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kentf
Love it! Thanks for sharing.
tantalor
Would be quite effective as a Chrome Extension: no server to host and no sign-up required. Just put the quotes up on a CDN.
icebraining
What about the ~64% of us who use something other than Chrome?
hamburglar
Hell, it would be effective as a data: url.
hamburglar
Can I paste a huge data url here? Let's see.

data:text/html;base64,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

Ha, it works!

pavel_lishin
Sure, but that's the same inspirational quote every time.
hamburglar
I trust I don't need to explain how one might make it choose randomly from a large list of quotes if you really wanted to do this.
nthitz
Maybe instead of having to register have a feature like:

http://www.fivesecondhomepage.com/www.reddit.com

Which shows the quote, then gets me to reddit or whatever

web007
This seems like a much better idea than /somereddituser.

Also, if @OP keeps the same scheme with /username, you need to have an "Edit" button. I typoed the first time, and now I'm stuck with a bad redirect.

artursapek
I was going to suggest this as well. Why would you bother with a database for something like this? Maybe it's a data mining effort.
techpost
Thank you for your suggestion nthitz the link is working :)
nthitz
Awesome! Fun site, thank you!
bmmayer1
Does anyone use homepages anymore?
vacri
Google search is my homepage because it is (er... 'was') lightweight and quick to load. When opening the browser, if there was a problem with my net connection, I could be fairly certain it was between me and the ISP, not that the google servers were down.
nvr219
I have tumblr dashboard as my home page because otherwise I forget to check tumblr.
dioltas
One problem is https urls don't seem to work properly, the colon seems to be stripped from the input.

https://duckduckgo.com changes to https//duckduckgo.com, which doesn't work, so you have to resort to the unsecure version.

toxik
Ugh why redirect after exactly five seconds? Stressed out or what?
bdc
foursecondhomepage.com
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raldi 

    Enter your current homepage URL ex: google.com (Do not include'http://')
Lazy programmer. Let your users paste in whatever they want, and have your code handle it either way.
snowman41
"everytime you open your browser , by showing you quote". That amount of typos is terrible.
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wololo_
Why use a sign up when you could use HTML5 localStorage and users put the url and you redirect them..

Looks good anyways

neeraj_r
ii cannot login. It shows an error page :(