iGoogle as the Outlook killer?

For years I’ve cursed Outlook and used it anyway. I’ve struggled with customers’ enormous PST files, crashes, and “Why can’t you just fix it?” requests. Finally I have an answer: “We’ll move you to Google Apps and use iGoogle to replace Outlook”.

Is it really that simple, well no, not really, but it is an attractive alternative for lots of people struggling with Outlook. My page has 4 columns, with gadgets for Mail, Calendar, Google Docs, reserving the 4th column for news feeds.

I use Chrome to display it, and set it as my home page. Chrome gives me the greatest amount of real estate “above the fold”, i.e. visible on my laptop without scrolling down.

Try it, you may never go back to Outlook.