Microsoft to buy Yahoo; Google surrenders

[V.V.V.V.V.]

I use Hotmail as my main e-mail, but I use Google for a lot. I have a Google homepage which connects me to everything I ever want to do online. You can see it in this pic:

Nick and I also (obviously) have a Blogger account for Slam-Minded, so there's another Google service I use.

Also, I hardly ever get spam on any e-mail.

 

[Zephyrus]

Wordpress > Blogspot

 

[Skepticism]

Fuck. Microsoft.

 

[supseudonymous]

Wordpress > Blogspot

Mountains ov correctness.

 

[Ender Rises]

V5, why don't you use the docked Winamp toolbar? So much better.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Because I don't like toolbars.

And yeah Wordpress is better, but more people use Blogger/Blogspot to connect so whatever.

 

[Ender Rises]

So those windows are always on top or what?

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

No, it's like every other program ever. There when I call upon it.

 

[CAIRATH]

I've only very recently started using the Google main page to organize my stuff. It definitely has improved a ton since they first introduced it. The tabs really are the deal breaker for me. The only thing I dislike is that it seems impossible to configure RSS feeds to display more than 9 items which seems kind of arbitrary to me. Some sites update so often that I'd really like to display the full amount of stuff that the RSS feeds offers.

 

[cookiecutter]

I use yahoo for fantasy baseball. It's a good system.

 

[FenriR]

All this means is there'll be loads of Yahoo crap to uninstall with the next version of windows...

 

[Ender Rises]

Fuck every other RSS feeder except RSS ticker for Firefox.

 

[skeptik]

I honestly can't remember the last time I've gone to www.google.com, I always use the search bar thingy. What's this google homepage you peeps be talking about?

 

[cookiecutter]

With your google account you can configure your page to show cool things. It's really great imo

 

[Ender Rises]

It's really dumb imo. I just use Firefox to show me the things I want. Thunderbird has my calender. My RSS is scrolling at the bottom of my screen, I have the weather as a toolbar on Firefox. I couldn't give a damn about anything else.

 

[CAIRATH]

That's really not the same thing though. I mean fair enough if you prefer that, but that doesn't make the Google homepage dumb. The Google page lets you organize as much information as you want (with gadgets for many existing web services, including ones not owned by google) and display it in a neat overview. I have mine set up so I have a Personal tab which shows e-mail, weather, todo list, calendar, etc. A tab News that shows RSS feeds for 6 news sites, a Music tab with music related RSS feeds, etc. And all that built with an easy to use drag & drop interface.

It can also integrate Google chat into it so you can IM from within your browser. I don't use this yet but I might in the future.

 

[Ender Rises]

That's why I said imo. It's cool if you use it, I'm not an internet nazi, I just prefer the way I have my browser set up.

 

[Killbot]

Koyaanisqatsi is spelt incorrectly in that screenshot (VVVVVVVVVVVV's one on the previous page)

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

It's the band tbh. They spell it that way. Probably to avoid copyright infringement. STFU noob!

 

[Killbot]

Dammit!