41 comments

  • Kemie GuaidaKemie Guaida, 7 years ago

    I'm old enough to remember Altavista, Lycos and HotBot

    17 points
    • dave fdave f, 7 years ago

      I'm old enough to remember when Sketch supported punch cards

      10 points
      • Stuart McCoyStuart McCoy, 7 years ago

        I actually worked on a punch card system when I was in the Air Force (network system administrator, '89-'93).

        1 point
    • Joel CalifaJoel Califa, 7 years ago

      Took me years to move over to Google from HotBot (and this was after years of accidentally landing on Astalavista instead of Altavista).

      3 points
    • Jonathan SuhJonathan Suh, 7 years ago (edited 7 years ago )

      AOL 2.5 and Geocities. Ah the days when private chatrooms, Methodus Toolz, punting, and 3-character screen names were cool.

      1 point
    • Alexey LyAlexey Ly, 7 years ago

      Oh.. you bring memories. Just checked, and it turns out that my (almost) first website is STILL on tripod - and I have no idea how to access that account...

      1 point
  • No NameNo Name, 7 years ago

    Why does Dan always say no to my barbecues?

    12 points
    • Luis La TorreLuis La Torre, 7 years ago

      Someone should contact Dan on Twitter and tell him that he is being talked about on DesignerNews!

      0 points
    • Luis La TorreLuis La Torre, 7 years ago

      I just spend a solid 30 minutes stalking Dan Kettering on Google search, I couldn't find anything, I'm assuming he was a fake user generated for the demo.

      1 point
  • Keaton TaylorKeaton Taylor, 7 years ago

    I'm so old I'm dead.

    11 points
  • Rick KhannaRick Khanna, 7 years ago

    It ended in 2010. It wasn't that long ago.

    6 points
  • M HernandezM Hernandez, 7 years ago (edited 7 years ago )

    This looks like a copy of Slack, except everyone can edit everyone else's messages. It even has buttons on messages. And bots.

    4 points
    • dave fdave f, 7 years ago

      It's weird, it's almost like Google Wave came first.

      20 points
    • Jan ZhengJan Zheng, 7 years ago

      ha!! We had a conversation about that the other day. Sounds like Wave was just a little bit ahead of its time

      2 points
    • Sam Bible, 7 years ago

      Coming soon to Slack: asynchronous chat with people outside your office!

      0 points
  • Alec LomasAlec Lomas, 7 years ago

    I miss it so much :(

    3 points
  • Weston VierreggerWeston Vierregger, 7 years ago

    Trick question. No one remember's Google Wave because it sucked and died too fast to matter.

    2 points
  • The Night WatchThe Night Watch, 7 years ago

    I'm so old, I remember when Sketch was still called Drawit.

    Joke aside, I do remember Wave and I used it a lot with a couple of friends. It's a shame that Google terminated it, I never really found that directness and fun of use in any other chat app since.

    2 points
  • sergio jimenez, 7 years ago

    Google Wave wasn't that long ago. Was it? I was expecting something like remember the Palm Pilot or remember FutureSplash.

    1 point
  • John LeschinskiJohn Leschinski, 7 years ago

    Is anyone here under 10?

    1 point
  • Ollie BarkerOllie Barker, 7 years ago

    It's all about dem waves bro.

    1 point
  • Rishi Luchun, 7 years ago

    I'm so old, my first play about with HTML was in GeoCities and AOL was my ISP so Google Wave feels like yesterday

    1 point
  • Daniel HaimDaniel Haim, 7 years ago

    You're saying it as if it's 30 years old.

    0 points
  • Cody IddingsCody Iddings, 7 years ago

    What about the gals?

    0 points
  • Stuart McCoyStuart McCoy, 7 years ago

    I'm old enough to remember a time when the "Internet" was a bunch of BBS' that you had to connect with through an acoustic coupler.

    0 points
  • Rolando MurilloRolando Murillo, 7 years ago

    BoomBang! anyone?

    0 points
  • Dan DiGangiDan DiGangi, 7 years ago

    Absolutely I'm not too young!!

    0 points
  • Mario Uher, 7 years ago

    I miss the Safari 4 Beta with the tabs on the top! :/

    0 points
  • alex huang, 7 years ago

    TWEETY THE TWIT BOT. The OG chatbot.

    0 points
  • Gonçalo MoraisGonçalo Morais, 7 years ago

    I do remember and I miss it dearly! It was a great tool, way ahead of its time. It’s a shame people didn’t get it.

    0 points
  • Joe Blau, 7 years ago (edited 7 years ago )

    The concept of Google Wave was awesome; I'd say even better than Slack. The huge downfall was the interaction because nothing was intuitive. I remember that pressing enter after typing a message didn't do what I thought it should have done.

    I was just trying to organize something with a group of friends on email two weeks ago and said to myself - "I wish Google Wave was still here." I needed the ability to dynamically add someone to our chain and have them keep the whole history. Slack would have worked as well, but most of my friends haven't even heard of slack.

    0 points
  • Joann Weitervoh, 7 years ago

    Actually I haven't heard of this before.

    0 points
  • Irving TorresIrving Torres, 7 years ago

    Second semester of college when I started using it for class. Lasted a few weeks then we dropped it especially after the privacy scandal.

    0 points
  • Jeremy StewartJeremy Stewart, 7 years ago (edited 7 years ago )

    Q: What do physicists enjoy doing the most at sporting events?

    A: The Google Wave

    Q: What did the Pacific Ocean say to the Atlantic Ocean?

    A: Nothing, it just Google Waved.

    Yo' Mama is so fat, every time you smack her butt, you can ride the Google Waves.

    0 points