Disqus - Latest Comments for Ole Brandenburg

Re: Box.net ready to ramp it up, seeks funding

Ole Brandenburg — Mon, 08 May 2006 07:08:34 -0000

Box.net also cooperates with pageflakes.com. Just thought I mention it...

Cheers
Ole

Re: What a waste

Ole Brandenburg — Wed, 31 May 2006 02:49:59 -0000

Hm... obviously we all have different views. Yours is quite negative (and I respect that). While I agree that many start pages still look similar, it is also not very surprising since the whole business just started a few month ago. You pointed out the real need for users - and that's exactly what we are aiming at. Give us a few more months to develope and implement features and content. Along the way, give us feedback and suggestions so we can actually build what you want.

Best regards
Ole Brandenburg

Re: .NET can play too

Ole Brandenburg — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 01:26:35 -0000

Thanks for the nice feedback. If you have any suggestions about Pageflakes please contact me at ole@pageflakes.com

Thanks
Ole

Re: New Google Homepage GUI and Others I’d Like to See

Ole Brandenburg — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:15:46 -0000

Pageflakes offers that feature since October 2006. Simply click on the edit link of a RSS feed module and select "show description". I know it's not the exact same feature but the end result is the same. Hope you like it.

Best regards
Ole Brandenburg

Re: New Google Homepage GUI and Others I’d Like to See

Ole Brandenburg — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:44:20 -0000

Hi Matt,

that's a tough question. I think only time will tell. The main challenge that I see is that mainstream users (quote: "What's a feed?") and tech savvy users have very different requirements and while I think that start pages and feed readers make a perfect fit, the majority of users might not think so. Really hard to say what's right and what's not.

Cheers
Ole

Re: Netvibes vs. Pageflakes – statistics

Ole Brandenburg — Wed, 03 May 2006 09:04:00 -0000

Some background facts:

1) Pageflakes has launched its beta version in February 2006. This the 1 year comparison makes little sense.

2) NV and PF are not just RSS readers. They are personalized start pages that offer other modules. NV offers roughly 20 modules, Pageflakes offers roughly 70 modules.

3) Alexa is biased towards US traffic. Sites that are popular outise the US market are displyed unproportionally low in the graph.

4) NV's peak in traffic is most likely based on the fact that they have become a standard coice in feedburner.com subscription. PF has also become a standard subscription there - just 2 weeks later.

Any questions - just email me: ole@pageflakes.com

Cheers
Ole

Re: Netvibes vs. Pageflakes – design and basic functions

Ole Brandenburg — Sat, 06 May 2006 12:05:38 -0000

Hi Maris - in case you would like to add a feature to your site that lets you add your RSS feed to Pageflakes:

http://www.pageflakes.com/subscribe.aspx?url=YO...

...and the button: http://www.pageflakes.com/subscribe.gif

Cheers
Ole

Re: Netvibes vs. Pageflakes – modules, Part 1

Ole Brandenburg — Fri, 26 May 2006 10:07:32 -0000

Just wanted to let you know that feedburner now also offers a Pageflakes button for your RSS feeds. I noticed you got the Netvibes button at the very top, so maybe you want to add Pageflakes button too ;-)

Cheers
Ole

Re: Web Questions (Mainly RSS Based)

Ole Brandenburg — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 03:14:52 -0000

Have you checked out http://www.pageflakes.com already? We offer similar features and some uinque features that none of the other AJAX desktops offer. You can contact me directly at ole@pageflakes.com