Google Now is awesome; merge them with the iGoogle team and make it amazing.

http://blog.michaelmassie.com/post/28809963761/google-now-is-awesome-merge-them-with-the-igoogle

by mmassie • 14 years ago

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ecspike• 14 years ago

Given how long it had been since an iGoogle refresh, it's probably fair to say that other than someone keeping the lights on, there is no iGoogle team.

sootzoo• 14 years ago

Indeed, iGoogle is on its way out, another "more wood/fewer arrows" casualty: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2012/07/igoogle-will-be-dis...

Xyzodiac• 14 years ago

I thought about this as soon as I saw the keynote for Google Now. The visual elements of Google Now would really work well in a multicolumn layout in the browser. That would be one of the best home page experiences imaginable.

The only thing I'm wondering about is how aware could it be as far as location/traffic goes. I wonder if it would have to pull from the data collected on an Android phone or tablet to be truly predictive.

tonfa• 14 years ago

The tablet layout of google now is multi column.

zach• 14 years ago

My theory is that by the time iGoogle goes away for good (November 1 of next year), there will be a way to customize the right side of your Google+ page with widgets.

It won't be as flexible as iGoogle or support the same old widgets, but the "social widgets" will be something they can push iGoogle users over to, as well as a platform to help advance Google+.

In my experience, Google Now is a surprisingly clever way at providing relevant widgets with zero customization, so it seems like a great onramp to that experience.

mtgx• 14 years ago

Speaking of which, I hope for the next Android version they release some stock Google Now widgets that you can just put on your homescreens, and they get automatically updated, just like they would inside Google Now.

jrockway• 14 years ago

They're already notifications, whose priority you can adjust in the settings dialog.

camiller• 14 years ago

Since iGoogle is slated to be sunset (in late 2013), maybe Google Now is it's logical successor?

webmech• 14 years ago

i thought they were going to be getting rid of iGoogle soon...

tmcw• 14 years ago

Correct grammar: Google Now will be awesome if it happens

Google Now is awesome; merge them with the iGoogle team and make it amazing.

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