Reviews for start.me - Personalize your browser homepage
start.me - Personalize your browser homepage by start.me
Rated 4.1 out of 5
4.1 Stars out of 5
237 reviews
- by Elya, a day agoRated 5 out of 5Cannot be used with daily.dev because it forces the replacement of the new tab page... So bad, I love start.me AND daily.dev. So I will have to continue to add my bookmarks manually since I can not use this add on with my fav one... Why don't you let the user choose if he wants to override the new tab page or not?
EDIT: just gave a try to the bookmarker and it works like a charm. I change my feedback to give you 5 stars, thanks !Developer response
posted 20 hours agoThank you for your reply.
Good news: we DO let users choose if they want to override new tab with start.me or not.
You can install our "Bookmarker by start.me" extension for this purpose:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bookmarker-by-start-me/
It will give you the bookmarking capabilities, without start.me as new tab. Hope this helps! - by PhilANZ, 18 days agoRated 5 out of 5For some years (since W7) I have been using OpenShell to give me more control over my desktop. Since I discovered Start.Me last year (2020) I finally have a browser home page which lets me access everything on one page (I could have it less cluttered on several pages but this works for me). And on the rare occasions I have to load another browser, the same home page is there. It doesn't read my mind yet, but is even better than I thought it was at my last wade through the various options to give me a really useful home page.
- by A.S., 2 months agoRated 1 out of 5Данное расширение выбирает язык стартовой страницы по IP, а должно - по языку установленной на ПК системы. Неужели разработчикам это так сложно понять??? А если я приеду в Голландию или в Японию, мне что, меню покажут на голландском или японском? Я несколько раз указал в настройках русский язык, а оно все равно мне сует украинскую мову. Это создает огромный дискомфорт, т.к. я не желаю видеть на своем экране ни слова на мове. Поэтому прощаемся и ставим минимальную оценку.
Developer response
posted a month agoСожалеем, что что-то пошло не так с определением вашего местоположения / языка. В 99% случаев обнаружение работает правильно, но, видимо, в вашем случае что-то пошло не так.
В https://start.me/users/edit вы можете изменить свое местоположение и язык.
Если это не сработает, сообщите нам об этом по адресу support@start.me, и мы рассмотрим этот вопрос более подробно. - by Владимир, 3 months agoRated 5 out of 5
- by wendywwa, 4 months agoRated 4 out of 5非常好用的主页,可以自由定制图片、文字等等按钮的形式,以及分组的格式,其他主页扩展只能用设定好的按钮。用了很多年,可惜加载越来越慢,不知道是不是地区的原因。
- by Firefox user 14529503, 5 months agoRated 5 out of 5
- by Dick Kranen, 6 months agoRated 4 out of 5
- by Firefox user 13028369, 6 months agoRated 5 out of 5Habe mir PRO auf Lebenszeit zugelegt. Sehr übersichtliche App. Leider gibt es eine leichte Verzögerung beim Laden der start.me Seite. Ansonsten bin ich sehr zufrieden.
- by Firefox user 16122315, 6 months agoRated 1 out of 5Was a good concept but hasn't been updated since November 2019. No longer works. Firefox flags this as not meeting their security. Another dead extension.
Not sure what the developer is saying below. If you scroll to the left side, under more information, it says version 2.217, last updated November 21, 2019. The release notes do not give more recent dates. This extension completely stopped working for me so maybe the developer should investigate issues instead of slagging my review.Developer response
posted 6 months agoHello, thank you for your comment, but it contains several incorrect statements.
1) We are constantly updating and improving start.me. You can keep track of our progress here: https://blog.start.me.
2) start.me works fine in latest version of Firefox. If you have face any problems, please let us know at support@start.me.
3) Firefox does not flag our extension as unsafe, but did not yet "Recommend" it according to their new policies.
"To be clear, just because an extension is not Recommended, that doesn't mean it's unsafe. It simply means it's not vetted by Mozilla and you should install at your own risk."
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recommended-extensions-program#w_what-are-the-risks-of-installing-non-recommended-extensions
We will contact Firefox to start the verification/recommendation process.
Let us know if you have any questions about this. We hope you'll reconsider this 1 star review. - by Psihioga, 6 months agoRated 5 out of 5
- by TPS, 6 months agoRated 5 out of 5
- by Firefox user 13379152, 7 months agoRated 5 out of 5Love this add-on. I use it on every computer. the only thing I hate is the fonts under the icons. They are so jagged on windows. Wish there was a way to change the fonts.
- by icesotope, 7 months agoRated 4 out of 5I really like how it's pretty customisable but it takes quite long to load.
