Google is killing iGoogle

[forrestcupp]

iGoogle users will get more than enough time to transfer their data.

It's just a bunch of web apps showing news feeds that are compiled together on one page. Where can you transfer web apps?

Thankfully, they're not so crazy as to shut Gmail down, too.

[Bandit]

I messed with the iGoogle mess for about one afternoon. I decided I have enough gadgets on my desktop so I didnt need it.

[kdrainey]

I use Igoogle and have become very dependent upon it. It is machine independent and serves a personal bulletin board with new Gmail, weather for several spots important to me, Wikipedia, translate, traffic, etc.

Its an apps holder.

Google suggests chrome extensions as a substitute, but it does not seem to put the extensions (which are similar to those in Igoogle)on the start page.

I have started using Lightread and it does part of the job by getting all the newspapers I read on the same page.

Keep looking Ubuntu people! Thanks!

[ojdon]

Never really used iGoogle. Never have liked the idea of widgets. Web Apps are the way forward anyway since they serve a similar, if not better purpose.

[Paqman]

Google suggests chrome extensions as a substitute, but it does not seem to put the extensions (which are similar to those in Igoogle)on the start page.

You can set it to display the new tab page when it first fires up, and there are extensions which stick widgets all over the new tab page, so by the time Igoogle shuts down totally there should be a workable replacement.

Bit of a hassle though.