Comments on: UnGoogled: A Week of Discovering Alternatives For Google’s Services

By: Abhigyan

Abhigyan — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:07:34 +0000

That was actually the whole point of writing this piece. An alternative never hurt anyone!

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:18:41 +0000

Found this article after searching for anyone who knows of good alternatives to Google Reader. I, too, have been wanting to find out more about what’s out there. It’s just a general, uneasy eggs-in-one-basket feeling I’ve noticed. (I think the privacy issues with Buzz started meâ€”and othersâ€”thinking.) It’s very easy just to go with the flow and keep on using all these Google products as they come out, but are we always aware of our choices? I think that’s all, really. Are we aware what else is out there? Have we given them a go? Have we even looked?

http://www.fastmail.fm is worth a go, if you like.

By: Abhigyan

Abhigyan — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:43:00 +0000

At the time of writing this article, Kartoo had been up and running for close to 3 years. So, it may be an issue of server downtime. If, on the other hand, it is an issue of the website having shutdown (which I hope it isn’t), I’d say RIP to a very innovative service. May it have a grand funeral service.

By: Jeff C

Jeff C — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:13:34 +0000

Kartoo – which was introduced on this page – has disappeared. When I try to log on it say the server can’t be found. Any idea what’s happened?

By: pamelalibrarian

pamelalibrarian — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:37:21 +0000

Regarding your comment Davey J “PS: Zoho Documents has one feature that I have yet to find with Google Docs: the ability to view online documents inside the browser without having to open up another program (i.e. Microsoft Word).”

What do you mean? When you open a Google Doc, it is inside the browser. It doesn’t open up WORD.

By: retimer

retimer — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:19:42 +0000

As for me I prefer having different accounts even in Google (it’s not a problem to remember 20 emails & passwords). But I use very many alternative services, just cause I don’t like giants…

By: benny

benny — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:24:57 +0000

i am totally supportive of the type of mindset the leads to articles like this. i just think it’s good to be aware of alternatives if the default way is removed. also like i said in a comment on the 5 alt search engines, it’s dangerous to blindly trust companies with such massive amounts of data. they’re saving it all, of course.

By: CarMac

CarMac — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:57:48 +0000

Not that you have to “Love” anyone of the search engines, but if one tends to use google instead of another search engine so what? The same could be said for anyone of the search engines also recommended. If you were tired out from using Mixin, Kartoo, scibblar or any of the others you could always use Google. Why is everyone always picking on someone? Someone is always knocking Microsoft, Apple, Google… bla bla bla bla… what is the freakin point? Did Google do you wrong some how? Did it point you in the wrong direction? Perhaps Microsoft and Google got together and pointed you to a Dead page? Perhaps Apple was in on it too? Bunch of freakin paranoid techies? Surfing way to much for Ripped programs perhaps. Use the one that suits you best… be it Google or Yahoo if you’re happy stay with it.

I’d stay away from ANY unknown search engine for the simple fact that it could be a decoy from some stupid dim wit that’s out to get your personal information.

By: Francois Bocquet

Francois Bocquet — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:55:03 +0000

This list is a real good idea !

You can see information about new eyeOS version with video on http://blog.eyeos.org/en/2010/01/01/final-road-to-eyeos-2-0
I think it’s really better than the 1.x version for a controlled cloud computing service with real time collaboration tools, isn’t it ?
Possible to add mashup with Kartoo, Tokbox (for video conferencing) and Scribblar ;-)
Las but not least, you can install you own server because eyeOS is open source…
http://www.eyeos.org
Enjoy !

By: Davey J

Davey J — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:13:49 +0000

For email, I would have to disagree with you on Zoho Mail. GMX, I think, is way better an alternative to Gmail. Aside from its built-in calendar integration, GMX also allows you to have IMAP and POP access, both free of charge. Perhaps it’s best feature is that its “Mail Collector” system which, essentially, allows you to condense ALL OF YOUR EMAIL ADDRESSES into one location, right from your GMX inbox.

PS: Zoho Documents has one feature that I have yet to find with Google Docs: the ability to view online documents inside the browser without having to open up another program (i.e. Microsoft Word).

By: Abhigyan

Abhigyan — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:48:37 +0000

Funny indeed. But Google Ads are a great source of revenue. So…

By: Jackson Chung

Jackson Chung — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:24:23 +0000

Knowing a couple of alternatives is always good. Sometimes it’s even better to try them out to see if they fit you better than Google’s services. If they do — great! If they don’t — then you should be grateful for Google. Either way, it works out for you.

By: nick

nick — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:33:19 +0000

I would never give up Google. It’s them having everything that makes me happy. I looked at my dashboard and was glad to see it all in one easy to look at and organized place. You can no longer do that. You can’t just think “hmm, I need to check my calendar, where is that again? google.com/calendar? No…”

By: Ashutosh Mishra

Ashutosh Mishra — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:22:39 +0000

This is a good idea, but I’d be mad like crazy if I had to open so many accounts. This is very unproductive, to say the least, and all of Google’s services are on the upper side of quality meter. I’m happy w/ Google.
If one wants to stay clear of Google, he/ she can make a mass movement to the Windows Live services by Microsoft – all of them give Google’s services a run for its money.
Yahoo! also has dozens of services, but they keep shutting down stuff left and right. Moreover, Yahoo! services have a lot of gloss and bulk.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:06:32 +0000

Irony: Right above the first line of your “Ungoogled” article it says, “Ads by Google.”