PageFlakes

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[[File:Pageflakes_logo.png|thumb|200px|right|MyYahoo! combines different parts of Yahoo! and the Web into one place.]]
[[File:Pageflakes_logo.png|thumb|200px|right|MyYahoo! combines different parts of Yahoo! and the Web into one place.]]
== Main purpose ==
== Main purpose ==
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[www.Pageflakes.com Pageflakes] is the social personalized homepage. It allows you to easily customize the Internet and make it yours using '''"Flakes"'''. That are small, movable versions of all of web components that you can arrange on your personal homepage. You can also participate in the Pageflakes community, sharing your page as a '''"Pagecast"''' with a private group or with the world.
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[http://www.Pageflakes.com Pageflakes] allows you to make your own mashup homepage. You can easily add content to your homepage by using '''"Flakes"''', which are gadgets and widgets that you can put on your page.
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There are more than 235,000 Flakes and 140,000 Pagecasts are available for thousands of uses and interests, including Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Twitter, Flickr, news, sports, e-mail, local events, search, photos, music, videos – even interactive tools like a calendar and a to-do list – and just about anything else you do on the web at school, work and at home. The Pageflakes user community creates and helps each other discover more new Flakes and Pagecasts every day.
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Pageflakes has thousands of Flakes (widgets or modules) including Facebook, a universal News Search, YouTube, Twitter, message board, blog, and hundreds of RSS feeds that you can choose from.  
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Pageflakes allows you to add many popular ''Flakes'' like Facebook, News Search, YouTube, Twitter, Blog, RSS and etc.  
== Useful information ==
== Useful information ==
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Pageflakes was founded in Germany in 2006 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.
 
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[[File:pageflakes_options.png|thumb|300px|MyYahoo! options]]
[[File:pageflakes_options.png|thumb|300px|MyYahoo! options]]
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* http://forums.pageflakes.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6&sid=cf3c6e41c8d9d3530ac5036b8a2b19f9
* http://forums.pageflakes.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6&sid=cf3c6e41c8d9d3530ac5036b8a2b19f9
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== Tool accessibility test (28 July 2010) ==
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Server Response Time test performed from Seattle, WA / Munich, Germany / Brisbane, Australia : 0.329 sec / 0.760 sec / 1.213 sec
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Server Response Time Scale: Less than 0,1 = Optimal; 0,1 - 1 = Acceptable; 1 - 4 = Noticable but tolerable delay; 4 - 8 = Bearly tolerant delay
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This tool has no help included on the tool's webpage (link):
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[http://company.pageflakes.com/tutorials http://company.pageflakes.com/tutorials]
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There is no possiblity of changing the type or size of fonts in the tool (it can be done only as a browser functionality).

Current revision as of 10:22, 28 January 2011

MyYahoo! combines different parts of Yahoo! and the Web into one place.

Contents

Main purpose

Pageflakes allows you to make your own mashup homepage. You can easily add content to your homepage by using "Flakes", which are gadgets and widgets that you can put on your page.

Pageflakes allows you to add many popular Flakes like Facebook, News Search, YouTube, Twitter, Blog, RSS and etc.


Useful information

MyYahoo! options
Video tutorials for this tool you can see here Pageflakes tutorial.


Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Easy to use
  • Possibility to add different RSS feeds
  • Sharing apps
  • Customize Themes and Layout
  • Good searching options
  • Supports widgets

Cons

  • There are advertising Flakes on the page


References

Tool accessibility test (28 July 2010)

Server Response Time test performed from Seattle, WA / Munich, Germany / Brisbane, Australia : 0.329 sec / 0.760 sec / 1.213 sec

Server Response Time Scale: Less than 0,1 = Optimal; 0,1 - 1 = Acceptable; 1 - 4 = Noticable but tolerable delay; 4 - 8 = Bearly tolerant delay

This tool has no help included on the tool's webpage (link): http://company.pageflakes.com/tutorials

There is no possiblity of changing the type or size of fonts in the tool (it can be done only as a browser functionality).

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