iGoogle to retire November 12, 2013

[SifJar]

iDidn'giveashitwhenitcameout and i'Mactuallyhappyit'sgoingaway.
The only time I used it is on accident when I used someone else's computer and they use Bing (ugh) as their homepage/search plugin. I quickly typed Google in the searchbar, hit enter and up popped igoogle. I was wondering wtf happened to the old clean Google search.
Frankly, if I want something, ill search. I don't want a page full of crap when I'm just trying to search. That's the reason I first switched to Google cause of the lack of iBullshit. Titles beginning with i are getting a bit old at this point anyway.

Just because you don't use something doesn't mean you should be happy it is gone/going. No one was ever forced to use it, you said yourself you only went on it once by accident. It didn't tarnish your experience of Google in anyway. To be glad a service that didn't hinder you in the slightest is going away is rather selfish.

 

[Vampire Lied]

I agree, it is a selfish view. But isn't everybody all about themselves? The fact that it'll be gone and I can't accidentally run into it again is good enough for me. Everything someone does is selfish in the fact that everything they do is for their own happiness or enjoyment. Intentionally or not, humans are selfish creatures by default.
I really didn't know igoogle was such a huge deal anyway. LOL

 

[jalaneme]

Some-what of an alternative is to use the Windows Gadgets for your desktop (assuming you are running Windows 7). I have an rss feed, twitter feed, weather, notes, network meter on my desktop. No need for iGoogle for me. Thought you guys might want to try.

my desktop is well cluttered as it is, but thanks for the suggestions, I may consider some of these as i am reinstalling windows 7 soon anyway.

 

[SifJar]

Everything someone does is selfish in the fact that everything they do is for their own happiness or enjoyment.

Depends on the person.

 

[Rydian]

Everything someone does is selfish in the fact that everything they do is for their own happiness or enjoyment.

Depends on the person.

I've often wondered if people who like helping other people are just doing it for the happy feeling they get.

 

[SifJar]

I've often wondered if people who like helping other people are just doing it for the happy feeling they get.

I like to think of myself as a helpful person, but I don't do it for that reason. I do it more because I feel almost obligated to help others, and I guess partly because I'd want help if I was in that situation.

 

[Satangel]

Well it's 14th of November now, and it's still working over here.

Hope I didn't jinx it

 

[zygie]

Can't say I'll miss it, but that's me. I used it for a while, but got tired of it, and set my homepage to the plain ol' google.com. Simple, and it's the first thing I open anyway, even if I don't search.

 

[ProtoKun7]

Well it's 14th of November now, and it's still working over here.

Hope I didn't jinx it

November 12, 2013

 

[Satangel]

Yesssssssssssssss, excellent news! One year to use this service, fuck yeah. Ty

 

[Satangel]

Two Excellent, Customizable Start Pages Worth Trying (Now that iGoogle’s Going Away)


Couldn't resist really. I'm checking out that NetVibes thingy as we speak, gotta be prepared for iGoogle's removal

 

[nryn99]

oh, a bump.
I've tried iGoogle but it felt like a clutter.
For rss feeds I use google reader since i follow a lot of stuff. I don't really care about weather much because I mostly just look at the sky, though it's not accurate. And the google new tab page is customizeable where I could add GBAtemp and other sites as app and visit them one by one. Having them all show in one page looks like a table with too much stuff in it.

 

[ProtoKun7]

So it seems that iGoogle has passed early.

 

[Satangel]

So it seems that iGoogle has passed early.

My brother sent me this site a couple of weeks ago, also on the search for the perfect iGoogle clone;

http://www.ighome.com/

Looks pretty nice and they leave no doubt where they are getting their inspiration

 

[ProtoKun7]

I never used it, but I thought back to this and realised it was nearly time; apparently they shut it ahead of schedule. Beginning of the month rather than the 12th.

 

[Gahars]

So it seems that iGoogle has passed early.

So we got a lieGoogle about when iGoogle would dieGoogle.

Why, Google?

 

[ShadowSoldier]

So we got a lieGoogle about when iGoogle would dieGoogle.

Why, Google?

There's Google-plex reasons why.

 

[chartube12]

I never heard of igoogle before. Never even seen anything about. What was a pre-google plus thing?

 

[pasc]

I'm a Firefox user, and I don't really understand why they do this.

You know? Back when they shut Google Reader I thought the same thing

 

[Youkai]

what's an igoogle oO never heard of it no wonder it closes down XD