After years of using Google as my home page I have finally switched to netvibes.com. Netvibes is a portal site like the thousands of other portals I can't stand, but this one is very well done. There's no advertisement on the site, there are quite a few modules you can add to you page, it has a very "clean" look to it, and best of all it supports tabs for multiple pages of content.
Of course I wouldn't totally give up Google. The first module I added to my page on each tab is for Google search. It's also the first time I've really used RSS feeds on a regular basis, just because I didn't like other readers, so I have all the content I watch on a single page now. The web bookmarks are nice just because you can have them with you on any computer.
My absolute favorite features are the task list and the notepad though. I have a very hard time keeping track of all of my tasks and this gives me a very convenient way to write them down and mark them off. Since it supports multiple tabs I can have a single log in that I use at work, on my laptop at home that I use for doing my side work, and on my main pc. I just switch tabs based on what I'm working on. Any time I'm at work and remember something I need to do when I get home, I just flip tabs and write it down, and vice-versa.
I have to say the only thing I don't like about it, is that it's French. :-) It's the best, if not only good thing to come out of France since french fries. It's definitely worth checking out. You can use it without creating an account, it just stores a cookie on your box. You loose the benefit of being able to access it from anywhere if you do though. |