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> We had mockups that looked like subway maps, implemented floating overlays showing your recent tasks, and we designed the history database to store everything
by MichaelZuo 3y ago
> We had mockups that looked like subway maps, implemented floating overlays showing your recent tasks, and we designed the history database to store everything forever.
That would still be a real innovation over the current 90 day retention maximum.
- yencabulator 3y agoUnfortunately, today's version of that is "Web & App Activity", sent to Google servers with the Terms of Service allowing it to be used for ad targeting and what not. (And I think the real innovation would be showing the branching, not mangling everything into a linear history. But it's harder to show and use well, so it doesn't happen. Very much the same story as editor undo/redo.)