- by Firefox user 14695906, 9 months agoRated 3 out of 5
- by Mohini Jugessur, a year agoRated 5 out of 5
- by Firefox user 15206067, a year agoRated 1 out of 5
- by Firefox user 12965673, a year agoRated 5 out of 5
- by Pierpaolo, a year agoRated 4 out of 5
- by Keith Johnson, a year agoRated 5 out of 5
- by Firefox user 13150337, a year agoRated 4 out of 5
- by Leonel M.M, a year agoRated 5 out of 5¡Maravilloso! ¡Esta extensión te da una página de inicio muy personalizable y un soporte tecnico increible! Yo quería cambiar el motor de búsqueda de la barra de búsqueda de Start.Me pero no podía y dejé de usarla. Un tiempo después me llego un email de Start.Me preguntándome si tenía un problema con la página porque no había entrado en mucho tiempo, yo le conté mi problema del motor de búsqueda (DuckDuckGo). Pensé que tardarían muchísimo en contestarme pero solo tardaron uno o dos días ¡Re poco! Se metieron en mi página y me añadieron un widget con la barra de búsqueda de DuckDuckGo porque la barra de búsqueda de Start.Me no funciona correctamente. ¡Un soporte técnico maravilloso! Recomiendo esta extensión un montón! Cinco estrellas.
- by Firefox user 15283528, a year agoRated 5 out of 5
- by Firefox user 14996119, a year agoRated 1 out of 51) BY USING THIS WEBSITE YOU ARE GIVING THE RIGHT ABOUT THE PERSONAL DATA LIKE BOOKMARS TO THIS COMPANY:
By posting Content to the Service, you grant us the right and license to use, modify, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, and distribute such Content on and through the Service. You retain any and all of your rights to any Content you submit, post or display on or through the Service and you are responsible for protecting those rights. You agree that this license includes the right for us to make your Content available to other users of the Service, who may also use your Content subject to these Terms. THIS IS BREAK OF
2) DURING REGISTRATION ASKS YOU TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT, NEVER ASKS YOU TO CREATE A PASSWORD.
NOWHERE YOU CAN FIND IN THE SITE HOW TO CREATE A PASSWORD, AND IS DIFFICULT TO FIND HOW TO TAKE RECREATE A NEW PASSWORD
3) MOZILLA EXTENSION DOES NOT WORK, YOU CAN NOT USE THIS EXTENSION TO ADD BOOKMARKS OR SIGN IN, SO IS USELESS.
4) YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE IF THE PASSWORD IS STOLEN OR LOST, WHETHER THE PASSWORD IS WITH OUR SERVICE OR THIRTY PARTY?!
When you create an account with us, you are responsible for safeguarding the password that you use to access the Service and for any activities or actions under your password, whether your password is with our Service or a third-party service.
5) THEY CAN TERMINATE YOUR ACCOUNT WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE, AND FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER.
We may terminate or suspend your account immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation if you breach the Terms.
Upon termination, your right to use the Service will immediately cease. If you wish to terminate your account, you may simply discontinue using the Service.
6) THIS WEBSITE IS NOT SECURE
Your use of the Service is at your sole risk. The Service is provided without warranties of any kind
7) THEY SHOW TO YOU ADS (on free account). PAID ACCOUNT FOR $20 YEARLY IS HIGH ON COMPARISON WITH OTHER BOOKMAKERS WHICH MOST OF THEM ARE FREE
8) THEY INSIST TO CHANGE YOUR START PAGE TO start.me AND CHANGE YOUR FAVORITE SEARCH ENGINE TO START.ME SOO THIS SERVICE IS ADWARE
9) THEY TAKE THE RIGHT TO MANIPULATE WITH YOUR PERSONAL DATA LIKE EMAIL, NAME, LOGS, AND THEY DOES NOT WORK BASED ON LAWS OF PERSONAL DATA BY EUROPEAN LAWS
Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes. Note: Under some legislations the Owner may be allowed to process Personal Data until the User objects to such processing (“opt-out”), without having to rely on consent or any other of the following legal bases. This, however, does not apply, whenever the processing of Personal Data is subject to European data protection law;
THIS REVIEW IS DONE BASED ON MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, AND BASED ON TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS SERVICE WHICH YOU CAN FIND ON https://start.me/terms AND PRIVACY https://start.me/privacyDeveloper response
posted a year agoHello,
Thank you for your feedback. A quick reply to your points:
1) You own your bookmarks and are always in control over your content. This is why we for example make it easy to export your data (bookmarks, feeds) and delete your account, at any time. Soon we'll update our terms so it better reflects this.
2) We e-mail you a strong password when you sign-up. You can change and reset your password at any time. If you have any problems with it, our support team can be reached 24/7 at support@start.me.
3) What exactly is not working for you? We have thousands of users who use the Firefox add-on without any problems.
4) I can assure you that we do our best to keep our service as safe and secure as possible.
5) We only terminate accounts when we notice abuse of our platform or if we get a take down request by a government body.
6) See 4.
7) Yes, we show an adbanner below the fold in the free version. You know, we also need to make some sort of living? The free version comes with lots of features already. For $20/year you get a completely ad-free experience + additional features.
8) We don't "insist" anything or change your browsers default search engine. On our search own box on start.me, we allow users to change and add their own search engines. More info here:
https://support.start.me/hc/en-us/articles/200551892-How-to-change-the-search-bar-settings
9) We do not manipulate your data. But as mentioned in #1, we'll look into updating our terms to make this more clear.
Please let us know if you have more feedback.
Best regards,
Luuk
start.me