local news, really, and a sidebar with national and international headlines. Would a local news site work for you? (Print, not TV -- those TV sites are often some of the worst.) ------ marjoriekh
goosegreen   Intermediate AUSTRALIA Member since 2005 Posts: 1310	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/28/12 0:49 AM My home page is blank. A bit like my mind sometimes. ------ Alison in suburbia - Sydney Australia My sewing blog: http://nosilasews.blogspot.com/
Michelle T Intermediate BC CANADA Member since 2002 Posts: 3928	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/28/12 1:31 AM I like a nice clean blank home page. I do not need junk cluttering up the screen when I turn on the computer. ------ Proud parent of a Dwight International School Honour Roll Student
Miss Fairchild   Advanced USA Member since 2002 Posts: 5451	Login to reply to this post In reply to tourist Like this post Date: 1/28/12 9:14 AM I like RefDesk. If I can't spell a word, or don't know the meaning, it has a dictionary. If I want to read the news--local or worldwide, it has a link to news. You can find just about anything on Refdesk. ------ "Having to squeeze the last drop of utility out of the land has the same desperate finality as having to chop up the furniture to keep warm" -- Aldo Leopold "And no, now that you asked, I didn't enjoy that play one bit!" Signed, Mrs. Lincoln
crankyoldlady Intermediate Member since 2008 Posts: 116	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/28/12 10:31 PM My home page is www.ixquick.com It is also my browser. It does not track searches and store information about its users as goo**e does.
bethlucas Advanced Beginner Member since 2011 Posts: 59	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/29/12 5:48 PM I second the recommendation for Google (or iGoogle). It's easy to customize, and you can get quite a mix of things, including a little bit of your calendar or email, games, weather, news, factoids, etc.
Vintage Joan Intermediate ON CANADA Member since 2007 Posts: 7969	Login to reply to this post In reply to tourist Like this post Date: 1/29/12 11:04 PM Google.ca is a nice, calm home page. You can access news from it, but you get to choose whether to go to news or not -- nothing flashing in your face. -- Edited on 1/29/12 11:08 PM -- ------ my shield and my very great reward (Gen. 15:1) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. ~Albert Einstein ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Image: Berthe Morisot, Young Woman Leaning on Her Elbows, 1894

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