I've recently started using Bing more often, not especially for search (because Google pretty much does it the best) but because I enjoy their daily interactive and informative page, and also because they give points for visiting and for clicking on links. Granted, it looks like it would take a LOT of points to get anything worthwhile, but I imagine that after a year of using it the points would add up to some substantial total.
My problem is this: often, when I visit the page, I see I'm not signed in. The good thing is all I have to do is click on the "Microsoft account" and I'm signed in. (I certainly don't want to connect my Facebook account to anything!)
What I don't understand is how I'm not signed in, but it knows my points total. Strange. What's really odd is this next message after signing in:
You HAVE to click "Continue" to continue because if you don't, you're sent to a blank white page. Yeah, that's great; if I wanted a blank white page, I could just go to Google and put in "blank white page". -snicker- I know enough HTML to where I could make my own!
Another reason I started using Bing is that Google is doing away with the iGoogle home page I've used for years. I really liked it; I had various modules on it for news and local weather and sports headlines along with a Gmail preview. I don't understand what's up with Google lately; they did away with file storage a couple of years ago which was annoying but understandable, but their explanation for ending Google Reader didn't make much sense.
The 'net is great, but it's also frustrating as hell. It could also be described as fleeting, because as soon as you get used to something, get it the way you like it, it changes or disappears.
My problem is this: often, when I visit the page, I see I'm not signed in. The good thing is all I have to do is click on the "Microsoft account" and I'm signed in. (I certainly don't want to connect my Facebook account to anything!)
What I don't understand is how I'm not signed in, but it knows my points total. Strange. What's really odd is this next message after signing in:
You HAVE to click "Continue" to continue because if you don't, you're sent to a blank white page. Yeah, that's great; if I wanted a blank white page, I could just go to Google and put in "blank white page". -snicker- I know enough HTML to where I could make my own!
Another reason I started using Bing is that Google is doing away with the iGoogle home page I've used for years. I really liked it; I had various modules on it for news and local weather and sports headlines along with a Gmail preview. I don't understand what's up with Google lately; they did away with file storage a couple of years ago which was annoying but understandable, but their explanation for ending Google Reader didn't make much sense.
The 'net is great, but it's also frustrating as hell. It could also be described as fleeting, because as soon as you get used to something, get it the way you like it, it changes or disappears.
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