Google Ending Support for Jamboard

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Post by nkcmr » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 7:06 PM UTC

Google Ending Support for Jamboard
workspaceupdates.googleblog.com

Re: Google Ending Support for Jamboard

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Post by dcchambers » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 7:13 PM UTC

Sigh. My team uses this quite a bit but it has always been my least favorite of the popular "digital whiteboard" tools. Super limited in capabilities, but at least it was convenient and easy to use.

And the de-googlification of my life continues...one app at a time.

Re: Google Ending Support for Jamboard

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Post by half0wl » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 7:15 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #59

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And one more to the casket - https://killedbygoogle.com/

Re: Google Ending Support for Jamboard

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Post by jchw » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 7:16 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #59

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Interesting. A full year of notice is actually pretty good for a Google shutdown if my memory serves correctly.

Re: Google Ending Support for Jamboard

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Post by nikolay » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 7:16 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #59

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Wow! What a bunch of shortsighted people manage Google! First, they launched half-baked products and spend zero effort to evolve them, then, second, they say: "Oh, I didn't attract much adoption." Well, people are NOT stupid - nobody wants to be dealing an agonizing body as it will be a complete lost of time and effort knowing the sure fate in Google's graveyard!

Re: Google Ending Support for Jamboard

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Post by indigo0086 » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 7:16 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #59

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Does anyone have the link showing that many of these now dead projects are just competition projects for Google developers to wrestle for internal status and power, or to escape Google grunthood?

Re: Google Ending Support for Jamboard

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 7:16 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #59

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Re: Google Ending Support for Jamboard

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Post by frutiger » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 7:16 PM UTC

dcchambers wrote: post #2

Sigh. My team uses this quite a bit but it has always been my least favorite of the popular "digital whiteboard" tools. Super limited in capabilities, but at least it was convenient and easy to use. And the de-googlification of my life continues...one app at a time.

It was a pretty bad app. I’m surprised you’ll miss it.

Re: Google Ending Support for Jamboard

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Post by kotaKat » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 7:18 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #59

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It is the day after Google's 25th birthday, where we celebrated not only 25 years of ruining the Internet, but also the 289 products they brought to market and then unceremoniously dumped away.

And now today [as of 9/28/2023 at 3:18 PM ET] we celebrate the 290 products they brought to market and then unceremoniously dumped away.

Re: Google Ending Support for Jamboard

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Post by Raed667 » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 7:19 PM UTC

This is a bummer, I use Jamboard (the software not the hardware) to draw diagrams during Zoom calls and send the link to participants after. I mostly use a Wacom tablet to do the actual drawing.

Any good free alternatives out there ?

Edit: The proposed alternatives they mention in the update (FigJam, Lucidspark, and Miro) really don't fit that workflow.