The news these days about Google, but this time, not talking about the introduction of new products, but the withdrawal of some programs and services to historians.
In general I am not writing this news because when a product online is removed, in general, is why not use it any more and you'll hardly notice its disappearance.
With Google products but it is difficult to speak of the dead and, although some features have not been as successful as hoped (see the best of Google services, the less known and failures), there is always a consumer niche.
But Google is changing this year and the full head of Larry Page said that all efforts will be concentrated on core services (research and advertising), on consumer products (YouTube, Chrome, Android) and the latest news (Google + Google Commerce and Google Local Search into Google Maps).
Specifically, Google announced on its blog that:
- The Google directory does not exist anymore .
- Closes Labs .
- Google Toolbar for Firefox will no longer be updated and therefore is incompatible with Firefox 5 or later. - Google Directory does not miss anyone, but part of the history of the Internet and the most romantic and old surfers may be disappointed that it is now closed. As stated by going to www.google.com / dirhp , Google Directory is no longer available. The Google Directory was opened in 2000 in competition with the Yahoo Directory, was a list of top sites on the internet and organized by category and an automated method of ranking. The Google Directory is based on the Open Directory Project (ODP), also known as dmoz , is a list of sites that still updated by volunteers.
- The fact that Google Labs is closed rather surprised myself that every time you enjoyed coming out to see if new programs. In Google Labs are those services and products still in the testing phase, which could develop into embryos official or services that may be withdrawn. From Google Labs are born popular sites such as iGoogle, Google Maps, Personalized Search, Google Docs, Google Reader, Google Groups. Going into Google Labs today there are still 56 products including some that I mentioned this blog with some enthusiasm: first of all Google Browser Body to explore the human body , then the last Google product Swiffy to convert SWF to HTML, Android App Inventor, Aardvark, Google Goggles, Google Moderator, Google Code Search, Warehouse Scribe, Art Project, and many others. As he writes on the Google Blog , the various projects in Google Labs, will be withdrawn if not entirely, will be integrated into other existing products. not disappear but the sections Gmail Labs TestTube Maps and Lab - The third piece of news might surprise some people loyal to the Google Toolbar will no longer be available for Firefox , or better, will not be updated for Firefox 5 or later.
Many were surprised to see that Google had not updated its toolbar for Firefox 5 . The answer is that Google does not want to update your Google Toolbar to Firefox even if not formally declared a withdrawal of the product. On a page of the guide is clearly written that: " Toolbar is not available for Firefox 5 or later . " On that same page several add-ins are recommended to substitute the functions of the toolbar.
The truth is that Google is trying to move users around the world to the Google Chrome browser and is By checking in Firefox. But who want to install the Google Toolbar on Firefox also Firefox 5 6 7 and Firefox can do the same first installing the Add-on Compatibility Reporter who does nothing but remove the control compatibility.
I have ruined the day the news or do you not care about?
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