I love netvibes.

You can put pretty much anything of interest you want on the page. The only downside is I find I tend to spend longer on the web. I'll open up the homepage, glance at all the things of interest to me and then act on the data pushed by way (maybe reply to a facebook wallpost or read more on an interesting news article). I've also got a fair amount of freedom to move the boxes on the page to where I want them to be.

Search boxes for instance. No need for one of those on a homepage as I've got one of those in the top right of my firefox browser. Date and time? Nope.. got one of those in the bottom right of my taskbar.

It's still not perfect though. It might be a big ask but it would be cool if I had total freedom. The freedom to move widgets so they overlap, the ability to define the exact x and y coordinates they appear at rather whether they appear in the centre, left or right. Would be good to be able to put the top bar which allows me to add new contact, alter settings and sign out right to the bottom. In fact it would be good if I could edit the source code directly- be given total power of my content. Same goes for apps. I noticed a clock app on my travels, but the times in it are shown in a relatively large font. It allows me to choose between an analogue and digital clock or red or green coloured digits but what about the size, the font etc..? Why can't I change them..

I guess there is a danger of losing total structure and security to the WWW if you allowed a user to modify source code, but I believe the more power you give to the user the more powerful the web becomes. You as an individual become your own web developer essentially. Look at BBC news for instance. Half the content I never look at. I am sorry to say I rarely visit the Scotland news section so why should it be pushed my way? I wonder whether we will ever get to a state where you can "netvibe" any website through a simple interface. I dream of a time I can simply hide a link, alter a layout (I say hide as destroy would mean to remove it forever) to suit my individual needs. I wonder whether this will ever happen...