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>I'm amazed at the extent to which Google Meet's user interface remains at a preliminary technology demonstration or undergraduate project level of user interfa

>I'm amazed at the extent to which Google Meet's user interface remains at a preliminary technology demonstration or undergraduate project level of user interface design. Google specializes in starting projects, not refining or maintaining them as part of some strategic vision. Expect to see Meet in the Google Graveyard in a few years when some enterprising L4 decides he needs a promotion and creates Google Meetings (not to be confused with Meet).

madeofpalk 3y ago
> not to be confused with Meet Or Meet (original) https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/google-meet-original/id1013231476 https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/google-meet-original/id1013231...
- j5155 3y ago
  Or Duo, or Hangouts…
  - ruined 3y ago
    duo was renamed to meet. the original meet was originally named hangouts meet, which was distinct from hangouts the consumer product, but not from hangouts the business product, which hangouts meet (later "meet" and now "meet original") was part of along with hangouts chat (different from "classic" hangouts which continued the discontinued google+ hangouts) which is now google chat (not gchat aka gtalk, which got merged into hangouts). in 2019, google announced gsuite hangouts users would be migrated to google chat and google meet (that's meet original) and consumer hangouts would be discontinued. in 2020 for obvious reasons the original hangouts cancellation and the other hangouts cancellation were both cancelled. eventually google launched google chat (for consumers) and google meet, and finally discontinued the last consumer hangouts. at this point i think all users of all of google's hangoutses have been migrated to one of the google chats or meets, or back to the google voice app (for voice customers). but if you're still using meet original you're supposed to migrate to meet (originally duo).
- isoprophlex 3y ago
  Let's hope someone will one day try to conquer dating, google style, with Google Meat.
jvm___ 3y ago
I mean, if you want to always be on the cutting edge, then a new technology rewrite every few years keeps you from sinking into the corporate pit that caught blockbuster. You always stay relevant at the cost of annoying non-paying customers (who won't have any meaningful recourse to complain or to stop paying you). It kind of makes sense, as long as you don't care about your customers.
- the_snooze 3y ago
  I don't entirely agree with your assessment, because Google still got caught flatfooted on LLMs despite years of fits and starts on various voice assistants and Gmail/Docs writing suggestions.

madeofpalk 3y ago

> not to be confused with Meet Or Meet (original) https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/google-meet-original/id1013231476 https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/google-meet-original/id1013231...

j5155 3y ago
Or Duo, or Hangouts…
- ruined 3y ago
  duo was renamed to meet. the original meet was originally named hangouts meet, which was distinct from hangouts the consumer product, but not from hangouts the business product, which hangouts meet (later "meet" and now "meet original") was part of along with hangouts chat (different from "classic" hangouts which continued the discontinued google+ hangouts) which is now google chat (not gchat aka gtalk, which got merged into hangouts). in 2019, google announced gsuite hangouts users would be migrated to google chat and google meet (that's meet original) and consumer hangouts would be discontinued. in 2020 for obvious reasons the original hangouts cancellation and the other hangouts cancellation were both cancelled. eventually google launched google chat (for consumers) and google meet, and finally discontinued the last consumer hangouts. at this point i think all users of all of google's hangoutses have been migrated to one of the google chats or meets, or back to the google voice app (for voice customers). but if you're still using meet original you're supposed to migrate to meet (originally duo).
isoprophlex 3y ago
Let's hope someone will one day try to conquer dating, google style, with Google Meat.

jvm___ 3y ago

I mean, if you want to always be on the cutting edge, then a new technology rewrite every few years keeps you from sinking into the corporate pit that caught blockbuster. You always stay relevant at the cost of annoying non-paying customers (who won't have any meaningful recourse to complain or to stop paying you). It kind of makes sense, as long as you don't care about your customers.

the_snooze 3y ago
I don't entirely agree with your assessment, because Google still got caught flatfooted on LLMs despite years of fits and starts on various voice assistants and Gmail/Docs writing suggestions.