Now that Euro 2008 has started you will realize that you need to know that match result or to check the standings or want to read the last updated news or to follow the live result of a match playing.
For that Netvibes has prepeared a nice and cool Euro 2008 public Universe Tab : one in English and one in Français.
The tab in the Universe in English presents only US widgets for a sport called "Soccer" :)
If you prefer more European Football widgets (it's Euro 2008 , no ?) like the one's by: UEFA, BBC, SKY and other languages as Gazzetta, L'Equipe, ... you should check also my own public universe Football Tab:
http://www.netvibes.com/sport#FOOTBALL
and my new Euro 2008 Tab:
http://www.netvibes.com/sport#Euro2008
I invite you nto go there and check for yourself the widgets you prefer... The Netvibes Widget Euro2008 is a must.(4*/5)
To get any of them, yust click on the envelope on the right side of the title of the widget.
Good move by Netvibes, that now presents its human collected content with the Universes and not just a blog post!
Enjoy !! and I hope that my team will win :-)
09/06/2008
Follow the Euro 2008 with Netvibes (4*/5) and other Footbal widgets
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30/05/2008
Exclusive: NetEx blog is the first blog offering a "Star This Post" badge for Netvibes: 4*/5
A few weeks ago I was complaining ( ;) ) that I need a Netvibes activity badge to place on my blog .
Developer Sébastien Poivre (Gizmhail) has just sent me a test version and it is working!
As what I undestand it is working just for Blogger blogs and with FireFox but that is ok for a first draft ;)
Sébastien Poivre (Gizmhail) is also the author of the Netvibes Bookmarklets.
One of them works like the badge but you need to have installed in your FireFox .
NetEx rating: 4*/5
Perfect, just what I and other millions of Bloggers and readers need.
WordPress blogs will also have their own badge... And I am sure Tariq Krim will want one on his new blog ;)
I will report here the link to the definitive url for using this badge, when Sébastien will have a proper page for it.
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26/05/2008
Follow the Rolland Garros French Tennis open with this Netvibes Widget: NetEx rating: updated 4*/5
Want to have the on-line results of all matches played today in Paris ? Want to read some comments ?
UPDATE: want also to check the schedule ? Want to see the the image Gallery ?
Use this Rolland Garros 2008 widget from Netvibes called Tennis Live. You can choose the Men or Women competition results board and the news channel with comments (has been added during my writing of this post :) ).
NetEx rating: UPATED 4*/5 (was 3*/5)
Simple and essential: scores, comments, schedule and gallery.
Thanks to the developers: Florent Solt and Charles Viard.
What is missing ? The weather conditions and if matches are interrupted or not (that will earn them a 5*/5 :) )
To add it to your Netvibes page, just click here:
If you want some comments and pics, but no on-line scores try this widget The French Open news widget :
You can add this widget to you Netvibes page by clicking here:
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20/05/2008
Have a problem with Netvibes ? Write it to GETSATISFACTION ! 4*/5
If you have a general problem with Netvibes you should:
1) use the Netvibes Feedback
2) write a Tweet to Netvibes_help: http://twitter.com/netvibes_help
3) write a post in your own Blog or use mine with a comment :)
or
4) write your problem to: GETSATISFACTION
GetSatisfaction is : " a place where people can get the most from the products they use, and where companies are encouraged to get real with their customers.
Ask a question, report a problem, share an idea, or join in conversations already in progress. The most useful replies rise to the top. We’ll notify you via email when people respond.
Customers, employees, and companies are all welcome here. Nothing is hidden, and no one is censored. Join the conversation!"
François, the very efficient Custumer Service Officer for Netvibes Help desk, is directly notified when you post your problem: if a solution is available it will be given to you. And if not, perhaps will have some explanations :)
UPDATE: I confirm : François is there and super fast !
You can follow the Topics for Netvibes at GetSatisfaction with a simple and clear Widget.
To get it click here:
NetEx Rating: 4*/5
A good service that should be used by all serious Web2.0 start-ups as it shows all the problems occurring and the offered solutions.
It feels better when you notice that you are not the only one with the same problem or bug !
A similar service should be integrated in the Netvibes Blog.
More infos on GetSatisfaction: here
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07/05/2008
2 new bookmarklet for your Netvibes: Share url and Update Status 4*/5
If you are a FireFox user and have a Netvibes page, there 2 new bookmarklets for you.
