iGoogle to be buried on November 1st 2013

gjrc · 4 Jul 2012 at 09:41

damn.... i use this all the time...

i like having all my news headlines come up on one page.

bbc world, home and sports news. FT. work related news and stock ticker, plus dictionary.com link to check certain spellings. so useful!

what can i use that does all this instead of igoogle?

:confused:

GravyMonster · 4 Jul 2012 at 09:46

Another headstone in the Google Graveyard

Feek · 4 Jul 2012 at 09:50

Mr Jones said:
Same here - especially when my work allows only IE and using iGoogle is the most universal fit for my search/home page needs... What are my alternative now?

That's my issue as well, everything fits into one page and as we're only able to use IE at work, it's ideal. Not sure that Google Reader will be a suitable alternative.

Skeeter · 4 Jul 2012 at 09:56

Oh poo

iGoogle has been my homepage on every machine I use since pretty much the day it was launched

Squark · 4 Jul 2012 at 10:02

Noooo

mrk · 4 Jul 2012 at 10:36

Feek said:
That's my issue as well, everything fits into one page and as we're only able to use IE at work, it's ideal. Not sure that Google Reader will be a suitable alternative.

It's not really a direct alternative but it's IMO the only viable one at present. If you have an Android phone though then get gReader which is free, the paid version has a nice scrollable widget too but the free version itself supports rich content and various other cool features making the pain less intense at the pre-loss of iGoogle.

I was never interested in Feed based apps until now and having tried this, it's rather smart!

LordSplodge · 4 Jul 2012 at 10:38

Never got on with it. It clutered up the Google page INHO. I have used Reader for a long time now...

As for only being able to use IE at work. *shudders* Thankfully I don't have to put up with that.

mrk · 4 Jul 2012 at 10:39

It only clutters up your homepage if you lack any organisational skills

LordSplodge · 4 Jul 2012 at 10:43

mrk said:
It only clutters up your homepage if you lack any organisational skills

Or you have a minimalism OCD like me.

gjrc · 4 Jul 2012 at 11:13

just tried netvibes....

does exactly the same maybe even better...

switching now

Irish_Tom · 4 Jul 2012 at 11:13

I moved to iGoogle when the BBC killed the old home page.

I'll be transferring to Netvibes now which is the closest thing to iGoogle really.

Mr Jones · 4 Jul 2012 at 13:33

Been trying out Netvibes, looks and feels like iGoogle... pretty cool. The one click sign in as long as I am on FB is also useful.

Xordium · 4 Jul 2012 at 18:10

Not so good quite like everything I want there on that one page.

mrk · 4 Jul 2012 at 18:16

Google have now removed the iGoogle link on the classic homepage that donned the lower left corner of the window. They don't waste their time!

You can still get to iG though by tickling the link: http://www.google.co.uk/ig

I'll miss this:

Although I'm growing quite fond of realtime updates and phone sync with this!

Apptabs makes all the difference too

Nossmayo · 4 Jul 2012 at 18:21

gjrc said:
damn.... i use this all the time...

Me too!

Cosimo · 4 Jul 2012 at 18:22

Shame but I'm not going to cry about it.

Tom0 · 4 Jul 2012 at 19:01

Bah. That is all.

cosmos55 · 4 Jul 2012 at 19:03

I use it every day and it seams quite popular, Guess i will have to switch over to chrome fulltime now.

One · 5 Jul 2012 at 12:51

This is a shame.

I often don't look at it in detail but it's nice to have a glimpse and see the top stories, how long we've got the sun for and what the moon's up to.

Macro · 5 Jul 2012 at 15:19

My.msn.com gives you the same functionality as igoogle including multiple pages etc. I swap between them as you can export you pages/feeds and then import into the other as XML.