On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Andy <[email protected]> wrote: > It is not absurd, you are even warned on the Labs settings page. >> Gmail Labs is a testing ground for experimental features that aren't >> quite ready for primetime. They may *change*, *break* or *disappear* at >> any time. >> > > That doesn't make it any less absurd. >
I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on that. To me, the statement above means exactly what it says so I do not expect any more or less from a lab. > > What 'fad of the day' are you referring to? >> > > All the ones that Google proudly introduces, then later quashes. > Examples please. How many experiments have they made now into social networking? Why was > more than one necessary? How many tools did they introduce and then two > years later kill off? > I don't know the answers to any of these. What's wrong with experimenting? If one product doesn't work, try something else. Everybody is continuously looking for the 'next big thing', Google is probably no exception. > It would be like Google announcing tomorrow that they are phasing out > Gmail. I wouldn't put it past them. > I seriously doubt they would phase out something that targets advertising to 26M+ users (IIRC). It's all well and good that things are changing, and nothing is guaranteed > (even if you pay for it). Just the same, killing off a 'product' when lots > of people are still using it, shows you how Google was not serious with > that product, which kind of makes it a fad of the day. It was great while > the powers at Google liked it; but they can turn around in an instant and > decide that millions of users were wrong for liking it. THAT is the fact > of life with Google. > What product was killed off that millions of users were using? Why do you always state things as fact but never provide the details? Do you suppose that Google people spend their time dreaming up ways to pee off their users? -- Marko -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
