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One more product that Google retires. I like Gmail, Google, etc but the way Google deprecate their product start to concern me.

by daok 11y ago

skj 11y ago
Might have something to do with another comment in this thread... > I didn't even realize they offered this - CloudFlare really seems to dominate the narrative in this area. Is this something you used? Does its turndown affect you? anyone?
- buren 11y ago
  I've used CloudFlare in a number of projects, usually with great results. Though occasionally they have problems, but that's usually a local issue with one of their data centers. One thing that would be awesome is if you could add a Google Analytics tracking code, so you could track how often their error page is shown.
91bananas 11y ago
Gmail and "Google" aren't going anywhere.
- seanp2k2 11y ago
  No, but any company doing something interesting which they acquire can expect to have their product discontinued in a couple of years max.
- wahsd 11y ago
  I am guessing you don't mean that Gmail hasn't really progressed in many years now. Sure, they've bolted on features and functionality, but they have also probably intentionally delayed or been distracted from adding real value because e.g., it would have competed or distracted from other projects like G+ by, e.g., improving the contacts view, which is really rather unusable. Another issue that bothers the hell out of me is that with all the scanning of emails they do they can't figure out a probably date and time from emails that were turned into events, which mention a date and time in the body or subject. Something I also find rather annoying is that you can't filter messages only to me from a specific sender but without any other recipients.
  - derefr 11y ago
    Gmail progressed; it progressed so far people probably wouldn't like it if it was changed out from under them (like with New Coke) so they called the progression Inbox instead.
Kiro 11y ago
Honest question: besides Google Reader, what has Google terminated that people actually used?
- missblit 11y ago
  Google Code Search RIP :-(
- gtk40 11y ago
  Web apps that I used on a daily basis: Notebook (very simple and there are others, but none have been as good IMO), Code Search, [Reader], iGoogle, SMS (although they killed it just before I got a smartphone. I would still use it for when I don't have data though). Other sites that I used from time to time and miss: Meebo (mainly before Google purchase, but continued to use sometimes), Knol (I contributed to it and thought it was great), Video (I preferred the interface to YT and uploaded stuff to it until I no longer could), Answers (love reading it, great idea)
- pixelbath 11y ago
  From personal experience: Search API: used to be able to submit keywords and get XML results back, now it's AJAX-only and spits out formatted HTML, only 10 results, and different from real search results. Mostly useful for people involved in SEO. No big loss without it, but just means you have to scrape SERPs instead of getting them nicely bundled up. Desktop: I used it for a while, then found Everything (http://www.voidtools.com/ http://www.voidtools.com/) which is far faster and more responsive. Bookmarks: Edit: It is still there. Health: I didn't use this directly, but many of us in the healthcare industry were looking to see how Google could shake things up. Apparently, PHI is hard and Google discontinued their service. Voice: It hasn't been discontinued yet, but I feel certain this will be the next big product to go. The service (and app) hasn't been updated in years, there is no clear monetization strategy aside from international VOIP calling (which other applications do better), and the messaging portion is mostly covered by cellular carriers as "visual voicemail" with the widespread use of smartphones.
  - snowwrestler 11y ago

One more product that Google retires. I like Gmail, Google, etc but the way Google deprecate their product start to concern me.

by daok 11y ago

One more product that Google retires. I like Gmail, Google, etc but the way Google deprecate their product start to concern me.

skj 11y ago

Might have something to do with another comment in this thread... > I didn't even realize they offered this - CloudFlare really seems to dominate the narrative in this area. Is this something you used? Does its turndown affect you? anyone?

buren 11y ago
I've used CloudFlare in a number of projects, usually with great results. Though occasionally they have problems, but that's usually a local issue with one of their data centers. One thing that would be awesome is if you could add a Google Analytics tracking code, so you could track how often their error page is shown.

91bananas 11y ago

Gmail and "Google" aren't going anywhere.

seanp2k2 11y ago
No, but any company doing something interesting which they acquire can expect to have their product discontinued in a couple of years max.
wahsd 11y ago
I am guessing you don't mean that Gmail hasn't really progressed in many years now. Sure, they've bolted on features and functionality, but they have also probably intentionally delayed or been distracted from adding real value because e.g., it would have competed or distracted from other projects like G+ by, e.g., improving the contacts view, which is really rather unusable. Another issue that bothers the hell out of me is that with all the scanning of emails they do they can't figure out a probably date and time from emails that were turned into events, which mention a date and time in the body or subject. Something I also find rather annoying is that you can't filter messages only to me from a specific sender but without any other recipients.
- derefr 11y ago
  Gmail progressed; it progressed so far people probably wouldn't like it if it was changed out from under them (like with New Coke) so they called the progression Inbox instead.

Kiro 11y ago

Honest question: besides Google Reader, what has Google terminated that people actually used?

missblit 11y ago
Google Code Search RIP :-(
gtk40 11y ago
Web apps that I used on a daily basis: Notebook (very simple and there are others, but none have been as good IMO), Code Search, [Reader], iGoogle, SMS (although they killed it just before I got a smartphone. I would still use it for when I don't have data though). Other sites that I used from time to time and miss: Meebo (mainly before Google purchase, but continued to use sometimes), Knol (I contributed to it and thought it was great), Video (I preferred the interface to YT and uploaded stuff to it until I no longer could), Answers (love reading it, great idea)
pixelbath 11y ago
From personal experience: Search API: used to be able to submit keywords and get XML results back, now it's AJAX-only and spits out formatted HTML, only 10 results, and different from real search results. Mostly useful for people involved in SEO. No big loss without it, but just means you have to scrape SERPs instead of getting them nicely bundled up. Desktop: I used it for a while, then found Everything (http://www.voidtools.com/ http://www.voidtools.com/) which is far faster and more responsive. Bookmarks: Edit: It is still there. Health: I didn't use this directly, but many of us in the healthcare industry were looking to see how Google could shake things up. Apparently, PHI is hard and Google discontinued their service. Voice: It hasn't been discontinued yet, but I feel certain this will be the next big product to go. The service (and app) hasn't been updated in years, there is no clear monetization strategy aside from international VOIP calling (which other applications do better), and the messaging portion is mostly covered by cellular carriers as "visual voicemail" with the widespread use of smartphones.
- snowwrestler 11y ago