Rest in Peace, Google Wave [Google]

While I know that it was useful during manhunts and that Lifehacker loves it, I still don\’t really understand Google Wave. But no more worrying about this particular lack of expertise though, because Google appears to be abandoning the project:

Wave has not seen the user adoption we needed. We don\’t plan to continue developing Wave as a standalone product, but we can maintain the location as a minimum throughout the end of the year and extend the technology for use in other Google projects. The central parts of the code, in addition as the protocols that have driven a lot of Wave\’s innovations, like drag-and-drop and character-by-character live typing, are already available as open source, so customers and partners can continue the innovation we began. Additionally, we will be able to work on tools so that users can easily \” liberate\” their content from Wave.

Wave has taught us plenty, and we are happy with the team for the ways during which they have got pushed the limits of computer science. We are concerned with what they’re going to develop next as we continue to create innovations with the capability to advance technology and the wider web.

Rest in peace, Google Wave. I really never understood or used you. [Google Blog via TechCrunch]

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