The killing of iGoogle

[E]

Originally Posted by urysohn

- my work computer force defaults to a company page so I need to consciously select it from Favorites. I'm more likely to directly jump to one of the other bookmarked pages I was eventually going to land on anyway

I used to work for a company that did this, so I created a quick launch shortcut that pointed to the URL that I wanted to be my home page and used that in lieu of the stock web browser icon.

[ahow]

Originally Posted by E

This is one reason I hesitate to develop lasting reliance on any Google products. They are quick to kill things, often out of the blue. I got somewhat burned when they killed Google Wave. I had invested a good bit of time in that, and I also had been advocating it to a lot of people.

I don't think core services like email and calendar are going anywhere, but anything else can vanish at a moment's notice.

It's also a lesson in data ownership. Be sure you have offline copies of anything web-based tool made by Google.

Roll your own Wave.
http://code.google.com/p/walkaround/

[Mr. B]

Originally Posted by ADoubleDot

try switching to the Chrome browser. a lot of the features in iGoogle seem to be integrated into the "new tab" feature on Chrome

I don't see anything on that page except for some icons from recently viewed web pages.

Google said:

If you’re a fan of Google Chrome, the Chrome Web Store provides a similar range of options like productivity tools and applications to check the weather. In addition, just like iGoogle, you can personalize Chrome with a theme.

But it makes no sense to me.

I've tried Chrome, but I hesitate to use it because I like to have my bookmarks displayed on the side of the screen, so that I can just go down the list clicking and visiting the websites I visit on a daily basis. I can do that with Firefox, Opera, IE, but not, as far as I've been able to tell, with Chrome.

[no driver]

1. Lifehacker recommends two replacements for iGoogle http://lifehacker.com/5923751/two-ex...les-going-away
2. Apple is killing iWork. Time to get your stuff off: 1 month. What was E saying about being afraid of Google services shutting down? http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/07/0...ills-off-iwork

[ADoubleDot]

be careful not to trip while you backpedal E

[erosewater]

See, Google is just copying Apple by killing off unused products. Once again Apple is the leader and everyone else follows

[Mr. B]

Originally Posted by no driver

1. Lifehacker recommends two replacements for iGoogle http://lifehacker.com/5923751/two-ex...les-going-away
2. Apple is killing iWork. Time to get your stuff off: 1 month. What was E saying about being afraid of Google services shutting down? http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/07/0...ills-off-iwork

Thanks for the lifehacker link.