I got an invite to Netvibes Ginger release a few days ago, and I have to say after playing with it for a while it is an awesome upgrade to an already awesome start page solution.
There are tons of positives. The overall loading seems to be faster than the previous version. Also adding content to the page is a lot easier thanks to the new top dashboard-like area:
The public "Universe" is cool too - as now I can push out my own customized page on Netvibes for the public to see. To check out the one I created while testing, go to:
http://www.netvibes.com/cheasym
Here is another shot of host Netvibes looks with a little personalization and flair added to it. This shot is very colorful but in all honesty you can customize almost every aspect of how it looks and they even have 2 new themes to use too.
I could only find one negative. The new social aspects of it, that is the only area where I am not so sure about yet. Maybe because I don’t have any friends using it yet (might be better to test it with a few good buddies). Not sure if I want to manage yet another collection of friends.
Final thoughts on Netvibes Ginger is that it is a winner and another nice reason to use Netvibes as one of your start page solutions. They are really trying to move beyond being just a start page though and are evolving into a place where they hope you will hang your had and stay a while.
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