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Google Kills Wave Development

Posted by timothy on from the harshing-on-mellow dept.

We've mentioned several times over the past two years Wave, Google's ambitiously multi-channel, perhaps plain overwhelming entry in the social media wars. Now, reader mordejai writes "Google stated in its official blog that they will not continue developing Wave as a standalone product. It's sad, because it had a lot of potential to improve communications, but Google never promoted it well, denying it a chance to replace email and other collaboration tools for many uses."

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  1. 64 bit web site by TopSpin · · Score: 3, Funny

    I really enjoyed watching Chrome swell up to 3GB resident memory, and then detonate, while wading through all that dynamic "content." The core files were... remarkable.

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  2. Re:I really liked it by TooMuchToDo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Please don't like Gmail or Google Calendar. I don't won't those to go away too! ;)

  3. Re:Did anyone ever actively use it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Use a development model that isn't just a bunch of bullshit buzzwords for a middle-out model? Perhaps use amazing modern technology like the telephone or email, and actually put someone in charge of your project instead of relying on flaky feelgood collaboration? Maybe use a repository like the rest of the software world? Or simply join a rugby club where your agile scrum and collaborative sprint abilities will be rewarded?

    Glad to help.

  4. Wave goodbye! by jolyonr · · Score: 3, Funny

    *waves*

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  5. Re:Did anyone ever actively use it? by welcher · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe the problem was that the users of Wave also used phrases like "hyper rapid content development among small groups of dispersed people." Painful.

  6. Re:Did anyone ever actively use it? by tophermeyer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Painful.

    It's buzzword friendly! It allows you to leverage your synergies or something.

  7. Re:Did anyone ever actively use it? by Ash+Vince · · Score: 3, Funny

    hyper rapid

    lol, try saying "very fast" and then maybe normal people will take you seriously :)

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  8. That's about right. by Minwee · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess the guys at Google couldn't figure out what it was for either.

  9. Re:Did anyone ever actively use it? by WaroDaBeast · · Score: 4, Funny

    You mean, things like "redefine turn-key web-readiness," "iterate cross-media platforms," or "unleash proactive schemas"?

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