so my friend uses a ton of google services and she just brought this to my attention. What is iGoogle ? if i go to google.com it shows nothing, but when you login to your google homepage it shows this... and a google search for igoogle takes you to some shareware program. was this always there and she just didnt notice it ?
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What is iGoogle ?
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here is what I found,
"IGoogle Sidebar is a Firefox extension that displays your Google Personalized Home page in the sidebar. Only the modules on the left column of your Google homepage are visible in the sidebar, so you must select the ones you would like to see and drag them to the left column"
"IGoogle Sidebar is a Firefox extension that displays your Google Personalized Home page in the sidebar. Only the modules on the left column of your Google homepage are visible in the sidebar, so you must select the ones you would like to see and drag them to the left column"
I don't think its as complicated as that, i think its just google's new name for its personalised homepage service.
I love the themes! Tea house especially.
I love the themes! Tea house especially.
I second that. I just turned on my computer and was wondering the same thing, and after an intensive 30 seconds of thinking I realized that the personalized homepage has had that name for a while. (URL: http://www.google.se/[B]ig[/B]?hl=sv)
too bad
iGoogle is simply the new name for the Google Personalized Homepage.
See: Google To Merge Personalized Services To "iGoogle" Brand
And, the official word on iGoogle, from the great Google itself!
See: Google To Merge Personalized Services To "iGoogle" Brand
And, the official word on iGoogle, from the great Google itself!
wish there was a way to change it back
or call it something else..."iGoogle" keeps reminding me of Apple...
or call it something else..."iGoogle" keeps reminding me of Apple...
wish there was a way to change it back
or call it something else..."iGoogle" keeps reminding me of Apple...
Probably intended to do just that
How great is it that there's a gadget for adding obnoxious cat pictures?
It's cute.
However, is anyone having trouble with Firefox getting stuck on a script in the page? It keeps becoming non-responsive and then popping up the firefox warning dialog for me. This is 2.0.0.3 on WinXP. Only computer I've played with iGoogle on yet.
It's cute.
However, is anyone having trouble with Firefox getting stuck on a script in the page? It keeps becoming non-responsive and then popping up the firefox warning dialog for me. This is 2.0.0.3 on WinXP. Only computer I've played with iGoogle on yet.
LOL, when I first read the thread title, I thought it said "What is Google?"
Well, yeah I noticed it too, since I have my customized Google page as my homepage in Safari. It was a little weird....
Well, yeah I noticed it too, since I have my customized Google page as my homepage in Safari. It was a little weird....
i think it's dumb. i still want a way to revert to "Google". Hopefully the custom Google logos for holidays and such will still be available for personalized home pages.Probably intended to do just that
I think I'd prefer something like "myGoogle" to "iGoogle"...it's sorta like "wtf why did they change it?" when you see "iGoogle".
I wasn't much of a fan of Apple's iEverything naming scheme, and I'm glad they're distancing themselves away from it (e.g. iBook -> MacBook).
The problem with the gadgets is that you can not change the frame size. That makes it pretty much useless for a lot of stuff