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Comments on news posted 2005-01-18 09:36:37: Flash heavy portals are part of what ISP's believe constitutes the "broadband experience", be they from Comcast or Roadrunner. ..
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gwion
wild colonial boy
Premium,ExMod 2001-08
join:2000-12-28
Pittsburgh, PA
| That's "wabbits." ... hehehe. Look... wabbit twacks!!!
Hey, where IS that scwewy wabbit, anyhow??? ZXJ, we miss ya'... 
Personally, I think they're a nice little touch, for those that want them, and should be available. But not treated as a priority. Some people do use them, some people like them very much. Some of us can write our own, though... I used to have a roll your own page, for example, on my machine, as my start page. Just incorporated some things I always look at, BBC news, local weather, a few stock quotes, and so forth. Then I had one-click links for things like DSLR (in those days), all that... I don't use it, anymore, though... I can use the BBR "customize" to put BBC on my frontpage, for example. I just eventually realized I can have the weather straight from NOAA in my linkbar or bookmarks, and, hey, reason I got broadband, after all, I can get there quick enough.
Really, pages (without the flash, and all) like that are more suited to LOW bandwidth users, who need a single source page, because the demands on their pipeline would make it take ages to visit one site after another...
I also swear by newsfeeds, now. How many of us, by the way, are using the "XML" newsfeed links in our favorite fora??? I sure do! Hehe... that's one of the ways I sneak up on y'all, while you're spammin' the fora  ... but I know nobody here's ever trolled the pond, right?  Just teasing. Really, those newsfeed links are great.
They're very nice, for some people, and they make a nice welcome for new users, in general. Of course, though, let's ace reality... asking a lot of us, here, about 'em is like asking whether you like to use the AOL/MSN start page at slashdot. Techies tend to know where they're going and what they want.
Remember, one of the main things is that they can sell ads and keep their name in front of a user with the start pages. That's something that matters, to a company, business-wise. So I doubt they're going anywhere, soon. For those that loves' 'em, great, and for us that doesn't, great, too... just long as they're not making us pay extra for them as a requirement for our subscription whether we use them or not, it's quite alright by me.
That's my tu'pence. Now, excuse me while I start up "rssview.jar" ... my own variation on a "startpage."
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inteller
Sociopaths always win.
join:2003-12-08
Tulsa, OK | Its about the total package I dont need a fancy start page per se, but I want something better than the bare bones ISP junk Cox gives. IMO, the rich package offered by MSN/Verizon far outstrips the junk given to me by cox. | |
| watertower
join:2005-01-06
Indianapolis, IN | high speed home pages This might have already been noted but...
these homepages have free features....on RR you can view music video's etc... (of course I know you can do the same with what you might call a television).
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| | MrE7
join:2002-04-14
New Orleans, LA
| Re: high speed home pages My ISP has a Start page??
oh, yeah, I think I visited it when I first signed up.. back in 1998.
Most ISP homepage sucked big time. I changed my browser's start page when my ISP started throwing POP UPs on my screen.. as a PAYING customer, I shouldn't have to look at ANY ads from my ISP.
The default Firefox 1.0 startup page is refreshingly simple.. a Google search box and a few text links that'll get me to some support forums or software updates. | |
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schnuggles
Stays Crunchy In Milk
join:2003-06-07
Deming, NM | There's a home page? Don't care, don't use it, not even sure the current ISP has one.
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spie34
Hmm
Premium
join:2004-01-06
Boise, ID
| home pages? I start up my browser hit the stop button type in the url I want and go from there. I rarely even look at a home page really. I think it is msn.com. I never bothered to change it from default since if I am looking for something I go to google. if I want to come here I come directly here and so on.
wonder if the guy at the top works for opera? big time advertisement. | |
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