[Torrents]

I've used it for years as well. I have Gmail and Google Calendar widgets, one for Hacker News, one for Reddit, and other news sites. It's a useful aggregator for all of the resources I use on the Web. I'll have to find a replacement before November of 2013.

[fishbacon]

I never found iGoogle too appealing because I find the interface messy, any idea what draws you to it? Is it just that it contains a bunch of RSS data?

[freehunter]

Personally I use iGoogle daily simply because of the Gmail/Calendar integration (don't need to open anything else to see those) right on the first page I see when I open my browser. It allows me to start my day at one glance: new emails, daily events, and RSS feeds of overnight news. When I switched to it, I was previously using Netvibes. I switched because it loaded roughly 5x faster than Netvibes.

There are some things I don't like about it. The header is gigantic. I wish I could turn that off and add a few more feeds without needing to scroll. iGoogle has also been breaking a lot lately. I actually removed my Gmail feed simply because it never worked even though it was developed by Google themselves.

I'm sad to see it go, but it's better than the sorry state it's been in for the last few years.

[Goronmon]

There are some things I don't like about it. The header is gigantic. I wish I could turn that off and add a few more feeds without needing to scroll.

That's what Super iGoogle is for.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ncindhlccodninkgio...

[radley]

I used Element Hiding Helper to remove the header since it's redundant.

[bishnu]

For Gmail/Calendar integration, just use widgets on your Android phone :)