Comments on: Which web sites do you really need? I mean, REALLY need....

By: Kelly Dorset

Kelly Dorset — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:57:52 +0000

copmanthorpe: Absolutely. I always buy my train tickets from there now. I've not ever managed to get a free WiFi train though, despite them promising it on the tickets!

By: copmanthorpe

copmanthorpe — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:51:02 +0000

The web site Ive been boring people with of late is for National Express East Cost. They took over from GNER last year running inter city trains from London to Leeds, Tork, Newcastle etc and the first thing they did was make the on-train wifi free, which was nice. But the big thing for me is how you buy tickets on their web site. It's a giant leap forward from thetrainline model because you choose your price first and then it shows you the trains rather than the other way round. It's actualy a pleasure to use and it's very easy to find the cheapest fare, even when you a re-booking (that's when you buy to tickets to cover one journey - it can be cheaper to buy a york to peterborough ticket plus a peterborough to london ticket rather than a york to london - I know that sounds crazy but that's the way things are).
So if you are buying a train ticket online head to http://www.nationalexpresseastcoast.com/ you'll love it!

By: C Davies

C Davies — Sat, 10 May 2008 09:27:50 +0000

I dont use Facebook or Flickr because I am afraid of how Polar Rose and the like will develop. I mean I might drop an apple core one day. Love First Direct and the fact it is on my phone too. Also love iPlayer but only to see if I missed anything on Jools Holland's Later, New Scientist to see if I need to buy the mag and Autotrader for the technical performance info that doesn't seem available so easily elsewhere.

By: Colin F

Colin F — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:14:49 +0000

My home pages: (I use FF):
Plusnet Member Centre
BBC Radio 2 - music while I work
Oracle Technology Network
Linkedin
iGoogle

By: Lee R

Lee R — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:28:49 +0000

Google (search engine facility):
http://www.google.co.uk

PlusNet Webmail:
https://webmail.plus.net

MSDN Library (WIN32-API, MSVC++ Documentation):
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/default.aspx

Boost (libs and documentation):
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_35_0

Digg (falls uder the 'cool' category but couldn't live without it):
http://digg.com/

By: director

director — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:00:45 +0000

I can do without Youtube, facebook, rss feeds and blogs. There's too much going on without complicating matters. I can't do without Ebay, Paypal on line to keep them "inline" and yahoo maps along with Google Earth so I can keep an eye on George Bush and Bin Laden!!!! and of course dear old Plusnet speedchecker to find out why my downloads are taking forever!!

By: Dave Faulkner

Dave Faulkner — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:36:36 +0000

BBC News; Facebook; Rojo; Google Reader; Remember The Milk; NatWest online banking; eBay; Amazon; oh, and too many others.

By: dan

dan — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:57:09 +0000

durr! forgot workplace !!

oh, and if you're including internet tools then include fring and pidgin.

By: dan

dan — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:52:09 +0000

hotmail
iwantoneofthose - for presentsiwantoneofthose - for presents
ebay - for buying second hand presents and passing them off as new
bbc - for sport and general news
cnet / zdnet / pcworld / reg - for tech news
flickr - invaluable when you have a new baby
xda-developers - for my smartphone
microsoft forums - for tech support
sheffieldforums - for knowing stuff about sheffield and getting recommendations
doodle.ch - great for arranging events

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:54:45 +0000

@MattGrest As I work in the depressing building across the road from you Matt I can confirm that HSBC internet banking was indeed upgraded last year. New interface, new architecture the works. It'll never be web 2.0, somehow I can't see then allowing Tweets to your Bank manager, maybe they'll wait for web2.1, no big organizations go with a new release