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Comparison of three Ajax Portals

Not wishing to harp on ajax portals for too long... but here's a comparison of 'google/ig', live.com and the independent (french?) netvibes, in two categories: weather and aggregator.

The Weather

Google:

features:
  1. three day outlook
  2. celsius not available
  3. wind given in 'mph'
  4. entering city was a clunky experience
  5. Sorry but today was NOT sunny
Windows Live:

features:
  1. five day outlook
  2. celsius available :-)
  3. nostalgic windows 3.1 style icons... yuck
Netvibes:

features:
  1. four day outlook
  2. celsius available :-)
  3. really groovy icons

Sub-Verdict: Netvibes is the weather master

Aggregators

Google:

features:
  1. set the number of items
Windows Live:

features:
  1. set the number of items
    ...but it's hard to find and hard to use
Net Vibes

features:
  1. Refresh on demand
    ...this is a killer feature, particularly for email
  2. Set number of items: well positioned

Sub-Verdict: Netvibes has the better aggregator

Verdict: Netvibes rocks

I take back what I was thinking about the French. Netvibes is very cool. Leaves the billionaires in the dust.

(And no, netvibes aren't paying me to say this. Who wants their dirty French money anyway??)

Know any others?





'Alistair' on Thu, 10 Nov 2005 00:25:52 GMT, sez:

Yeah, degrees F is a bit of an issue at the google site. However, there is hope:

http://www.google.com.au/ig

localis(z)ation to the rescue!



'Greg' on Mon, 22 May 2006 03:29:01 GMT, sez:

discovered this - http://www.ovosuite.com

looks like an adaptation of all these personal portals into business or community ones... I signed up for beta and its pretty sweet. really good security features.

another one - 24eyes.com, another personal portakl adaptation




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