Read your MetaFilter at Protopage

December 5, 2005 1:36 AM

Read your MetaFilter at Protopage Version 2 will blow your socks off - and it was already one of the most useful tools on the web. It's an online notebook, a news reader and a bookmarks page that you can share or keep private. They just released a ton of new features including RSS (you can use it to keep up with your MeFi / Ask MeFi feeds - check the feed directory under 'Blogs'). They're also asking for people to write in with their top feature requests. You can probably tell, I'm a big, big fan.
posted by drewlondon (25 comments total)

mmmh... pepsi blue!

i like the look of it.. that's about it.
posted by slater at 1:49 AM on December 5, 2005

Double post . . . by you, no less.
posted by Ryvar at 2:01 AM on December 5, 2005

Yeah, do you have some sort of financial interest in protopage? The first time you linked this site it seemed like an earnest new find, but this one seems like Popeil paired you off with George Forman.
posted by herting at 2:14 AM on December 5, 2005

Yep, v2 is so spectacularly upgraded - almost like a whole new product, I thought it deserved a bit of a plug. I'm hoping they're listening and will send me a free windbreaker or something :)
posted by drewlondon at 2:15 AM on December 5, 2005

And yep to the double post comment, not to the financial interest one. It's made by Brits, so I'm biased.
posted by drewlondon at 2:17 AM on December 5, 2005

Man that's ugly. Not a terrible idea though. Doesn't work too well in opera neither.
posted by MetaMonkey at 2:17 AM on December 5, 2005

That's cool, I do agree it seems to be a lot better than it was before. If it had a calendar setting I would be elated, but doesn't seem to be in there yet. Maybe v3
posted by herting at 2:25 AM on December 5, 2005

Your web browser software is out of date or unsupported. This site may not work correctly for you.

Unfortunately, Protopage.com uses browser technologies that Safari does not yet support. We hope to bring back Safari support soon. Until then, we highly recommend you use the Firefox web browser (download it from www.getfirefox.com).

To try Protopage with Firefox, go to www.getfirefox.com where you can download a new web browser.

They're just too Web 2.0 for the latest Safari, a very good standards-compliant browser. Lame.
posted by letitrain at 2:36 AM on December 5, 2005

spammer
posted by johnny novak at 2:45 AM on December 5, 2005

Personalised web portals were crap with "web 1.0". And by the looks of it they aren't any better now with the bells and whistles added.

And this fpp is just spam.
posted by twistedonion at 2:58 AM on December 5, 2005

Hey, I resent the spam comments. I thought it was good enough for a post - I certainly like it.
posted by drewlondon at 3:03 AM on December 5, 2005

Looks like it might be a neat tool. Thanks for posting it.
posted by Malor at 3:05 AM on December 5, 2005

That is hideous.
posted by oxala at 3:14 AM on December 5, 2005

It sounds a good idea. It doesn't look much in practice though...

I still think some people are being a little unfair however.
posted by ClanvidHorse at 3:19 AM on December 5, 2005

Hey, I like it. I've seen this kinda thing before, but this is the best so far.
posted by harmoniousness at 3:21 AM on December 5, 2005

He liked it so much he bought the company.
posted by johnny novak at 3:23 AM on December 5, 2005

Ok, after looking at it a bit more... there's just not a lot of 'there' there. All it does is let you put notes, RSS feeds, and bookmarks on a virtual desktop.

I can do all those things much better with just the basic Firefox client and Notepad. This has a nice graphic look to it, but the functionality is so limited that it doesn't seem worth being excited about.
posted by Malor at 3:28 AM on December 5, 2005

It's kind of dinky looking. No offense.
posted by meh at 3:30 AM on December 5, 2005

Hey, I resent the spam comments.

Well if it's any consolation, I resent the spam.
posted by Ryvar at 3:31 AM on December 5, 2005

Profoundly ugly in my browser. Just fairly ugly in FireFox. Intentional double post.
This isn't going to get any better, is it?
posted by NinjaPirate at 3:31 AM on December 5, 2005

I thought it was good enough for a post

Perhaps the first time, yeah... but less than 4 months from the first, pretty much identical post - by your good self no less... that is not a good post, whatever way you look at it.
posted by twistedonion at 3:35 AM on December 5, 2005

"Your web browser software is out of date or unsupported. This site may not work correctly for you.

Unfortunately, Protopage.com uses browser technologies that Safari does not yet support. We hope to bring back Safari support soon. Until then, we highly recommend you use the Firefox web browser (download it from www.getfirefox.com).

To try Protopage with Firefox, go to www.getfirefox.com where you can download a new web browser."

Ack, I thought the browser wars were over...
posted by mook at 3:36 AM on December 5, 2005

no digg
posted by Dreamghost at 3:56 AM on December 5, 2005

no dou
posted by moift at 3:57 AM on December 5, 2005

Where's the meteor? All aboard my spaceship because I'm taking off. Really thirsty though.
posted by sjvilla79 at 4:17 AM on December 5, 2005