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Re: Google Saves

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Post by jccalhoun »

netghost wrote: post #43
keyle wrote: post #6

del.icio.us 2.0? I've already lost all my saves once.

Hey delicious is still around, not great, but around. In fact if you poke around in their UI (I think it was going to export) you can get redirected to one of the old UIs from before it got sold and web2.0y.

they are going back to the old version. there seem to be some pains in the reversion since some times i will go there and get the old look and then the next time i go there it will give me the "new" look. (It might be caching or something but it is inconsistent)

Re: Google Saves

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Post by dannyr »

takeda wrote: post #51
dannyr wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can say the same for every early-stage startups since most of them die anyway.

At least here you have a guarantee that it'll disappear.

So all Google services are guaranteed to disappear?

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Post by dannyr »

dogecoinbase wrote: post #39
dannyr wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Should Google only work on things that it could guarantee to run for at least a few years no matter how it is performing?

Google can do what they like -- but at this point, without such a guarantee, their history shows that it would be unwise to take the time to integrate their side projects into one's life or workflow.

What do you say is the percentage of their products that disappeared versus those that still exists?

It seems like there are a lot of Google products out there that are 5+ years old.

Re: Google Saves

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Post by realcul »

so basically v2 of google notebook... I loved Google notebook..too bad they discontinued that and now is back in a different form.. hope this lives on for a little longer.

Re: Google Saves

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Post by jasonbereklewis »

Would be really cool if the amount of times a web page is saved was factored into search results. Also would be interesting if you could make 'saves' Public or Private. This could have been the 'social' backbone to Google rather than G+.

Re: Google Saves

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Post by victorhooi »

personjerry wrote: post #49
mkhalil wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Before even clicking on the comments, I knew this was going to be top comment. And it just goes to show how bad it's gotten lately. But then I think of all the other stuff Google does for free. A company that has so many products and offerings is just bound to have a few that they shut down. Some of them are inexcusable though.

For popular products (especially ones that have been purchased, re: Revolv), they should at least have an advanced warning and a lengthy "transitionary" period.

Was Revolv ever popular though?

I thought the whole point was it wasn't popular - they were a home automation also-ran, who basically nearly went bankrupt in 2014 - got bought out in an acqui-hire, immediately ceased selling the product, then kept the servers on life-support for 2 more years.

E.g. -

http://www.cepro.com/article/theories_on_home_automation_hub... http://recode.net/2014/10/24/nest-acquires-home-automation-h...

If they were actually popular, I suspect they would have been where Samsung SmartHub, or Nest is now.

It's like when people talk about Google Reader, or Wave.

I loved both of those products - but I don't try and kid myself that they ever got traction with the mainstream masses.

Yes, nerds get angry when you shut down things they love, but we're also probably a minority - and it costs money/engineering effort to ensure these things continue to run well.

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