Andreas Dittes

Netvibes ist einer meiner meistgenutzen Web 2.0-Dienste. Der Service bietet einem alle Funktionen einer personalisierten Startseite; Feeds, Uhr, Notizen, Bilder, Kalender, Dokmente, Links…
Kurzum, ich mag Netvibes. Über eine API kann man sich dogar eigene Widgets etwickeln oder im “Netvibes Ecosystem” nach solchen suchen.

Nun hat Netvibes Cinnamon, eine neue Version gelauncht. Hier die lange Liste neuer Features und Verbeserungen:

New “settings” panel
At last we have a real configuration panel. We have included all the latest settings in a more user-friendly interface, but we have also added some new features: better language support (community translated, if you’d to help out please contact us), and local support. With your help, we will develop a localized Netvibes page for each country.

New design and color themes
The overall design has been improved and we’ve also added color-based themes. You have now have the choice to keep the classic skin or to choose from our “tonic” set of themes. This is only the beginning of your personalized Netvibes design–we’ll be releasing more features soon. By the way, if you are a designer and have ideas for skins, please get in touch with us.

New Netvibes Digital Life Assistant
Making your digital life better is our motto. This is why we introduced the web search, video search, and blog search. The idea is simple: you type a keyword and, in one click, you can compare most services. This is just the beginning as more modules and a wider choice of modules will be arriving shortly. Any suggestions? Please provide us with your feedback and we will integrate your favorite services.

Do you have any “MySpace” friends? You can now interact with them via Netvibes! The MySpace module has everything you dreamed of– even the music player (and a magic drag & drop, details to come).

New content localization
Forty languages are on their way, translated by the Netvibes community. Want to have Netvibes in your language and in your country? Contact us. You can even see the live status of the translation of any language. Yesterday, thanks two netvibers, the Korean and Spanish translations were finally completed!

Side bar reorganization
The side bar is now organized in a better way with groups of modules, and a new feed directory will be arriving shortly. And as you can see, the side bar keeps track of your latest changes and is kept exactly how you left it. We also have upgraded the side bar with better category organization.

Better performance
Cinnamon dramatically improves user performance. We will activate our “super boost” feature in the coming days to make loading of your start page even faster.

Browser compatibility
We now have better support for IE, Opera, Safari, and Firefox. Netvibes wants to give you the best user experience no matter what browser you’re using.

Ich sollte mal einen Vergleichstest der verschiedenen personalisierten Startseiten machen. Interessiert mich doch, ob da die Konkurrenz noch mitkommt.
Laut Alexa ist Microsofts Live.com besser besucht, allerdings dürfte die Userzahl der reinen Startseiten-User bei Netvibes mit mehr als 5 Millionen doch höher ausfallen als bei der Konkurrenz.

[Via: Techcrunch]