It’s 1998 all over again, as Google launches their own personal home page. At least they didn’t call it <shudder>MyGoogle</shudder>.
They’re just getting started, but the most promising elements are the ability to add your own RSS feeds (Hello, Joystiq!) and the pledge that it will maintain Google’s spare design. We’ll see, but that would be good. I get Excedrin Headache #543 whenever I have to go to Yahoo.
Gmail users can make with the clicky here. Not a Gmail user? Drop me a line and I’ll send you an invite. I have a bazillion of them. Yes, a bazillion. 50+50+50+50 (and so on)… equals one bazillion.
Courtesy of CNET.
JP | 20-May-05 at 3:06 pm | Permalink
I was playing with this earlier - how can I add an RSS feed?
Ethan | 20-May-05 at 4:33 pm | Permalink
I can’t find it, either. I guess that’s a planned feature.
I’m actually underwhelmed. I say “actually” because I’ve been wowed by just about everything Google has done. This seems pedestrian. If they’re holding back features, then they should have waited before releasing this for beta testing. If this is pretty much it…
Michael | 23-May-05 at 9:44 am | Permalink
This would be awesome if I could get access to my Gmail from work. As it is, I guess it’s okay. I don’t use RSS but I might if I could aggregate it into a home page.
I went ahead and set it as my home page. I’ll use it for a few weeks and see how it sorts.