Thing 4: RSS...I have been a loyal iGoogle page user for many years. I love the ease of just hopping on the computer and with a quick glance can see what my favorite bloggers have been up to (or haven't been up to). Because I love iGoogle (and it is hard to top), I decided to try a Netvibes. I like the concept and that you can create tabs--however, I feel it has a ways to go before it can top iGoogle.
I created a Netvibes page for our school library. My goal was to provide a source for current events, book suggestions, and useful blogs for teachers. I added a few items to each, and will add more as I come across useful resources. My feelings are as such-not a bad tool, but I also don love it. Upon initial setup of the dashboard, which included the naming, it automatically pulled pictures from our school site and my library website. I selected a picture from my site, but when the dashboard appeared, it was a different picture and I cannot seem to figure out how to change that. Also, making the site public must be done upon initial set-up -again, cannot figure out how to change that after creation.
All-in-all not a bad site, but it definitely could use some tweaking!
I would agree that for personal use, igoogle is better. While netvibes is helpful for a public page. I too find netvibes a bit awkward at times!
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