Netvibes? Really?

Mar 22, 2007 Author: Veronica | Filed under: internet

Wow, a lot of you come here through Netvibes. I had no idea it was so popular! I’m getting burnt out on trying new things lately, but is it worth a look? Seems a little busy for my tastes.

UPDATE: You guys seem to want to duke it out, so here’s a poll!

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28 Responses for "Netvibes? Really?"

Rich March 22nd, 2007 at 5:07 pm 1

I love Netvibes! Way better than the Google personalized homepage IMO. I like the clean look, and the mouse-over pop-ups you get on the rss feed headlines.
Will March 22nd, 2007 at 5:18 pm 2

I have used Netvibes for while. It is the best way to categorize and quickly view all the rss feeds I have. I wonder how your system counts the pings from Netvibes when it is just checking if there is a new post? Or does it only count if someone actually clicks through to the site? You can view most of the post in Netvibes without coming.
Kato March 22nd, 2007 at 7:07 pm 3

I dig it, and Rich is right, it’s definitely better than Google IG.
Keith Williams March 22nd, 2007 at 7:49 pm 4

Eh, I’m old-skool. Yes, that’s old-skool with a ‘k’. I just use the URL link from my own Firefox start page *sigh*.
Jason W. March 22nd, 2007 at 7:55 pm 5

Everybody knows Google Reader is where it’s at!
Jonathan C March 22nd, 2007 at 8:01 pm 6

tried it, works well, even ditched google ig
Jim H. Moreno March 22nd, 2007 at 10:44 pm 7

Count me in, V. Been using NetVibes for about 8 months now, and dig it! It’s been an awesome tool for my gaming journalism and military history writing, by helping me keep track of the 112 websites I look through every morning. And that’s NOT counting the tech news and webfriends’ sites like yours!
dan March 22nd, 2007 at 11:28 pm 8

yes. netvibes’ where its at. love the podcast playback features.
Alan Q March 23rd, 2007 at 5:29 am 9

I never even heard of Netvibes. Looks like I’m behind the times these days too.
craig March 23rd, 2007 at 6:20 am 10

Seriously…do people really think netvibes is that much better than google ig? It has a couple extra features but it wouldn’t make me switch my home page to it.
Davor March 23rd, 2007 at 9:26 am 11

I prefer Yahoo7 which is Australian version of Yahoo mainly because of aussie-centric stuff on it.
graham March 23rd, 2007 at 9:33 am 12

Where’s the option for none/about:blank in the poll? Minimalism FTW!
Martin L. March 23rd, 2007 at 9:42 am 13

Protopage used to be a big thing… Do people still use that?
david a. March 23rd, 2007 at 9:57 am 14

I use myway.com for my homepage, no ads at all. Mostly use Mail w/ a gmail account, and Dashboard for quick data updates. Safari and Bookmark Bar folders filled w/ RSS feeds works nicely, a # shows up to show how many have been recently fed.
Victor March 23rd, 2007 at 10:18 am 15

I’m not sure what question you are asking here…..veronicabelmont.com *is* my homepage….
Veronica March 23rd, 2007 at 10:23 am 16

@Victor - Best answer ever!
jose8a March 23rd, 2007 at 10:41 am 17

prefer google. hey V show Tom this youtube vid. -> Ubuntu 6.10 with XGL & Kiba-Dock, its not mine but he covered ubuntu a while ago so maybe he’ll like it
John B. March 23rd, 2007 at 11:43 am 18

I use nada for a homepage. I prefer blank windows, because I don’t have a set routine of which site I visit first. I have five or six sites I definitely check out (not including RSS feeds), but not in any order.
Luke March 23rd, 2007 at 3:27 pm 19

People still use home pages? I make Firefox to restore my last browsing session. This way every time I open my browser I’m right back where I left of last time when I closed it.

This means that I will usually be greeted by Bloglines, Twitter my blogs dashboard and whatever else I was using at the time.

Home pages… Pshh… Who needs them.
eric f. March 24th, 2007 at 6:09 am 20

I still use http://www.apple.com/startpage/ .

I would like to explore other options, but I need something that loads fast. for a while I used http://live.xbox.com/en-US/default.aspx but it loads slow.

I would like something customized. maybe tom should make a real deal on it?
Kel March 25th, 2007 at 9:09 am 21

“Seems a little busy” is exactly how I felt about netvibes, although it is pretty nifty.
Rodrigo March 25th, 2007 at 8:31 pm 22

Wow! The world just changed a bit, gotta check that Netvibes sites….
Mike March 26th, 2007 at 6:09 am 23

I like using the main Google page, although I’ve used the /ig page in the past. I like a plain home page. I have never heard of Netvibes before, it looks pretty busy for my tastes.
Martez March 26th, 2007 at 10:26 pm 24

Netvibes is great. I’ve been using it for over a year now. Google’s place was nice, but the podcast features already mentioned seal the deal for me (and I didn’t even know about them for a while!), and the Netvibes Customize module gives you cool tweaking options like using your own backgrounds, etc.

http://tinyurl.com/2grdax

With all the modules available, it makes a for a great jump-off point whenever I start my interneting, although I think my screenshot will further the “too busy” comment. I like being busy, though…
Mark March 27th, 2007 at 5:46 am 25

V- I love Netvibes, but check out this nifty article that appeared on Digg this morning:

http://lifehacker.com/software/homepage/alpha-geek-start+page-showdown-246843.php
Josh March 27th, 2007 at 2:22 pm 26

Google Reader FTW!
Clintus March 27th, 2007 at 8:17 pm 27

I’m a fan of popurls myself. But before that it was google ig
Joel. March 28th, 2007 at 7:37 am 28

I also thought it was too buisy, but I found an interesting solution. Fin out what your ‘minimum’ is, and then take the number of stuff you have and divide it by that number. The result you have, is the number of tabs you have to put, with the most important on the first tab, and the least important on the last tab.