I'm surprised about the Code Search news. That seems to be squarely within Google's mission.
Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search
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Re: Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search
#22No! I loved code search, I'd use it as evidence when proposing the deprecation of API methods in open source projects :)
Re: Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search
#23What is the best alternative to Google Code Search?
Re: Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search
#24Google Code Search has been pretty broken (for my use case, anyway) for a while. I build Drupal Code Search[1] on top of their API back in 2008, and a few months later, they stopped indexing code from Drupal.org. Since then, 2 new versions of Drupal (6 and 7) have been released, and none of the new code has been indexed, making my site largely useless except for legacy code searches.
I guess I will just shut it down completely come 2012, I don't have any way to do grep-style searches at the same speed Google's API could.
Re: Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, one of the things Larry Page talked about in the earnings call yesterday was aggressive project pruning and focus. I agree that this is a good sign of Page's leadership.
The danger lies in being a company with a reputation of launching stuff and then not sticking with them. At some point that starts harming adoption levels of new products. Edit to comment below: "Trying and failing is a far better outcome than never having tried at all" is a great mantra for individuals or even small startups, but I am not sure how it applies here. I am still bitter over Google abandoning Notebook (w…
I would guess the other half of this initiative would be to only launch projects that have plans that involve profit. Like I understand killing something off if it doesn't catch on, but I don't see how Google Code Search could ever make Google much money over their normal search.
Re: Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search
#26I'm very disappointed to see google code search go. It was very useful (for me at least, don't read this as a comment on the whole committee / process) in finishing the new C++ standard, and answering the question "Well, did anyone ever really write code like X?" (the answer was usually yes). Buzz makes a lot of sense, although I imagine some users will be disappointed it couldn't be more 'cleanly' imported into goog…
I also found the code search very useful, and usually used it to answer a similar question: does anybody use a Perl feature that is about to change (due to a bug fix, for example) or for which changes were proposed.
I didn't use it all that often, but when I did, I was very grateful for having it.
Re: Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search
#27I'm very disappointed to see google code search go. It was very useful (for me at least, don't read this as a comment on the whole committee / process) in finishing the new C++ standard, and answering the question "Well, did anyone ever really write code like X?" (the answer was usually yes). Buzz makes a lot of sense, although I imagine some users will be disappointed it couldn't be more 'cleanly' imported into goog…
Did they give a reason for shutting down code search? I didn't see it but think it deserves some kind of explanation of the decision.
Re: Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
The danger lies in being a company with a reputation of launching stuff and then not sticking with them. At some point that starts harming adoption levels of new products. Edit to comment below: "Trying and failing is a far better outcome than never having tried at all" is a great mantra for individuals or even small startups, but I am not sure how it applies here. I am still bitter over Google abandoning Notebook (w…
I would guess the other half of this initiative would be to only launch projects that have plans that involve profit. Like I understand killing something off if it doesn't catch on, but I don't see how Google Code Search could ever make Google much money over their normal search.
I hope you're wrong, because I kind of like how willing Google is to start crazy projects.
I also think that making money directly shouldn't necessarily be the sole motivator for projects for Google. Google makes money as people use the web. The better they make the web, the better it is for Google.
Re: Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search
#29Google Code Search has been pretty broken (for my use case, anyway) for a while. I build Drupal Code Search[1] on top of their API back in 2008, and a few months later, they stopped indexing code from Drupal.org. Since then, 2 new versions of Drupal (6 and 7) have been released, and none of the new code has been indexed, making my site largely useless except for legacy code searches. I guess I will just shut it down…
Was it broken in some way other than it didn't index drupal.org?
Re: Google Killing Off Buzz and Code Search
#30does this mean google reader sharing now goes to plus? Me and a close group of friends use google reader a lot for sharing and commenting, personally more than i ever use plus or facebook. sharing on google reader also shared on google buzz as well though.
i also liked buzz for bringing reader shares / comments into my inbox / buzz feed...i think the value of buzz was underestimated. i hope google brings the same integrations to google+. external sites were the bomb!