tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post907009152363528563..comments2024-03-18T02:14:57.204-07:00Comments on Google Operating System: Make about:blank Your HomepageAlex Chituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-12361623526376317502008-08-12T23:19:00.000-07:002008-08-12T23:19:00.000-07:00how to make ur home page about blankhow to make ur home page about blankAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-57795237774859632782008-01-27T00:59:00.000-08:002008-01-27T00:59:00.000-08:00Hi Anthony,I don't Opera, but I have Firefox as my...Hi Anthony,<BR/><BR/>I don't Opera, but I have Firefox as my 2nd Browser. I'll visit that link and have a look. Thank you for sharing.<BR/><BR/>Colin Joss<BR/>East Lothian, Haddington, United Kingdom<BR/>http://www.glucosaminadvice.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-21193452652950319392008-01-25T04:59:00.000-08:002008-01-25T04:59:00.000-08:00Opera speed dial is the way to go! Now available f...Opera speed dial is the way to go! Now available for firefox:<BR/>http://speeddial.uworks.net/Derbyshirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940431544442675063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-15648648865327870422008-01-25T04:07:00.000-08:002008-01-25T04:07:00.000-08:00Wow! There is a malware that replaces your homepag...Wow! There is a malware that replaces your homepage with about:blank. That's extremely cool.<BR/><BR/>There's even a site dedicated to removing about:blank: <A HREF="http://about-blank-removers.org/" REL="nofollow">about-blank-removers.org</A>:<BR/><BR/>"This site is designed to help people who want to Remove about blank's annoying homepage hijack spyware and take back control of your PC today. about blank is a Browser Helpler Object in geek language. In normal people language it means your browser has been hijacked. Your system is infected with hard to find remove spyware that can change your homepage to about blank page. 'about blank' infections may also slow your computer by consuming system resources."<BR/><BR/>Of course, the site forgets to mention that this malware hijacks the about:blank page and people now associate the innocent about:blank page with malware.Alex Chituhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-14789497023609089112008-01-25T03:35:00.000-08:002008-01-25T03:35:00.000-08:00I am editor of about:blank: http://www.aboutblank....I am editor of about:blank: http://www.aboutblank.nl. The one & only.<BR/>Thank you for the free publicity for our weblog about weblogs. ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-3816261795691645002008-01-24T14:04:00.000-08:002008-01-24T14:04:00.000-08:00I'm a about:blank fan and everything that you have...I'm a about:blank fan and everything that you have written in this article is so correct. It's just I am having difficulties to explain to other about my about:blank habit<BR/><BR/>Colin Joss<BR/>Colin.Joss@gmail.com<BR/>East Lothian, Haddington<BR/>United KingdomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-55275387537960729742008-01-24T08:19:00.000-08:002008-01-24T08:19:00.000-08:00I prefer to use igoogle as my home page. However,...I prefer to use igoogle as my home page. However, my default page on start is about blank. I prefer the blank fresh start for fast loading times and minimal distraction. However, I love to hit that home button and have it send me to the launch pad for all of my net applications.Gatsbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00200645516281019172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-48683329096719874652008-01-24T03:55:00.000-08:002008-01-24T03:55:00.000-08:00I don't even remember what I have set as my homepa...I don't even remember what I have set as my homepage. It's not important to me because I have my browsers set to reopen the last tabs I was using. That way I have continuity from one session to the next.<BR/><BR/>Before I did this, I used to use whatever 'blank' option was offered by the browser, for speed purposes. I think that's a good idea if you're on dial-up, but few are these days.<BR/><BR/>My browsers:<BR/>Firefox 3<BR/>Opera<BR/>IE 7<BR/><BR/>K-meleon [I have the home page here set to my DSL modem so I can quickly get to it if I have connection problems]Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12668307286476446511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-53046326674895374372008-01-24T02:32:00.000-08:002008-01-24T02:32:00.000-08:00Not too long ago we had an about:blank home page h...Not too long ago we had an about:blank home page hijacker. That's the first thing that I think when I see an about:blank pageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-81662521026300052372008-01-24T00:13:00.000-08:002008-01-24T00:13:00.000-08:00I use an FF add-on with similar behaviour to Opera...I use an FF add-on with similar behaviour to Opera's Speed Dial - <A HREF="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5721" REL="nofollow">Fast Dial</A>. It loads quite quickly (faster than Speed Dial, IIRC), is a tad more customisable, loads through about:blank (thank God) <B>and</B> I can use Alt+<number> for each of the sites.