Google Wave says bye-bye.

[Dave]

RIP Google Wave - Aug. 4, 2010

Google is pulling wave. They are keeping the site active until the end of the year and then totally buh-bye.

Why? Because not enough people liked it. Couldn't be because of the lag, wonky interface or difficulty in getting to it.

 

[SpecialKO]

No joke. Liked the concept, ran slower than molasses.

 

[Dave]

It would have been great for gaming. they even had addons you could put in for things like dice rolling and such.

But alas!

 

[Denbrought]

Yeah, I didn't like it because it was slow as heck on my connection, and it felt bloated if you tried to use it just as a chat. I guess they just tried to cover too wide a range of service.

 

[Rob King]

I was actually using that

Dammit.

 

[Baerdog]

I used it for a bit and then just...stopped. The concept was kinda neat but I couldn't find a way to work it into my normal communication habits.

 

[Krisken]

Yeah, way too slow. Seemed like it did tried to do too much and suffered for it.

 

[Dave]

Ame & I used it a few times for board stuff...but it was so slow we just went to IRC.

 

[Ravenpoe]

Even though this failed (for now) I still love the fact that Google is willing to experiment with this sorta stuff.

 

[Charlie Don't Surf]

I've seen this posted a couple places already and I've been waiting for someone to put it as "Google Waves goodbye to Wave".

 

[Reboneer]

Why? Because not enough people liked it. Couldn't be because of the lag, wonky interface or difficulty in getting to it.

What? When was the last time you used it?

 

[Dave]

I've seen this posted a couple places already and I've been waiting for someone to put it as "Google Waves goodbye to Wave".

I refused to do that joke.