Using a single site as your browser homepage seems so quaint. You probably have a long list of sites you check as soon as you get in front of a computer: Twitter, Facebook, Gmail, Pinterest, and the Yahoo Answers page for "Can I take my cat ice skating with me?" If you could launch all those pages at once, it would shave valuable minutes off your information-catch-up time.
That's easy to do. Here's how to set multiple tabs as your homepage so they automatically start loading every time you launch your browser. This setting isn't just useful for leisurely internet pursuits; if you use a lot of web-based tools at your office, you can hit the ground running as soon as you boot up at work.
How to do it in Chrome
1. Visit the Chrome Preferences menu.
2. Under "Settings," find the "On startup" entry.
3. Check the button next to "Open a specific page or set of pages."
4. Click the "Set pages" link next to that text.
5. Enter the URLs for all the pages you want to launch at browser startup.
How to do it in Firefox
1. First, open all the pages you want in separate tabs in a single browser window.
2. Visit the Firefox Preferences menu.
3. Under the "General" tab, click "Use Current Pages" under the Home Page section.
How to do it in Safari
1. Once again, open all the pages you want in separate tabs in a single browser window.
2. Select "Bookmarks" from the top menu bar and click "Add Bookmark Folder."
3. Name the Bookmark Folder whatever you want.
4. Select "Bookmarks" from the top menu again and click "Add Bookmarks for These Tabs."
5. Select the Bookmark Folder you named in step 3.
6. Select "Preferences" from the top menu bar.
7. Next to "New windows open with:" select "Choose tabs folder…"
8. Select the Bookmarks Folder you created in step 3.
How to do it in Internet Explorer
1. Open all the pages you want in separate tabs in a single browser window.
2. Visit the Tools menu (gear icon) and select "Internet Options."
3. Under the "General" tab, click "Use current" under the Home Page section.
