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minus-squareGrimlo9ic ( Grimlo9ic@kbin.social ) linkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 years agoOh man, I knew there were a lot but I had no idea. I remember when Google Wave was demo’ed to a live audience, there were audible ooohs and aaahs from the crowd. It was such a mindblowing idea 14 years ago, shame it never really got off the ground.
minus-squareHobbitFoot ( HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoTwo things killed it. First, it was a slow resource hog. Second, it was productivity software at a time when work IM was hard to get people to use.
minus-squarebillwashere ( billwashere@vlemmy.net ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 years agoGoogle wave wasn’t really killed. It’s functionality is pretty much built into google docs.
Oh man, I knew there were a lot but I had no idea.
I remember when Google Wave was demo’ed to a live audience, there were audible ooohs and aaahs from the crowd. It was such a mindblowing idea 14 years ago, shame it never really got off the ground.
Two things killed it.
First, it was a slow resource hog. Second, it was productivity software at a time when work IM was hard to get people to use.
Google wave wasn’t really killed. It’s functionality is pretty much built into google docs.