The "My Stuff" area features direct access to your e-mail and other information that's most important to you in one place, almost like a mini-dashboard. We've taken the preview panel experience from the "classic" AOL.com home page that we know is already popular with many of you and made it easier for to edit and to browse through all Preview Panel options.
The preview panels featured in "My Stuff" function the same as before. You can "expand" a preview panel by rolling your mouse over any of the four tabs. Clicking on any of the four tabs loaded you on your home page or in the carousel will launch the appropriate feature or site.
And now, we've made it easier for you to choose the four preview panels you want to see on your home page. Just click on the "Edit" button in the top right corner of the module to open the customization options window.
For those of you who miss having Weather as one of your four panels, now's your chance to add it back.
Just click on the preview panel tab you want to replace and select "Weather" from the Edit drop-down menu.
How We Store Your My Stuff Choices
When you make changes to your page, like changing your My Stuff line-up, we store those choices in a secure "cookie" on the computer that you are using. A cookie is, basically, a file that stores information you enter on a Web page, to save you time later. We use cookies on the AOL.com home page so that you don't have to Sign In or be required to have an AOL screen name to use and save your personalization options. However, deleting your browser cookies or private data will wipe out any changes you've made to your home page. Click here to learn how to protect your personalization choices.
We'd love to hear about on the current options. Are we missing any that you would want to see on your AOL home page?
Again, let us know so we can continue to improve the experience for you and others.
Learn more about the other new features:
Mail Preview - preview your mail from Yahoo!, Gmail and AOL
My Networks - your social networks in one place
My Links – customizable navigation
My Local – weather, real-time news and more
RSS Feed Browser - news and updates from other Web sites
Themes - choose your homepage design
Reader CommentsRSS
Bagman520
Mar 11th 2009, 12:00AM
How do I eliminate the feature "My Stuff"?? There is nothing in any of those windows that is of any interest to me. It's just a lot of fluff that I don't need, and I want it off my screen.
Tell me how to do it, Please.
And while your at it, tell me how to change my username from bagman520 to Bernie520, Just as you see them here.
Bernie520
Seattle, WA
Gerald Mundy
Mar 31st 2009, 9:48PM
I want to eliminate it as well, but aol won't let me. I'm just tired of their lack of response to our questions. i think I'll just have to go to firefox or somebody else.
prisma69@gmail.com
stangleb
Apr 6th 2009, 8:20PM
I want to learn how to access my pictures through the email
Hale, Al
Apr 6th 2009, 8:04PM
Why is there not a place to type in "our own" Stuff? Every choice is factory made, your idea of what we should have for "Our Stuff".
Thank you so much,
Al
Barbara
Apr 26th 2009, 2:08AM
Could someone email me an answer to this because I don't know how to get one from the computer. besw1@aol.com (Bess)
DWolf
May 2nd 2009, 2:12PM
Why can't I clear my browzer on the web through the link at bottom of page anymore?(windowscounter)
Stephen Pillemer
May 23rd 2009, 6:54PM
I am using a mac with safari browser. I have always had an "edit " button on the upper right hand corner of "my stuff". It is gone!! How do I change the my stuff options to fit those I want?
fjsglmi
Jul 6th 2009, 9:00PM
we have more than one user per computer. Would like to have to use each individual password to access e-mail. Do not like having e-mails available for all to see.