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July 21, 2017 at 2:13 pm #10376
Bob Williams
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Well, so says Tech Radar, and Matt Hanson is having a Rant about it:

https://tinyurl.com/ybggqvk7

Although why he wants to criticise it before he knows what shape it will take, I have no idea. Calm down, Hanson!

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July 21, 2017 at 3:58 pm #10385
The Duke
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Does anyone actual go to the Google home page? If so why?
July 21, 2017 at 6:13 pm #10387
Robin Long
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The Duke wrote:

Does anyone actual go to the Google home page? If so why?

The home page on the cadet unit computers use this as their home page, but many of the step by step guides for the tech illiterate start here and I am too lazy to change them ?

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July 21, 2017 at 6:54 pm #10389
blacklion1725
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The Duke wrote:

Does anyone actual go to the Google home page? If so why?

Habit for me, and also use duckduckgo as my default search in the url bar means if I want “google” I go to the home page.

Older folks I help also like it as they see it as “the internet” or at least the starting point for “the internet” – which I completely get since it is a good a place to start as any. I think it is still the most common “home page”, which I reckon is probably a lot to do with how plain and simple it is. Be interesting to see how it goes and what the effects are. No skin of my nose but sometimes less is more.
July 21, 2017 at 9:06 pm #10391
Bob Williams
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Always Steve, I like to be able to sign in and access my Google account whenever.

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July 22, 2017 at 9:43 am #10396
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It’s my home page for whichever browser I use. Whenever I need to look for something, it’s so easy to type into the middle box, although these days the url bar does the same thing.

I still have my everyday sites bookmarked, although I’ve found I’m accessing them that way a lot less, recently, since installing LastPass last year. That has turned into the simple route to access my most used sites as I don’t need to memorise the LogIn details.

As Bob says, the “fluidity” of ( almost:) ) everything Google, well Photos, Maps, Drive, Google+, etc all together is really handy.
July 22, 2017 at 11:46 am #10397
Bob Williams
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Quoted from JayCeeDee:

” As Bob says, the “fluidity” of ( almost:) ) everything Google, well Photos, Maps, Drive, Google+, etc all together is really handy. ”

Correctamundo! Exactly my point. I went from a position of Google suspicion, to almost loving it. Set up my Home Page as Google in Firefox.

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July 22, 2017 at 12:25 pm #10401
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Most of us have sold our souls to google – I think it is more the point specifically about the home page – a bit obsolete with search boxes, the url bar and things like firefox/chrome new tab page. I still find myself using the google home page out of habit, and like others I like the big, obvious text entry box that screams “search”. The fact it has stayed familiar while the rest of the world changes is something I like too. Hope they don’t fix what ain’t broke.
July 22, 2017 at 3:34 pm #10405
Bob Williams
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My thoughts too, BL: –

” The fact it has stayed familiar while the rest of the world changes is something I like too. Hope they don’t fix what ain’t broke. ”

Sometimes changes are made for changes’ sake. Simplifying or elaborating it, may ruin it.

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July 22, 2017 at 4:21 pm #10409
The Duke
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I was just about to say Bob, you can sign into Google straight from the browser, but then I noticed you use Firefox.
July 22, 2017 at 9:13 pm #10410
Bob Williams
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The Duke wrote:

I was just about to say Bob, you can sign into Google straight from the browser, but then I noticed you use Firefox.

Yes Steve, set my Homepage in Firefox to google.co.uk. Google & Firefox are both synced on all devices. Thanks mainly to the advice from you and other Forumites, (and MM) I learned a lot. You’re never too old to learn!

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July 22, 2017 at 9:23 pm #10411
The Duke
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I left the FF fold about ten years ago now.
July 23, 2017 at 2:47 pm #10421
Bob Williams
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I’m used to FF, it does what I want and works fine with Google. I think it gets a bad rep from people who just get too may Addons and Plugins they don’t need. That slows it down, and most of them are irrelevant to most user’s needs. I have just 7 Addons & 3 Plugins, all do something useful and/or necessary. Every time I added something from an independent dev, if it worked and I kept it, I donated.

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