Stefan Martin Riesel

A month ago I noticed that every time I log onto the Google homepage (iGoogle) in German it appears the new look, in the English version also works and it can be accessed at:
http://www.google.com.br/ig?hl=en

I use iGoogle since it was released, and find it very practical to have a lot of information on the same screen. Among my application to this:

• TwitterGadget my main Twitter app for the desktop.
• Facebook also check almost exclusively by iGoogle
• Google Talk software replaces almost
• Google Calendar is well summarized
• Gmail in the Portuguese version only shows the inbox
• Google Notebook also replaces almost the entire front page with this tool
• the list of documents GoogleDocs also saves me from having to go through some pages.

But still iGoogle helps a lot with the window of the translator Babylon, with the currency converter, player from Last.fm and more.
This new version is a subdivision of tabs, ie tabs moved to the left side in the form of a sidebar and now you can see all the widgets tab and each of them expanded. Pictured above are all of my applications tab and the initial image on the side for example the extended application of meteorology, including the Maps marking the locations of weather stations. Not all applications are running on a broader scale, for example Google Calendar. Gmail already works pretty much in full within this version of iGoogle, but the Gmail keyboard shortcuts are disabled.
IGoogle is great is improving but still can not integrate all the services Google Analytics for example no longer works and the widgets (or Gadget) Google Reader and Google News can not be as efficient as the pages of these services.