Not everyone happy with the new iGoogle
October 18th, 2008 Leave a comment Visited 49 times, 1 so far today
Not everyone happy with the new iGoogle
Google has started rolling out major new changes to their personalized home page service iGoogle.
The new edition brings a canvas view for most gadgets which enables the user to get detailed information.
Developers would be able to put in their advertisements in the canvas view. Ads are not allowed in the widget versions.
However, not everyone is excited about these changes. Users are complaining that Google is pushing these updates without giving any options to the end user.
There is also a problem with smaller screens as a lot of space is taken by the new bar on the left side.
Google has stated that they would make the necessary changes after reviewing user feedbacks.
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October 18th, 2008 at 08:02 am
It’s not just the space taken up by the left-hand navigation bar, it’s the inability to turn off previews in Gmail, the loss of nifty features like the ability to collapse or expand individual items in feeds, and the loss of formatting options in many modules. I’m also told that themes stopped working, although those never did work correctly for me. It’s also notable that with the introduction of paid “Supermodules” Google is now pushing certain companies on the iGoogle user, and this is bound to result in a more franchised and dumbed-down look and feel to the Google experience. One of the beautiful things about iGoogle has been the chaotic, energetic variety you can find if you want. How long before Google’s new corporate clients come to dominate and push out that individualism?
October 18th, 2008 at 07:48 pm
Web design circa 1995 – Google has become Microsoft.
October 18th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
My main complaint now is that Google violated the prime job of iGoogle. No, I’m not talking about “do no evil”, I am talking about the “i”. “i” Google was supposed to my personal Google. It was supposed to be a home where a Google user can make his or her own personalized start page and home on the net.
Sorry guys but:
* i * don’t want tabs.
* i * want a clean, non-cluttered interface.
* i * don’t want chat
* i * have no need for a canvas view
* i * paid real money for all the screen real estate my monitor displays
For a company to create a product called * i *Google and then start telling us what we are going to put on it and use it for is complete nonsense and frankly, quite arrogant.
* i * now have a page at Netvibes.com and it does exactly what * i * want.
October 19th, 2008 at 07:13 pm
Well, the change certainly ruined my home page. I’ve since abandoned iGoogle and I’m now coding my own portal. Thanks, Google, but no thanks.