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Sometime about six months ago, I stopped using Firefox as my everyday web browser and switched to Google Chrome. Why? Because it’s fast, like browsing the internet on a rocket ship. My personal productivity suite includes a lot of Google applications (Gmail, Calendar, Reader, Docs, Voice, even a little bit of Wave every now and then), and their browser is just better optimized for the kinds of scripts those apps run. I still think Firefox is the most solid web development platform available, but if I’m not working on a web project I’m using Chrome instead.

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What do you look for in a homepage? Are homepages even relevant nowadays? I think, ideally, your homepage is a page that grants you speedy access to any or all of your most visited sites. So when you open a fresh browser, or double-click the tab bar, or do the ctrl+t thing, what are your options?

There are a number of browser-based solutions. Opera’s Speed Dial (and its imitators) is a pretty nifty solution, offering nine spots to quicklink to your favorite sites. There’s also the ever-advancing curtain of address-bar intelligence, which are probably even faster than any page-based solution.

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