Comments on: This Week’s New Ajax Homepage

By: مركز التحميل

مركز التحميل — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:02:31 +0000

Well, I just had to make my own. I hate the full fledged AJAX homepages. Too many features in my opinion.

By: Some more on Meebo « LEMP test

Some more on Meebo « LEMP test — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:14:48 +0000

[...] it with other popular stuff such as Ajax first page and browser. There are a lot of these so called Ajax Homepage now, Techcrunch has reported. If users really like you that will be the first page they see and [...]

By: A List of Feeds of Social Media Sites | Stephan Miller

A List of Feeds of Social Media Sites | Stephan Miller — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:14:52 +0000

[...] List of AJAX Desktops And for some browser tools to make your own bookmarking a little quicker check out these: [...]

By: thinks » Blog Archive » Ready for an upgrade?

thinks » Blog Archive » Ready for an upgrade? — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:46:57 +0000

[...] TechCrunch (”Tracking Web 2.0″) provides a critique of a new Ajax homepage. Richard McManus has a piece about Microsoft’s Live.com. James Governor has a particularly [...]

By: Ken Collins

Ken Collins — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:32:27 +0000

Well, I just had to make my own. I hate the full fledged AJAX homepages. Too many features in my opinion.

http://www.homemarks.com/

By: Ajax, More Than Just A Cleaning Solution « ChalkTalk

Ajax, More Than Just A Cleaning Solution « ChalkTalk — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 07:51:54 +0000

[...] But isn’t such applications meant to make our lives a little more significant, you ask? Well, I don’t know about significant, but this new generation of Web apps are worth keeping a look out for. And one such app, is what may be termed as, personalized start pages or Ajax desktops. Does My Yahoo ring any bells? Let me explain. [...]

By: Ajax, More Than Just A Cleaning Solution. « Technopreneur

Ajax, More Than Just A Cleaning Solution. « Technopreneur — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 06:42:38 +0000

By: My Yahoo gets AJAXy « mad dog in the fog

My Yahoo gets AJAXy « mad dog in the fog — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 07:42:02 +0000

[...] It’s good to see Yahoo making some improvements to MyYahoo. They recently added the ability to drag & drop content. This is a standard feature on most of the new AJAX homepages. I’m not so sure where these new home pages (Netvibes, Zoozio, etc.) will be a year from now. I suspect that most of them will either be bought out by Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, etc. or will shut down due to a flimsy business model. I haven’t tried all of them but I’ve been very impressed with Protopage. All in all, the proliferation of these Ajax homepages is a good thing because they are pushing the bigger players to add more features, which ultimately benefits the users. [...]

By: jbyers - blog » Tale of the Tape: Squidoo

jbyers - blog » Tale of the Tape: Squidoo — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 08:31:09 +0000

[...] So what’s Squidoo to do? I’ll bet prognosticators will soon start blogging that a big strategy shift is in order, that Squidoo needs to see a big hockey stick growth graph or perish. Maybe turn Squidoo into a full blown wiki, add podcasting tools, or start giving away XBox 360s in exchange for giveaway-of-the-month traffic. Surely they’d do better if there was a Squidoo-branded AJAX home page? [...]

By: BackupBrain: My MicroISV Venture » Blog Archive » ThoughtFiler: Reasons I should not bother…

Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:36:55 +0000

[...] Eskobo, favoor,Fold.com, Google,Goowy (Flash, not Ajax), Gtalkr (Flash), HomePortals,Microsoft Live, Netvibes, Pageflakes, Protopage, Wrickr, Zoozio. [...]

By: TechCrunch » Fold.com - Why?

TechCrunch » Fold.com - Why? — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 05:58:19 +0000

[...] It’s been just over a month since I wrote about the last Ajax home page, and I thought I’d get through February without writing about a new one. [...]

By: IceSpotting » Blog Archive » Web 2.0 shake out

IceSpotting » Blog Archive » Web 2.0 shake out — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 01:57:10 +0000

[...] i think that this time we won’t see a fully blown bubble as we saw in 2000 but will see the type of usual shakeout or filtering process that is quite common in the tech industry; examples from the top of my head include car manufacturers around the 1915-1920s, semiconductor/chip companies and PC makers in the early 80’s, and portals more recently. There just isn’t a market to sustain so many bloody AJAX desktops ; there’s no need for so many of the same-old formula social networks (though i believe there is a market for smaller, more niche specific social networks based around focused topics); or search engines that bring little innovations, etc, etc. [...]

By: Because I Write » Some more on Meebo

Because I Write » Some more on Meebo — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 04:09:50 +0000

[...] For meebo to really take off I think they need to integrate it with other popular stuff such as Ajax first page and browser. There are a lot of these so called Ajax Homepage now, Techcrunch has reported. If users really like you that will be the first page they see and meebo deserves a little corner in that first/homepage. [...]

By: TechCrunch en français » Spongecell, un calendrier Ajax

TechCrunch en français » Spongecell, un calendrier Ajax — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 14:02:28 +0000

[...] Les calendriers Ajax sont devenus assez communs désormais (à mon sens proches cousins des pages d’accueil en ajax) et semblent se reproduirent assez copieusement. Ma liste inclut : [...]

