Dunno about any drag n drop method, I've always found Firefox does this much the
same way as IE, i.e. go to the page you want as home, click the TOOLS menu, then
OPTIONS (or alt-t, o on the keyboard), then on the GENERAL tab click USE CURRENT
PAGE.

Yes. But options in Linux is in Edit not Tools.

If you are using a newer version of firefox and the dropdown menus are not
displayed at the top, you need to press the f10 key to see them, then
Tools>Options>General.

just realized my wife had windows running on this box... please
disregard.

The Firefox version that came with my version of Ubuntu 11.04 was Firefox v 4.0
I rechecked HELP and manage to figure it out. I was supposed to drag the current
page [of the site I wanted as home] to the home page button not the space next
to it. The writer of the HELP message kept talking about how EZ it was to do,
but s)he ddn't figure on the fact that new Linux users may be more familiar with
IE. :-) It is easier to do this there.

Thanks for the reply. I could not determine the order of you reply because I
can't tell whether the list is FIFO or FILO.

I find that it is done the same way in either application.

Firefox for Windows has Options under Tools, on Linux it's under Edit
under Preferences. I never did any drag, I just did it similar to the Firefox or
IE is done.

Oh yes, silly of me: I was using Windows Firefox at work and got confused. Also,
it's PREFERENCES on the edit menu, rather than OPTIONS.

Thanks to every one who replied to my message about setting home page [or start
page]. I got the answer on the earliest message. I figured out that it was
earliest expanding the view so that I could read the tiny print that showed the
time messages were sent.