what do you guys use as a default browser page?

Google web search, not for any reason.

Doesn't bother me in the least.

Never used iGoogle but have google.com.au as my homepage. We've got a Google Mini server at work though which google also announced yesterday is on the chopping block.

never used igoogle. just use google.com.au

iGoogle used to open by default whenever I went to google, but then it stopped, or I stopped it and either way I never bothered putting it back. I guess they were right, between my phone, and macbook dashboard, I got all the info I needed without using iGoogle.

i use the "new" tab as one of my tabs that open on start up.

in this tab i have a bunch of icons from the chrome web store to quickly get what i need, they are
reader
maps
picassa
mail
facebook
twitter
amazon

plus i also use the google toolbar thingy for quick access to the main google stuff. for searching i just use the address bar.

so I'd suggest try the new tab and populate it with whatever you need.

I used it most when i played wow, just had blue trackers running and wowhead/mmochampion etc feeds. But when i quit wow, i prefer to start at google then click news, real world news..

I am surprised, I thought everyone used iGoogle. You got your weather there, little todo list, maps, email, quote of the day, whatever the fuck you like all there on your homepage. It seemed like the one-stop shop homepage anyone could have.

With modern apps that run on platforms like Chrome and Android, the need for something like iGoogle has eroded over time

What the fuck are they talking about? I don't know of these apps on the Chrome platform. I don't even know what the Chrome platform is. I use the Chrome browser, and I use windows. So now when I go on a different computer or whatever, I have to set it up with 'apps'.

Fuck 'apps' aye, they might be popular with 12 year olds, but I have never bought or used an app in my life and I'm not about to start now.

All kinds of stuff that should just be a website is now a god damn app. Doesn't anybody see how retarded this is?