Slate magazine's Reihan Salam discusses Netvibes, a useful web service that allows users to compile their favorite pieces of the Net into one, customized web page. Netvibes sets itself apart from other web portals in that users can add content and applications from several different websites using RSS and ATOM feeds.
There are also "modlues" that pull up information from various sites such as Flickr, del.icio.us, and Craigslist. In addition to standard tools like web search (which is also customizable), calendar, and weather forecasts, Netvibes even provides a "To Do List" section (which lists "buy milk" as an item under the default setting).
The email wizard is another useful feature. Users can read email from nearly any account including Yahoo, Gmail, and any POP account.
This application is a perfect example of web 2.0; its content is completely determined and modified by the user. In fact, Shatari is now a huge fan of this site, as it has become her new homepage. We strongly encourage you to check it out!
Read the Slate article here, and visit Netvibes here.
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