"No more development"
Well, a while back I blogged about Google Wave and how it wasn’t turning out to be quite what Google intended. Seems I was right, as TechCrunch reports today.
I still haven’t figured out what Google Wave was for, or how it could best be used. Without users it is pretty much useless and as it turns out, Google have been disappointed by the take up of their actually brilliant technology and as such are stopping development of it. They’ve opened up bits of the code to allow developers to continue where they are leaving off and say it will stay live – but they won’t rule out shutting it down in the future.
It is a shame, because when you look at it it’s a huge step forward. Perhaps it was just ahead of its time, who knows? Either way, Google are done with it. Can developers make it more user friendly and appealing to the masses? Maybe, time will tell, but again, without users it’s useless.
I hope Google doesn’t get to down about this and continue to innovate. They do it SO well.
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