iGoogle, which has enabled me to have a home page that shows, or links to, almost everything I use, is going away for good in November.
I have previously posted on alternatives to this program. Currently, I am using FVD Speed Dial in parallel with iGoogle, and have come to rely on it.
FVD Speed Dial,
which lets me set up a screen full of icons that I make, from the web
site's web page. I have set my FVD page up to open automatically
whenever I open a new tab. My FVD Speed Dial page can be synchronized
across computers. The program is free, and works with both Firefox and Google Chrome. I see 18 icons -- meaning links to 18 web pages, on opening, and can scroll down to 12 more. I could add more icons (or speed dials) if I want to.
I have posted previously on other replacements to iGoogle.
Thanks for reading.
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Showing posts with label alternatives to iGoogle. Show all posts
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
iGoogle is going away: alternatives that may work
iGoogle has been our home page for perhaps 5 years -- the default web
page shown when a browser cranks up. It may be yours, too. Favorite
links, an appointment calendar, weather in places all over the country,
top news stories, schedules for movies showing locally, and more. What's
not to like?
Google tells me that iGoogle will not be available after November 1, 2013.
What are the alternatives? One is to just use my browser.
But there are more full-featured possibilities. Here are some that I found, with a little searching. I haven't tried any of them yet, so I'll just list them, with no annotation:
Netvibes
AllMyFaves
Protopage
MyYahoo!
MyHomeMSN
uStart
I hope one of them will work as well as iGoogle has.
Thanks for reading.
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As of January 10, 2013, I have tried some of the above, but am now running FVD Speed Dial, which lets me set up a screen full of icons that I make, from the web site's web page. I have set my FVD page up to open automatically whenever I open a new tab. My FVD Speed Dial page can be synchronized across computers. The program is free, and works with both Firefox and Google Chrome.
Google tells me that iGoogle will not be available after November 1, 2013.
What are the alternatives? One is to just use my browser.
But there are more full-featured possibilities. Here are some that I found, with a little searching. I haven't tried any of them yet, so I'll just list them, with no annotation:
Netvibes
AllMyFaves
Protopage
MyYahoo!
MyHomeMSN
uStart
I hope one of them will work as well as iGoogle has.
Thanks for reading.
* * * * *
As of January 10, 2013, I have tried some of the above, but am now running FVD Speed Dial, which lets me set up a screen full of icons that I make, from the web site's web page. I have set my FVD page up to open automatically whenever I open a new tab. My FVD Speed Dial page can be synchronized across computers. The program is free, and works with both Firefox and Google Chrome.
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