custom browser startpage
A little over a year ago, I started using a custom startpage in my browser. I know some browsers let you customize what you see (more or less), but it's super limited. I want control over the entire design, colors and links. No news, no ads, nothing about their new projects. And I want it to stay the same across updates.
There are browser extensions that offer a variety of startpages that tend to be minimalist, distraction-free and productivity focused. With options to add to-dos, check them off, enter motivational quotes and block websites. But that's not really what I was looking for either.
Then I saw others who just coded their own, hosted it where ever they already had their website hosted and set it as startpage in their browser settings... and I began to do the same.
I initially made one in Decker for fun (I can only recommend that software, it's super cool and the possibilities for presentations, websites, minigames etc. is endless; there are little competitions as well where people showcase their creations and you can learn how to code in Lil).
The first iteration looked like this:
(If this isn't moving, wait a little bit; sadly gifrecorder adds a long pause at the end...)
I refined it bit by bit, and later moved away from Decker and just made a plain one. It currently looks like this:
Sadly, Firefox doesn't seem to allow to set custom links as browser startpage anymore, but thankfully my daily driver LibreWolf does.
Maybe someone else feels inspired to create their own :) Let me know and show yours if you create one!
Published 21 Aug, 2024, edited 4Â weeks ago