Karl Bode
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Re: Is Google quality dropping as it overreaches
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As Google continues to roll out Beta after Beta of new tools and services, I detect a dropping off of quality and a reduction in the usefulness of their offerings. Now that they are investor driven I think they are trying too hard to continually come up with new products.
You know Rich, I agree with you 100%.
I love their search engine and GMail. My 5Mbps 20ms connection does not need a broadband accelerator, however. Looks good to investors to see such "innovation" though.
IM client lacked half of the features found on competing products, yet was met with raving adoration.
I think Google is effectively building a cult following much like Apple, wherein every inane innovation gets 300% more attention than it actually deserves. Cultists (I'm sorry, did I say that out loud?), bloggers, and analysts virally create a positive PR wall of sound investors simply love. |
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JonR800
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join:2003-08-06
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| said by Karl Bode  :IM client lacked half of the features found on competing products, yet was met with raving adoration. I think that's what most liked about it. It was a really nice clean interface without all the clutter of AIM/ICQ/MSN. I will admit that it could have used a file transfer function though. |
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djrobx
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| I'm disappointed in the IM client. It's clean and simple (as would be expected from google), BUT it's missing the basic ability to do a file transfer. I expected powerful elegance from Google, not just a primitive chat program.
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Shack
join:2002-01-17
Bloomington, IN | Well it is a Beta, as are pretty much everything else except the search engine. Maps.Google is pretty nice and Google earth is great. |
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