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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."
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 Posted - 12/06/2006 : 11:07:57
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Anyone notice the new Google homepage customizables? Far too many vital, adorable, useful add-ons to enumerate, but do check it out ... you may never want to leave your Google HomePage again ... EXCEPT TO COME TO FWFR OF COURSE 
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Whippersnapper. 
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 12/06/2006 : 12:55:55
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
Anyone notice the new Google homepage customizables? Far too many vital, adorable, useful add-ons to enumerate, but do check it out ... you may never want to leave your Google HomePage again ... EXCEPT TO COME TO FWFR OF COURSE
Thanks for that.
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ChocolateLady 
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 12/06/2006 : 13:47:29
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It's okay, but I perfer my Yahoo! homepage. I've got so many bookmarks there I'd hate to try to transfer them over just to get a tiny copy of Bejewled on the page.
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Sal[Au]pian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 12/06/2006 : 13:57:07
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I like it, but I'm annoyed in principle that once I had been to the link it automatically changed my standard Google homepage to it.
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 12/06/2006 : 13:59:57
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Originally posted by Salopian
I like it, but I'm annoyed in principle that once I had been to the link it automatically changed my standard Google homepage to it.
Hm... you're right. And you can't move stuff around the page to get it to be just the way you want it. Nyah - not for me. |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 12/06/2006 : 14:13:56
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Originally posted by ChocolateLady
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Originally posted by Salopian
I like it, but I'm annoyed in principle that once I had been to the link it automatically changed my standard Google homepage to it.
Hm... you're right. And you can't move stuff around the page to get it to be just the way you want it. Nyah - not for me.
Are you guys sure you've followed the instructions? I've been able to nominate whatever HomePage I want, and to move the applets around you just have to grab them and move 'em. I'm trying to think why there might be these anomolies, and I'm guessing that you've got to go through the registration process. When I log on every day I need to log in to my Advanced Google facility with customized homepage. Is that what you two do?
What I've personally got against Yahoo! is the way it does a very sneaky intrustion into lotsa nooks and crannies of your registry which can [not always, but often] interfere with some other programs. There are also well-documented incidents of the Yahoo! toolbar allowing some non-destructive but very annoying spyware. Just a thought.
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Sal[Au]pian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 12/06/2006 : 14:45:03
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
Are you guys sure you've followed the instructions? I've been able to nominate whatever HomePage I want, and to move the applets around you just have to grab them and move 'em. I'm trying to think why there might be these anomolies, and I'm guessing that you've got to go through the registration process. When I log on every day I need to log in to my Advanced Google facility with customized homepage. Is that what you two do?
What I've personally got against Yahoo! is the way it does a very sneaky intrustion into lotsa nooks and crannies of your registry which can [not always, but often] interfere with some other programs. There are also well-documented incidents of the Yahoo! toolbar allowing some non-destructive but very annoying spyware. Just a thought.
Yup, Yahoo! isn't the best, especially with its dodgy helping-the-Chinese-regime etc. I already had Google as my homepage, but just the plain one. The next time I opened a new window, lo and behold, there was the advanced page that I had not set it to. I have gone along with it now (now that I have got rid of the horoscopes), but I still felt a bit steamrolled. |
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benj clews 
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Posted - 12/06/2006 : 15:00:09
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| Ooooh... you can write your own 'Google gadget' (e.g. fwfr today's top reviews) and submit it for inclusion |
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Sal[Au]pian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 12/06/2006 : 15:38:34
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| Oh, I didn't see that I could add Wikipedia and dictionary.com - am totally sorted now. |
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duh
"catpurrs"
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Posted - 12/07/2006 : 04:17:16
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
Anyone notice the new Google homepage customizables? Far too many vital, adorable, useful add-ons to enumerate, but do check it out ... you may never want to leave your Google HomePage again ... EXCEPT TO COME TO FWFR OF COURSE
How fun! I selected the pony that needs frequent grooming. |
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 12/07/2006 : 07:19:08
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| Hm... you can change where the items are by dragging them around the page. That's not too bad. You can even move them to a new tab, after you've made a new tab, by just dragging. Not too shabby. Still, with all the links I have on my Yahoo page, I doubt I'll change over to this. |
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Sal[Au]pian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 12/12/2006 : 14:33:25
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Just noticed that it doesn't feature special versions of the logo, such as today's Scream one.  |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 12/12/2006 : 16:55:39
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Originally posted by Salopian
Just noticed that it doesn't feature special versions of the logo, such as today's Scream one.
Well, it sort of does ... you can customizethe logo to default to a past gem, or choose a random logo generator. Don't forget this feature is about choice. But, hey, no one's forcing you to use it 
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 12/13/2006 : 07:50:27
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Well, I'm liking it better but I still have so many links on My Yahoo! page that I doubt I'll change over for good.
I also can't seem to get more than one comic and the one they show you have to scroll to see it all. I haven't figured out if you can change the width of the columns to fix this.
Also, their colours are the only colours you can get, and a white background makes reading difficult for me (dyslexics find it easier to read on a slightly coloured background).
I'm also not pleased with the news they give you.
(I don't use the Yahoo toolbar so that's one less problem.) |
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New Google Stuff
