A start page for people who read
Open a new tab.
Stay a while.
Search, your shortcuts, and a view you chose, every time you open a tab. No account, nothing to install, and nothing competing for your attention.
Free. No sign-in. Stays on your device.
Stay curious.
Everything a new tab should have
and nothing it shouldn't
i.
One box. Search, or just go.
Type a question and it searches. Type an address and it goes straight there. The icon tells you which, before you press enter.
ii.
Your shortcuts, in your order
Add any site, drag to reorder, gather them into folders. The way a home screen already works, without the clutter.
iii.
A view that's actually yours
Keep it plain, take Bing's photo of the day, or bring one of your own. Your photo is resized in your browser and never leaves your device.
Plain
Photo of the day
Yours
iv.
Nothing leaves your device by default
Shortcuts and settings live in this browser's own storage. Never on a server, never synced, never anyone else's to read.
Set it up once
then it just opens, every time
Open the start page
irfanhabeeb.com/start, nothing to download.
Make it yours
Add your shortcuts, choose your view.
Set it in your browser
Make it your home page or new-tab page, once.
Questions
Do I need to sign in?
No. There is nothing to sign up for and nothing to log into.
Will my shortcuts sync across my other devices?
Not yet. They're saved in this browser's storage only, so a different browser or device starts fresh.
Is anything sent anywhere?
Search queries go to DuckDuckGo, and the Bing-photo background is fetched through this site so Bing never sees your IP directly. Nothing else leaves your device.
Does it work on my phone?
Yes. Open it in your phone's browser the same way.
Also on this site
the start page is one part of it
Make it yours.
Ten seconds, and no sign-up screen in the way.
Set as your start page