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Google Reader + Google Talk (the chat app) were incredible. I had an ancient Blackberry Bold 9000 with 128MB RAM on which Gtalk absolutely flew. It's shocking h
by rchaud 3y ago
Google Reader + Google Talk (the chat app) were incredible. I had an ancient Blackberry Bold 9000 with 128MB RAM on which Gtalk absolutely flew. It's shocking how laggy modern chat apps are by comparison.
- MrRolleyes 3y ago> It's shocking how laggy modern chat apps are by comparison. Also how little content they can actually fit on screen. When you optimize for press release photos everyone suffers.
- nextos 3y agoIt was also incredible how standards-compliant they were. Google Reader was feeding on RSS data, and Google Talk was a XMPP/Jabber client that respected federation and all that. Google was even pivotal for the development of Jingle, XMPP's VoIP extension. Peak Web 2.0.
- jauntywundrkind 3y agoBack when the Internet was for internetworking sites together, not just a dumb pipe to connect you to walled gardens protected by impressive moats & highest of walls.