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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

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.

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.

Thank you for your suggestion nthitz the link is working :)

Awesome! Fun site, thank you!

    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.

lazy got more lazy :)no registration is required http://Fivesecondhomepage.com/www.example.com

Why use a sign up when you could use HTML5 localStorage and users put the url and you redirect them..

Looks good anyways

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.

Reminds me of the BSD fortune program which greets me every time I log into Slackware. :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_%28Unix%29

Does anyone use homepages anymore?

Yes.

I use More Interestingness[0] for new tabs in Chrome, and I have my personal email, work email, twitter and Google Reader start in pinned tabs on launch.

I have no need for five seconds of inspirational quotes. That's what /usr/local/bin/fortune is for.

[0] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/more-interestingne...

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.

I have tumblr dashboard as my home page because otherwise I forget to check tumblr.

Ugh why redirect after exactly five seconds? Stressed out or what?

Yeah, I agree with the consensus thus far. To me the sign-up ruins this. Anything that gets this to the point where that's not required, adds a lot of value to your service.

OP:Why do you need a sign-up?

you do not need to sign-up anymore http://Fivesecondhomepage.com/www.example.com

Been using http://minimotivation.com/ for a while. This looks really similar.

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.

What about the ~64% of us who use something other than Chrome?

It gets better.

Hell, it would be effective as a data: url.

Can I paste a huge data url here? Let's see.

data:text/html;base64,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

Ha, it works!

Sure, but that's the same inspirational quote every time.

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.

"everytime you open your browser , by showing you quote". That amount of typos is terrible.