[access-uk] Re: Google closing down
- From: Jonathan H <digitaltoast@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 14:19:49 +0100
Nope, it's just a personalised page with a search box.
Immediately to the left of the igoogle closing announcement is a link
called "What is igoogle". http://goo.gl/IPL6l
Clicking that leads to the following page:
What is iGoogle?
iGoogle is a customizable homepage
iGoogle lets you create a personalized homepage that contains a Google
search box at the top, and your choice of any number of gadgets below.
Gadgets come in lots of different forms and provide access to
activities and information from all across the web, without ever
having to leave your iGoogle page. Here are some things you can do
with gadgets:
View your latest Gmail messages
Read headlines from Google News and other top news sources
Check out weather forecasts, stock quotes, and movie showtimes
Store bookmarks for quick access to your favorite sites from any computer
Design your own gadget.
On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Derek Hornby
<derek.hornby_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I use Braille, but clearly misunderstood what I read.
> Sorry.
>
> Are there two goggles then for searching, i.e. two
> Google search engines.
>
> Regards, Derek
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Jonathan H
> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2012 2:03 PM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Google closing down
>
> Ah, another thought, if you're using a screenreader, it's possible
> that it's not clearly pronouncing the I at the front of "igoogle",
> which is pronounced "eye google", as in "eye pad" , "eye phone".
> So it's possible you were hearing something that sounded very much
> like "google is closing down".
>
> In which case, I do understand how the confusion arose!
>
> On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Derek Hornby
> <derek.hornby_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Thank you, yes I did fiind it confusing.
>> I was able to click the link for:
>> http://support.google.com/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2664197
>> But still thought Google was closing next year.
>>
>> Regards, Derek
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
>> Jonathan H
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2012 1:38 PM
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Google closing down
>>
>> I think I see where the confusion is coming from:
>>
>> Derek has probably bookmarked an old google service called igoogle,
>> which was like a sort of personalised homepage.
>>
>> On this page is a note at the top saying "iGoogle will not be
>> available after November 1, 2013".
>> Immediately next to this is a link saying "learn more". I don't know
>> quite why Derek was unable to click this link, but it leads to the
>> following URL http://goo.gl/Sq8HR which says the following; again,
>> note that this is only a specific old google personalised page, and
>> it's not happening for 16 months. Rather different from the $191
>> billion dollar company closing!
>>
>> "What's happening to iGoogle?
>> iGoogle will be retired in 16 months, on November 1, 2013. The mobile
>> version will be retired on July 31, 2012.
>>
>> How did you come to this decision?
>> We originally launched iGoogle in 2005 before anyone could fully
>> imagine the ways that today's web and mobile apps would put
>> personalized, real-time information at your fingertips. With modern
>> apps that run on platforms like Chrome and Android, the need for
>> something like iGoogle has eroded over time, so we'll be winding down
>> iGoogle on November 1, 2013, giving you a full 16 months to adjust or
>> easily export your iGoogle data."
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 1:11 PM, Goodfellow, Jack (Capita Symonds)
>> <Jack.Goodfellow@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Doubt it they are a multi million pound, no, billion pound company
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