[quote=http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/update-on-google-wave.html]We have always pursued innovative projects because we want to drive breakthroughs in computer science that dramatically improve our users’ lives. Last year at Google I/O, when we launched our developer preview of Google Wave, a web app for real time communication and collaboration, it set a high bar for what was possible in a web browser. We showed character-by-character live typing, and the ability to drag-and-drop files from the desktop, even “playback” the history of changes—all within a browser. Developers in the audience stood and cheered. Some even waved their laptops.
We were equally jazzed about Google Wave internally, even though we weren’t quite sure how users would respond to this radically different kind of communication. The use cases we’ve seen show the power of this technology: sharing images and other media in real time; improving spell-checking by understanding not just an individual word, but also the context of each word; and enabling third-party developers to build new tools like consumer gadgets for travel, or robots to check code.
[i]But despite these wins, and numerous loyal fans, Wave has not seen the user adoption we would have liked. We don’t plan to continue developing Wave as a standalone product, but we will maintain the site at least through the end of the year and extend the technology for use in other Google projects.[/i] The central parts of the code, as well as the protocols that have driven many of Wave’s innovations, like drag-and-drop and character-by-character live typing, are already available as open source, so customers and partners can continue the innovation we began. In addition, we will work on tools so that users can easily “liberate” their content from Wave.
Wave has taught us a lot, and we are proud of the team for the ways in which they have pushed the boundaries of computer science. We are excited about what they will develop next as we continue to create innovations with the potential to advance technology and the wider web.[/quote]
it sucked anyway.
Aaand nothing of value was lost.
It was fun screwing around with it for about two days.
never used it even though i was in the beta so
what the hell was it supposed to be anyways
when i tried it out all i saw was a clusterfuck of shit
Got in the beta, tried it out once and decided it was useless to me.
Seems most others felt the same way.
Only time I ever used it was with a few facepunchers so we could plan secret strategies for online risk
As if anyone was excited about it.
I'll actually kinda miss this, it was a cool project notes tool for working with a team on a site/application.
My friends would never shut the fuck up about wave
I... I actually liked it.
Am I alone on this one?
No relevance for consumers, only businesses.
Move along
It was great until I finally could use it.
It was a cool technology, but there wasn't much need for it in the context. Hopefully someone can use this later on for enhancing other things.
First time I've heard of a failed Google endeavor.
there wasnt much of a point to it
[QUOTE=NightmareXx;23836707]there wasnt much of a point to it[/QUOTE]
From what I saw of it, I didn't really understand what the big deal was. But that's from what I knew of it.
I was actually wondering about this earlier today
But yes...nothing of value was lost
I've never heard of it until now.
[QUOTE=Wii60;23835797]never used it even though i was in the beta so[/QUOTE]
You invited me and I never got to thank you, so thank you.
What was Wave supposed to do anyway?
My friend and I used this for collaborating on our French Project. Its pretty useful when you need it.
[QUOTE=Hexxeh;23835995]I'll actually kinda miss this, it was a cool project notes tool for working with a team on a site/application.[/QUOTE]
Case of Point: Emotiv ePOC.
It was ok for the first few hours really. Really confusing at first to
I miss is already :c
I used it all the time :P
I knew it was going to fail the second I tried it. Which was pretty much right after they made it available.
[QUOTE=Wii60;23835797]never used it even though i was in the beta so[/QUOTE]
i just remembered i had a wave. i abandoned it after i realized it was useless to my endeavors.
It kind of worked weird and I respect google for standing back and saying "uh uh, lets go back to the drawing board and try something new" instead of "lets keep funneling resources into a so-so project".
[QUOTE=-Chief-;23837547]What was Wave supposed to do anyway?[/QUOTE]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDu2A3WzQpo[/media]
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