A bookmarklet is a small application that is stored in your own browser (here FireFox) as a bookmark.
A French (?) developer GIZMHAIL has just finished them and they are still warm...
1) "Netvibes activity post bookmarklet" : simply allows you to update your status, without being in your Netvibes page.
If you click on it in your browser bookmark bar (no matter what page you're on), you'll be asked to write your message (ie. your new Netvibes activities status), and it will be pushed to your public activities.
An useful feature is that the text you'll have to write will be filled by default by the text currently selected in your browser, if any.
This Bookmarklet, that in my own browser I have renamed as: Netvibes2 Update Status, is useful if you do not want to go back to your netvibes page to change your status.
To test it click here (must have have logged to Netvibes before) : Netvibes activity post bookmarklet - By Gizmhail
2) "Netvibes activity favorite bookmarklet":
If you fall upon an interesting page (but not necessarily found through your Netvibes feeds ), simply click on your bookmarklet in your browser bookmark bar to share the url where you currently are. You will have the opportunity to add a comment"
This one is also a useful bookmarklet, that I renamed Netvibes2 Share Url.
But :( in my browser, this bookmarklet is duplicating the STAR button on the new Netvibes ADD2NETVIBES extension for FF ( http://eco.netvibes.com/extensions/fire … -0.8.0.xpi )
The only advantage for this bookmarklet is that if you have selected some text on the page you want to share, this same text will be the comment of your starring. I like it for that .
To test it click here (must have have logged to Netvibes before) : Netvibes activity favorite bookmarklet - By Gizmhail
NetEx Rating: 4*/5 for an easy and user friendly application .
I hope that in the future they can be integrated in the Add2Netvibes extension !
TO INSTALL :
Simply drag (click left) and drop the following links up in your FireFox bookmark bar
Netvibes activity post bookmarklet - By Gizmhail Update Status
Netvibes activity favorite bookmarklet - By Gizmhail Share Url
The bookmarklets are ready for use ! (you need to have logged in on your Netvibes during the session of course to make them work).
You can also rename them.
The original post presenting the Bookmarklets in the Developers Forum is here
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06/05/2008
New Netvibes' Summize widget to search all Twitter posts: NetEx rating=4*/5
I was testing a new "real time" search service, called SUMMIZE, that searches all public posts of TWITTER the cool and trendy Instant Messaging that you can use with your mobile or the web.
Now, Netvibes has just published a clean Summize Widget with the search already setted on "netvibes" ;) Of course, you can put what you want: your name, your city, your country, ...
You do not need to have registred with Twitter unless you want to write something yourself.
You can not leave the search blanck (and hope to follow Twitter on line) as the widget will reinstall "netvibes".
It is nice that with this Netvibes Summize widget you can star and comment in your Netvibes a Twitter message of someone you are not following with Twitter.
There is also an option by which you can select a user and get all the posts he made with that search string.
NetEx Rating: 4*/5
For this new, clean and simple Netvibes' Widget that let's you follow on Twitter the subject that you are interested in. (Would love to have a count message read and the possibility to change the title to include the search string ;) )
Install this widget by clicking here :
and It will be added in my REAL ESSENTIAL WIDGETS (and extensions) Tab on my Universe.
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26/03/2008
FriendFeed aggregates your own and your friends' various Social Networks feeds (also Netvibes) :4*/5
It is a few days that I am using FriendFeed a new service that aggregates in one page your own and your friends' various Social Networks feeds and updates
For example, you can see what songs your friends are listening to on last.fm, what video they enjoyed on YouTube, their last blog or Twitter post or see the new photos they have published to Picasa. And you will show the same!
Currently, FriendFeed supports 33 different services :
You choose the ones you want to share with others, you set the user/pass, and then if your page is public (open to all) or private (you must grant authorization).
Then you check for your Friends. When you click on them you see the services they share and the people they have suscribed to.
With FriendFeed you can also check people that are not already using FriendFeed by creating an "Imaginary Friend". Then, you get your friend's Twitter, Facebook,blog, Netvibes Activity, ... Feeds and by placing the Feed as a ... Blog you will be able to follow them.
But it is not just following that you can do.
With FriendFeed you can also:
Comment by leaving a short note
Like by choosing an emoticon
More
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