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Next steps for Yahoo

• Sedols 14y ago
  good stuff
• evolve2k 14y ago
  Nice call, I'd use that and tell people about it.
  • Peteris 14y ago
    Cheers, I really want a dashboard as well :). And perhaps Bloomberg needs a cheaper alternative too.
• smegel 14y ago
  Didn't Google have a dashboard product called Google Home? That did everything your suggesting? And that had an API and a way to write custom gadgets? But that was ultimately sacrificed in the first Great Purge? There was obviously something about a dashboard product that didn't click with users - maybe Yahoo is going to do it sufficiently differently to set it apart but I don't see what or how.
  • Peteris 14y ago
    I must have missed it. Well, did everybody have a smartphone back then? Having a dashboard for a screensaver I think is something that would click immediately. I would use one on the desktop too, provided it's nice on the eyes and is easy to fill up with relevant things (like HN articles).
    • smegel 14y ago
      Sorry I was referring to iGoogle - and it is still alive, but to be retired after November 1, 2013. Personally I like the idea of a dashboard - I just dont see it as a killer product. What Yahoo really needs is a GMail, a Facebook, or even a Pininterest - something that will engage with a large proportion or majority of web users every single day. Unfortunately Yahoo has lost on Search, Email, Social, and even managed to screw up Photo Sharing (even after buying the leading site Flickr).
      • Peteris 14y ago
        Ah, yes, iGoogle and myYahoo are cases of home page dashboards. Nobody would really use those for financial analysis and the widgets are generally skeumorphic and distinct looking. I would say it's not a strong enough execution of the idea. I agree it would not necessarily be a killer product for Yahoo. It would, however, allow Yahoo to streamline and combine some existing efforts.