<BR/><BR/>But iGoogle is still at the top of my list. :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-33914988623779507802008-01-23T21:24:00.000-08:002008-01-23T21:24:00.000-08:00Niraj: did you publish your igoogle gadget? Sounds...Niraj: did you publish your igoogle gadget? Sounds usefulsteeleweedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02077739629921574784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-41665433483174668602008-01-23T16:25:00.000-08:002008-01-23T16:25:00.000-08:00For me I had my wordpress website locally hosted (...For me I had my wordpress website locally hosted (faster) on my laptop and desktop pc. something like http://localhost/wp/<BR/><BR/>and as for my client pcs, on my computer shop. They are using http://server/wp/ the website from my server on the network and it's faster that way and doesn't turn their Homepage as blank only when they open it :)<BR/><BR/>It looks something like on http://www.fedmich.comFedmichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14781727974123246778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-10365776913580288732008-01-23T15:31:00.000-08:002008-01-23T15:31:00.000-08:00I'm an opera:speeddial lover (albiet, that uri has...I'm an opera:speeddial lover (albiet, that uri hasn't arrived, yet)Jyvynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13276899227591796464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-59354542689075573942008-01-23T13:05:00.000-08:002008-01-23T13:05:00.000-08:00I'm a loyal about:blank user. But earlier today I ...I'm a loyal about:blank user. But earlier today I installed Opera, and its default page was a speed dial, which I found counter-productive because I like interfaces to "shut up" every once in a while (and yes, I'm sure this speed dial can be easily disabled in the Opera options).Philipp Lenssenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09340991515644165702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-59344781610060760992008-01-23T12:04:00.000-08:002008-01-23T12:04:00.000-08:00IE7 still thas this long 'connecting to your home ...IE7 still thas this long 'connecting to your home page' wait while it looks up about:blank against some antiphishing site or something. Or it just takes forever to start up the IE engine, and they blame it on the remote site.<BR/><BR/>I find that for IE, Windows Update makes a good start page, as it is its sole remaining reason to be used.SteveLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07654931341335136008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-82054091511270122822008-01-23T09:45:00.000-08:002008-01-23T09:45:00.000-08:00Just for the record ;-)My homepage is google.com/r...Just for the record ;-)<BR/><BR/>My homepage is google.com/reader/<BR/><BR/>where I can put the starting folder as /art or /stuff or whatever stream<BR/><BR/>My favorite Firefox Theme is <BR/><BR/>View/Toolbars/Customize/Show: Text<BR/><BR/>No bad designed buttons anymore ;-)<BR/><BR/>Best regards, HansHanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06081946944668235348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-11427239369335919082008-01-23T09:38:00.000-08:002008-01-23T09:38:00.000-08:00try about:MoZilla in firefox :)try about:MoZilla in firefox :)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11614147562208165116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-82431014254475327662008-01-23T09:07:00.000-08:002008-01-23T09:07:00.000-08:00It's also a nice domain name ;-)It's also a nice <A HREF="http://aboutblank.nl" REL="nofollow">domain name</A> ;-)Tibor Paulschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07156085318159060574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-73139287734140906992008-01-23T09:05:00.000-08:002008-01-23T09:05:00.000-08:00First question i have after reading this entry was...First question i have after reading this entry was same as Pascal.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for answer.Lancasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00723447935268480599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-17993522958893149202008-01-23T08:54:00.000-08:002008-01-23T08:54:00.000-08:00It's funny, I like not using the blank homepage fo...It's funny, I like not using the blank homepage for the following reasons:<BR/><BR/>* I know if I'm connected to the internet or not when I open the browser<BR/><BR/>* I have my homepage as iGoogle, and this lets me quickly get to wherever I need without needing to think about where I need to go<BR/><BR/>* I created an iGoogle gadget with my bookmarks as favicons so I can choose my favorite/most useful sites and have a consistent list no matter where I use the internet from<BR/><BR/>I found it interesting that some of the reasons you listed are exactly why I <B>don't</B> use about:blank :)Nirajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03790264569991599467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-50606348173453936782008-01-23T08:28:00.000-08:002008-01-23T08:28:00.000-08:00wow I've been following the trends w/o knowing... ...wow I've been following the trends w/o knowing... about:blank is my homepage for over 10 years. :-)Guilhermehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14413955088874672760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-4633788467866850742008-01-23T08:02:00.000-08:002008-01-23T08:02:00.000-08:00I've always seen this message in Internet Explorer...I've always seen this message in Internet Explorer 7. If you set Google as your homepage, it disappears. The message used to be even <A HREF="http://img278.imageshack.us/img278/8827/googleie75bu.jpg" REL="nofollow">more annoying</A>, but now it's just a link at the bottom of the page.Alex Chituhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-50326961682610888782008-01-23T07:36:00.000-08:002008-01-23T07:36:00.000-08:00"every time you visit google.com using Internet Ex...<I>"every time you visit google.com using Internet Explorer, the site prompts you to make Google your homepage"</I><BR/><BR/>I always use Internet Explorer, and when I visit google.com, it never prompts me to make Google my homepage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-30674331402370697522008-01-23T07:18:00.000-08:002008-01-23T07:18:00.000-08:00Tangerine Firefox Theme with icons from the Tango ...<A HREF="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3815" REL="nofollow">Tangerine Firefox Theme</A> with icons from the <A HREF="http://tango.freedesktop.org/" REL="nofollow">Tango Desktop Project</A>. It has a lot of imperfections, but I still like it.Alex Chituhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-49635340631946328412008-01-23T06:56:00.000-08:002008-01-23T06:56:00.000-08:00What Firefox Theme is it on the Screenshot?What Firefox Theme is it on the Screenshot?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14241220168879976250noreply@blogger.com