I am used to adding feeds to my Netvibes dashboard, and that is a very easy process. However, I had a bit more trouble adding RSS feeds to my Protopage - it evidently doesn't like me, because each time it refused to load the feed, until I finally went to the 'edit' button and entered the URL of the feed into the relevant box there. I also find the need to drag the widget on to the page a bit annoying - with Netvibes, once you are in a particular page, the feed adds itself automatically. I've added the BMJ current issue feed, and BBC and CNN news, and BBC weather for Dorchester. I am still not happy with the look of the page, but maybe I will have time to play around with it later. As I've said before, the whole Netvibes experience seems to be far better, more user-friendly and a better finished product, than Protopage.
I like the idea of start pages - they are really useful for keeping all your information sources in one place. I can see that apps and smartphones are the way most people access their favourite resources, but it seems to me that a start page or dashboard is ideally suited for anyone routinely using a desktop/laptop.
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