Downloader: Fav4: meet your new favorite start page

For a while, iGoogle was the end-all-be-all of homepages for me, and then I flirted with Bing (those daily photos are pretty sweet). I think I've finally found the start page of my dreams, though: Fav4.org. It's just 4 huge, gorgeous buttons for the websites of your choice, set on top of a tasteful grey gradient. Yeah, I know this isn't revolutionary, but I love seeing it pop up every time I open a new tab.

By default, you get Facebook, Flickr, Gmail, and Twitter as your Fav4, but you can customize your experience by choosing your four from a list of dozens. There's no signup required, no clutter, no weather reports, no email, no Google Alerts ... just a simple, lightweight place to start your browsing in peace. Lifehacker points out that it would be slightly better with keyboard shortcuts - 1, 2, 3 and 4, perhaps? - but I can't think of anything else I'd change about Fav4.

Well, except maybe adding Download Squad to the roster of sites. Our pocket-friendly sibling site, Engadget, is already one of the options.

UPDATE: Fav4 now has keyboard support, and it works the way I described it above. Neat!