Web 2.0+ in Education
PageFlakes offers a start page service that looks very sharp. They provide 90 modules known as Flakes. Some are built PageFlakes developers and others by the user community. I have to give PageFlakes a plus for design and offering the ability to share with others as mentioned by Mike in the comment he left on the post on NetVibes.
Do you use a start page to organize your information? Which one do you prefer?
I liked the search engine that came with Start.com since the early beta days. The start page, while useful, still lacks the connectivity with other services as NetVibes and PageFlakes does.
If you found Mooglets to be a cute little piece of programming, visit the “older mature brother ” Protopage which also uses the widgets metaphore.
Protopage v2 released - free AJAX start pages now with RSS news feeds, sticky notes and bookmarks
Mooglets reminds me of Protopage Start Page Service when it started out. Protopage, uses the widget metaphore, as well. This is clearly Alpha stage. It is a nice showcase for the skills of the programmers.
I made some mooglets and clicked on save page state. I then closed the browser and returned to the page and it remembered my settings without needing to login. There is no registration process.
Time will tell where this technology with style goes.
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Netvibes today upgraded their servers to support their free start page service.
Netvibes
Netvibes.com is a custom made web 2.0 home page solution
This service is free and gives the user the ability :
* to create a personalized page with the content they like.
* to put together data feeds and services from web 2.0 with a very simple interface
* to access your page anytime and from any computer .
There are 256 modules that available on this service. Check out the module page for more information on individual modules. There is a list of the newest and most popular modules.
* browse, modify, and import your RSS feeds with our integrated RSS/ATOM feedreader. You can easily import an OPML file as well.
* to import, download and listen podcasts without any additional software
* to check your mail on one or many gmail account, to stick webnotes, weather and many more to come !