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Google Code was awesome, and there's no real replacement for it. koders.com* doesn't even come close. * - now code.openhub.net
github isn't a replacement?
I was one of the (apparently few) people who used Google Sets a lot. Even though its results were often hit-or-miss, there were enough hits for it to be a valuable resource. And unfortunately, I don't know of any comparable alternative. (But please tell me if you do!) Here is the problem it solved: It let you discover members of a set by entering a few members that you already know. For instance, if you enter "terrie…
I really don't like things like this. A lot of these projects ended up as other projects or built into other projects. Google checkout turned into Google Wallet. Google latitude ended up as part of the Google+ Identity overhaul. There's also a lot of projects that are "labs" or "beta." Clearly they didn't gain the traction Google wanted from them. Google's like any other startup on a project-by-project basis. If the…
Um, Google Videos is on the list? https://www.google.com/videohp?gws_rd=ssl
Google Videos pre YouTube was a video hosting service, rather than a search engine.
I was one of the (apparently few) people who used Google Sets a lot. Even though its results were often hit-or-miss, there were enough hits for it to be a valuable resource. And unfortunately, I don't know of any comparable alternative. (But please tell me if you do!) Here is the problem it solved: It let you discover members of a set by entering a few members that you already know. For instance, if you enter "terrie…
It's part of their spreadhseet now. You type things out and drag the items, like you would numbers to count.
I too missed sets a lot and was very happy to have found that:)
I was one of the (apparently few) people who used Google Sets a lot. Even though its results were often hit-or-miss, there were enough hits for it to be a valuable resource. And unfortunately, I don't know of any comparable alternative. (But please tell me if you do!) Here is the problem it solved: It let you discover members of a set by entering a few members that you already know. For instance, if you enter "terrie…
What were some real-world situations where you used Google Sets? It always seemed to me like a cool toy without much practical use, and certainly not the most worthy sink of a good engineer's limited time.
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Google Wave was a collaborative editor. It was nothing like Slack or HipChat (unless I've managed to really misunderstand Slack despite building a few things on top of it). It's problem was that it didn't have a purpose - no one really knew what to do with it because a "Wave" was presented an amorphous blob of "knowledge" that people could contribute to at the same time. It was an online notepad, sketchbook, and spre…
Wave was a replacement to email, not exactly an online "notepad." It wasn't about documents at all, no more so than email today is. So you're right that it's not like Slack or Hipchat, but I think you may also misunderstand its purpose.
The 'about' page: https://web.archive.org/web/20100427183005/http://wave.googl...
Actually, looking at the screenshot on that page, I can see why s_dev sees it as something like Slack. It has a much more 'chat'-based interface than I remember. Sorry s_dev.
Google Wave was simply too ahead of it's time. It's funny to see how Slack and HipChat are so similar to it. I recall it's performance being poor and people being a little confused by how much it could do. Google Answers was destroyed by Yahoo Answers - you could see the approach they were going for though - a properly answered question can be shown again and again. SO seemed to strike a balance between the two.
I really don't like things like this. A lot of these projects ended up as other projects or built into other projects. Google checkout turned into Google Wallet. Google latitude ended up as part of the Google+ Identity overhaul. There's also a lot of projects that are "labs" or "beta." Clearly they didn't gain the traction Google wanted from them. Google's like any other startup on a project-by-project basis. If the…
That sucker was good. Great even.
It would find things across browsers, through documents and files and even collate results from web searches that most browsers - sometimes even Chrome to this day - missed or never registered in the history, in the first place.
I would have gladly paid some $50-$75 a year to have it work across all of my devices.
And I don't typically pay for most offerings. It was that good.
I miss that one badly.