iGoogle Home page is very simple to setup and use. You will soon be checking it as a matter of routine if the correct gadgets are installed. One thing we did notice was that there is a wide range in the quality of the gadgets available to download. Whilst the majority did just what you need in a simple way, some simple didn't work or look terrible. Google needs to exert stricter quality control checks when 3rd party developers submit gadgets.
| Sign-up | Don't have to create an account, free to sign up | |
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| Configuration | Mulitple tabs though only a handful of themes (and these cannot be edited), expect more coming soon. Easy to add any one of thousands of gadgets, 3rd party ones have minor quality issue from time to time (but rare!). | |
| Usability | Simple, intuitive interface. Drag and drop, AJAX versions of de-facto standard controls. | |
| Simple, fast loading and useful, what more could you want from a home page? |
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