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Yahoo launches public beta of new, more customizable homepage
You can also get information from any site in the sidebar by hovering your mouse over the link. For example, you can get your latest updates from Facebook or a list of your latest email messages without leaving the page.
There's also a gallery of existing web sites or "applications" that you can add, including Gmail, Flickr, MarketWatch, and NPR. The ability to view a ton of web content all from one place makes the new Yahoo! a bit more of a personalized start page a la Netvibes, and less of an old-fashioned web portal that simply provides a list of links and a search bar.
There are also a few cosmetic changes including a smaller header area which makes more room for content lower on the page. You can check out the new beta version of Yahoo! by visiting yahoo.com/trynew.
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You can either be red, blue, or yellow, and you can switch at any time during the game. Each color has different capabilities -- yellow can double-jump, while red has a longer dash (which is like a forward sprint, activated by double-pressing DOWN).
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Quikboy said 12:43PM on 7-21-2009
Yahoo already has a pretty nice homepage. You can also have further customization on MyYahoo! which is pretty good too.
I wonder how longer it will take for MSN to catch up.
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Walter said 12:52PM on 7-21-2009
Funny how they keep trying to change it up, but I just keep going back to the old default page. I hope they don't force something new on us :(
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ChuckJ said 4:40PM on 7-21-2009
I kinda like the new one. Previously, I would just go back to the original. After looking at this, I think I could stick with it.
Though there are a few things that bother me. There are things on the page I wish I could get rid of permanently. The "Popular Searches" ( I dont give a damn what the popular searches of the day are, its usually nothing but a list of stupid celebrities)
They also have a little Yahoo Small Business thing and the a couple ads. I use AdBlock Plus to get get rid of the ads and thats okay, but if you are going to tout the new Home page as "customizable" then make it truly customizable.
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ChuckJ said 4:41PM on 7-21-2009
Just to clarify, 1/3 of the page is bs garbage that you cant get rid of. Look at the whole right column, a complete waste of space.
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