From My Yahoo! to iGoogle in one fell swoop

There is a lot going on with Yahoo! these days, and the company is dealing with some big issues that affect its survival. And closer to home (my computer) they've made other changes that I'm not happy about. I'm not deeply involved with Yahoo! – I have an email address that I use for limited purposes that are likely to result in bulk email, and I've been a member of a few user groups on their forums; but for many years I've used a My Yahoo! page for my home page. I've customized it to include a great list of bookmarks, weather for places where loved ones and friends live, and other tools that I use frequently. And as of Monday it's pretty much useless to me!

Several months ago Yahoo! came up with a new design for My Yahoo! pages that looked awful, and I wasted no time  switching my home page back to the previous "classic" format. On Monday, using the old design became an unavailable option for anyone, and the whole mess appeared again when I turned on the computer. Among Yahoo! users there are mixed reactions, but my home page looked so bad I really can't stand to use it, and in my irritation, I started setting up iGoogle for my home page. I've meant for a long time to customize a Google page – I use Google's toolbar and search engine, have Gmail addresses and use other "G" tools,  so I'm much more connected to Google's services. It was just easier to stick with the home page I already had set up on Yahoo!

I haven't completed my new page set up, but the silver lining in all of this is that I absolutely love iGoogle – so well in fact that I keep visiting my home page even when I don't really need to. Google has a huge number of designs for themes, and the page looks crisp and clean, even on Firefox. The process of setting up my bookmarks on iGoogle has also  allowed me to clean up links I never use and was just ignoring on the old page. I like the ability with iGoogle to create multiple tabs, which is like having a multi part home page (I've got the main page, Clients and Fun so far). Do any of you have iGoogle "gadgets" you can't live without?

It's possible if I spent some time I could make the new Yahoo! page work, but honestly, I'm not even interested. I'm in love with my new home page, and happy to have it start my day off with a smile and serve me well throughout the day.