{"id":710147,"date":"2008-02-27T17:22:16","date_gmt":"2008-02-27T17:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/segue.middlebury.edu\/view\/html\/node\/710147"},"modified":"2021-01-01T17:51:21","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T17:51:21","slug":"middlebury-online-in-netvibes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/segueproject.org\/curricular-technologies\/2008\/02\/27\/middlebury-online-in-netvibes\/","title":{"rendered":"Middlebury Online in NetVibes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Middlebury College Communications office recently started to use NetVibes for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.netvibes.com\/mo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Middlebury Online<\/a>.\u00a0 NetVibes is a best known as a personal news aggregator, similar to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/ig?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iGoogle<\/a>,\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pageflakes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PageFlakes<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/cm.my.yahoo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">myYahoo<\/a>, that allows users to create their own personalized portal. \u00a0 All of these tools allow users to aggregate and layout content from various sources.\u00a0 All will allow you to include RSS feeds from other sites.\u00a0 Many will also allow you to include views of email accounts, social networks, seach engines and various widgets.\u00a0 Unfortunately, each has their own APIs and terminology (pages, tabs, gadgets, flakes, modules&#8230;) for adding content, though this may be changing.\u00a0 NetVibes now has an <a href=\"http:\/\/dev.netvibes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">open widget platform<\/a> that allows users to make their own widgets that can work on other platforms.\u00a0 More recently, some of these sites (PageFlakes, myYahoo, NetVibes) have started to allow users, individuals or organization, to share their pages\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pageflakes.com\/?track=community-pages-page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pagecasts<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/eco.netvibes.com\/universes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">universes<\/a>, as Middlebury has done with Middlebury Online.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">(Segue v2 borrows many UI concepts from these new aggregation sites including the notion of multiple content blocks on a page that can be organized by dragging and dropping them within a customizable layout.\u00a0 As well, the ability to edit and change the settings of a content block inline.\u00a0 Much of this is made possible by the use of asynchronous JavaScript and XML (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ajax_(programming)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AJAX<\/a>), that allows changes to be made to be made without reloading the page, resulting in a greater responsiveness and interactivity.)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Middlebury College Communications office recently started to use NetVibes for Middlebury Online.\u00a0 NetVibes is a best known as a personal news aggregator, similar to iGoogle,\u00a0 PageFlakes and myYahoo, that allows users to create their own personalized portal. \u00a0 All&hellip; 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