By: Tech Evolution In A Wirefree World » Blog Archive » Tracking Web2.0

Tech Evolution In A Wirefree World » Blog Archive » Tracking Web2.0 — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 21:50:41 +0000

[...] there are a lot of people doing it, I like this page edited by Michael Arrington, I’ve started reading his blog lately and like his style, I’d like to think it’s like mine or prob the other way round of course. [...]

By: TechCrunch » Gtalkr’s New Features

TechCrunch » Gtalkr’s New Features — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 20:55:39 +0000

[...] Colorado-based Gtalkr originally launched in November 2005 as a Flash based way to access Google Talk, Gmail and Yahoo maps from a website. I drew comparisons to Meebo as well as the Ajax home page crowd (my current list is here). [...]

By: Christoph Janz on Web 2.0

Christoph Janz on Web 2.0 — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:44:31 +0000

I’m up for the challenge, Mike! …

So, one of the most influential persons from the Web 2.0 world basically says that the two startups I’m involved with are doomed.

What should I say? Maybe just this: I’m up for the challenge, Mike!

P.S.: I know that Mike wishes every startu…

By: TechCrunch » SpongeCell, an Ajax Calendar

TechCrunch » SpongeCell, an Ajax Calendar — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:16:45 +0000

[...] Ajax calendars are faily commonplace now (they are kissing cousins to Ajax home pages) and seem to be breeding just as prolifically. My list now includes: [...]

By: Kusolog by WordPress » links for 2006-01-29

Kusolog by WordPress » links for 2006-01-29 — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 15:20:56 +0000

[...] TechCrunch » This Week’s New Ajax Homepage 又一个新的ajax个人门户 (tags: ajax web2.0) [...]

By: arnet

arnet — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 21:19:56 +0000

a new another one : linkfeed

http://www.linkedfeed.com/

By: Business Two Zero » Blog Archive » This week’s New Ajax Homepage

Business Two Zero » Blog Archive » This week’s New Ajax Homepage — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 14:36:17 +0000

[...] I feel I might be catching Listomania, a blogger’s disease where you serially post lists from other blogs. I will keep taking the medicine. However, I spotted another list you might be interested in, but which also highlights two trends in the industry. A while ago I posted about the way that the Web 2.0 world has lowered the point of entry for Entrepreneur’s to start a business, and related Joe Kraus’ story – it cost him $3,000,000 to start Excite in the 90s, but only $100,000 to start JotSpot last year. Consequently we have new tech enterprises beginning at an almost alarming rate, which is causing some people to worry that another dot.com bubble is upon us. One of the new technologies that are being used more and more, in our own and other products is Ajax. There is a particular spate of Ajax based homepage products. Techcrunch reckons that they are arriving at a rate of 1 every 2 weeks. In this piece they discuss the latest entrant Wrickr , but also list 10 others. They are all interesting in highlighting the extra level of usability that is coming in web based applications, and in demonstrating the talent that is being released. It’s not a dot.com bubble, but an innovation boom thatis upon us. [...]

By: IT|Redux » Office 2.0 Bug Tracker

IT|Redux » Office 2.0 Bug Tracker — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 22:48:28 +0000

[...] There is no good enough Office 2.0 alternative to DesktopAs Michael Arlington recently pointed out on TechCrunch, there is not a month that passes by without one or two new AJAX home page services being released. eskobo, Favoor, Google, HomePortals, NetVibes, Pageflakes, Protopage, Windows Live, Zoozio, make your pick! Problem is, most of them don’t really bring much value beyond showing your emails and preferred RSS feeds onto one page. So far, opening multiples tabs in my web browser seems to be working well enough. Once better APIs become available for most of the services I use and some AJAX home page services start providing intuitive wizards for them, I might change my mind, but until then, I do not use any home page other than the one I get with Salesforce.com and I extend it using custom dashboards and FeedDigest feeds. [...]

By: Mario

Mario — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:41:29 +0000

Your are obsessed with these:-)

I think the point is not that a lot of people is building an ajax homepage because they consider it a terrific project.
That’s only an apparent validation of a huge opportunity.

It’s just that it is a relatively simple project.

Trying to be realistic, as of development, a project of this type can be delivered in 10-15 days by an individual developer.
If you know a good freelancer, we are talking about maybe $5000.

I am much more a developer than a business person, but I guess that if one really wants to build a company around an ajax homepage, he is sitting at a brand-development, not a web-development table.
I wouldn’t put more than a couple of euros on one that goes online tomorrow unless some brand is already there.

All of the above is, of course completely false if you are trying to visualize how a smarter homepage looks like. And I don’t see that as being about 1 or 2 extra micro-features.

sorry for the long comment.

By: anon

anon — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:35:27 +0000

I hope all these web 2.0 companies go IPO so I can make some money. until then I’m sticking to my blank start page.

By: new user

new user — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 06:28:34 +0000

I’m looking forward to the vitriol.