Archive for the 'new features' Category

Compact display mode

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006

We’re making it easier for you to pack more information into your Protopage. News feeds and email inbox previews will now automatically display in a smaller font. You can now also select ‘compact’ mode for your weather widget. Please keep sending us your feedback – we’re listening!

Email inbox widget

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006

You can now see a preview of your email inbox on your Protopage. The contents will automatically update every 5 minutes, unless you press the ‘check now’ button to force an immediate update. This widget is compatible with Gmail, POP3 and IMAP mail providers. Unfortunately, Hotmail, Yahoo mail and other web-only email providers do not […]

Weather widget

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

Use the new widget button on the toolbar to add weather to your page. As always, use the edit button on the panel to choose your city! Expect more widgets, and send us your suggestions…

Four sided shadows

Sunday, January 22nd, 2006

You can now overlap Protopage panels to your heart’s content. You can also turn off shadows by clicking ‘Colors/Settings’ on the toolbar, and then unticking the ‘Enable panel shadows’ box.

Scroll wheel support added

Thursday, January 5th, 2006

By popular demand, you can now hover your mouse over a news feed panel, and use the scroll wheel to scroll through the news headlines. Works in Internet Explorer and Firefox. Firefox users: you can open links in new tabs either by clicking the middle mouse button, or by clicking the left mouse button while […]

Protopage v2.0 released

Monday, December 5th, 2005

Dear Protopagers, An enormous THANK YOU to everyone that has written in with comments and suggestions – we have developed a dizzying email backlog which we aim to power through to send out as many personal thank-yous as we can. (We always try to respond to critical tech support requests within 24 hours). Please keep […]