Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Is it just me or does Google really suck lately?

Google, in all their billionaire-ness, has, in my opinion only come out with 3 good products.  Search, Gmail, and Maps.  Everything else is crap.

Custom Homepage API
Google has created an api that allows you to build a module for the Google custom homepage.  Now, I think that would be cool if you could create your own module - then just use it.  But you have to submit your module and, if lucky enough, Google will put it in the directory.  I guess I just really don't like a custom home page - takes too long to load.  So I really don't see how this is cool.

Google Reader
This is crap on so many levels I don't even know where to start.

Gmail WebClips
Gmail is one of the 3 things they did right.  Don't screw it up by adding useless crap like WebClips.  The name is even stupid.

Gmail
When is this going to come out of beta?  It's been like 2 years.  I'm really looking forward to what Yahoo and Microsoft are going to come out with.  Microsoft is already showing signs of moving ahead of Gmail.

Google Calendar
There was a big rumor several days ago about Google announcing a calendar.  That date has come and gone with no calendar but I'm not that sorry.  Based on past launches (see Google Reader) I'm almost dreading what Google is going to come up with.

Google Answers
I have to pay to get a question answered?  What kind of crap is that!  Yahoo's is much better.

Blogger
By now, Google should have changed Blogger up a bit to give it's users more functionality. Granted, I can fully edit the template - but I want categories, stats, multiple pages, etc.  (Note: Blogger's editor really sucks too.  I had to make a change to this post and it totally screwed it up and I had to delete/repost)

Beta/Alpha
I'm tired of hearing about beta products.  If a multi-billion dollar company can't launch a product without tagging it with beta then go away.

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