Comments on: Live.com reaction http://benreichelt.net/blog/2005/11/02/livecom-reaction/ Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:20:45 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: breichelt http://benreichelt.net/blog/2005/11/02/livecom-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-501 breichelt Thu, 03 Nov 2005 20:44:41 +0000 http://s194721765.onlinehome.us/blog/2005/11/02/livecom-reaction/#comment-501 Joshua, portals existed before Googles personalized portal, but nobody used dhtml as well as they have. the page also loads quickly and is very clean and simple to use. When google does stuff like this its never a big media hoopla on their part, they just kind of release it and say "here it is, do what you will." Whereas with Microsoft, they have a whole launch event and formal press and things like that, basically clamoring for attention, it takes the luster off of something if people have to ask for attention, rather than people just discovering it. Joshua, portals existed before Googles personalized portal, but nobody used dhtml as well as they have. the page also loads quickly and is very clean and simple to use. When google does stuff like this its never a big media hoopla on their part, they just kind of release it and say “here it is, do what you will.” Whereas with Microsoft, they have a whole launch event and formal press and things like that, basically clamoring for attention, it takes the luster off of something if people have to ask for attention, rather than people just discovering it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://benreichelt.net/blog/2005/11/02/livecom-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-500 Anonymous Thu, 03 Nov 2005 20:33:44 +0000 http://s194721765.onlinehome.us/blog/2005/11/02/livecom-reaction/#comment-500 Why does Google get credit for the personalized portal? I've been using my Yahoo for years (with Yahoo! Mail integration). Google copies just like everyone else. Google created anything new, they've just improved on other people's stuff. And that isn't a criticism, its what software developers do. Somehow, people view it as a negative thing when Microsoft does the same. Why does Google get credit for the personalized portal? I’ve been using my Yahoo for years (with Yahoo! Mail integration).
Google copies just like everyone else. Google created anything new, they’ve just improved on other people’s stuff. And that isn’t a criticism, its what software developers do. Somehow, people view it as a negative thing when Microsoft does the same.

]]> By: breichelt http://benreichelt.net/blog/2005/11/02/livecom-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-499 breichelt Wed, 02 Nov 2005 09:13:29 +0000 http://s194721765.onlinehome.us/blog/2005/11/02/livecom-reaction/#comment-499 Yes, you can definitely see where they put to use the start.com work, but you're right Dan, start.com has worked in firefox for awhile, so its weird why live.com wouldn't. And, while start.com has been around for awhile, I still dont see why theres all this fanfare around live.com? When google published their personalized home page, there was little buzz, except for on some blogs, and nobody was saying that it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. And I agree that the preference between start.com or google is just a preference, at this point you get the same thing regardless of which one you use, I'm a google man, personally :-) Yes, you can definitely see where they put to use the start.com work, but you’re right Dan, start.com has worked in firefox for awhile, so its weird why live.com wouldn’t. And, while start.com has been around for awhile, I still dont see why theres all this fanfare around live.com? When google published their personalized home page, there was little buzz, except for on some blogs, and nobody was saying that it was the greatest thing since sliced bread.

And I agree that the preference between start.com or google is just a preference, at this point you get the same thing regardless of which one you use, I’m a google man, personally :-)

]]> By: Anonymous http://benreichelt.net/blog/2005/11/02/livecom-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-498 Anonymous Wed, 02 Nov 2005 08:56:40 +0000 http://s194721765.onlinehome.us/blog/2005/11/02/livecom-reaction/#comment-498 "What's the difference between live.com and start.com ???" The start.com folks say it's the same thing on their blog http://spaces.msn.com/members/startcom/Blog/cns!1pTNqgeSRxwfEFK-lp62aiFQ!480.entry So Ben, the whole notion that this is a copy of google's home page is a little off since start has been around for a while. Although Google made theirs more public over the last few months. I've always thought that start.com looked better than google's personalized home page. Probably a personal preference because the functionality is basically the same. As for the firefox deal, start.com supports firefox. Crazy. Not sure what they did to mess that up when moving to live.com. “What’s the difference between live.com and start.com ???”

The start.com folks say it’s the same thing on their blog
http://spaces.msn.com/members/startcom/Blog/cns!1pTNqgeSRxwfEFK-lp62aiFQ!480.entry

So Ben, the whole notion that this is a copy of google’s home page is a little off since start has been around for a while. Although Google made theirs more public over the last few months. I’ve always thought that start.com looked better than google’s personalized home page. Probably a personal preference because the functionality is basically the same.

As for the firefox deal, start.com supports firefox. Crazy. Not sure what they did to mess that up when moving to live.com.

]]> By: Dennis van der Stelt http://benreichelt.net/blog/2005/11/02/livecom-reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-497 Dennis van der Stelt Wed, 02 Nov 2005 03:54:32 +0000 http://s194721765.onlinehome.us/blog/2005/11/02/livecom-reaction/#comment-497 What's the difference between live.com and start.com ??? What’s the difference between live.com and start.com ???

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