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- silent1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Top Failed "Technology" for the last decade: Intelligent discourse in a public forum on the Internet. :-)
- jiminoc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5that website sucks so bad I can't even bother reading the 15 words per page before the "NEXT" link shows up.
fire the designer - compu73rg33k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4CD Copy Protection is definitely a failure. Suck on that Sony and company.
- SweetsGreen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I would hardly call Gmail a failure.....
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Two more topics just for fun:
High-def audio: While not better than CD quality, if your player supports high bit-rate content (WMA/MP3/OGG/whatever) then use it. A 256k MP3 sounds quite a bit nicer than a 128k in some music, and you could even go higher. 128k seems to be a sort of baseline because it sounds "good enough", and 96k, the next real step down, sounds "like crap".
Dual graphics cards: They exist, they've existed in their current form for a while (albeit only in small quantities). Then of course there was the Voodoo (which had SLI on specialty boards), the Voodoo2 (popular in SLI configs), and for multi-chip (similar to SLI) boards, the Rage Maxx, The Voodoo 5x/6x... yada yada. Its nothing new and like the other things in this article, has nothing to do with the article's topic.
They might as well had said that Macs were on the list. They have a tiny market share, were and always are pretty hyped, and only relatively small numbers of new users are coming over to them. I guess they are a total bust, just like Gmail and the other stuff. - mianos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Just in case anyone did not do stats101, a trend 'The general direction in which something tends to move.' By that definition that article hits a near zero on the fact factor. Almost every thing on the list did not fail to participate in a material trend. They are all growing:
The BTX Form Factor - starting but growing. PCs are getting smaller.
High-Definition Video on the PC. The new video cards are getting HD support and HD content production is small but growing (particularly in the TV size of the business).
- High Fidelity Digital Audio - growing (although he's the guy who thinks transistors were the downfall of hifi)
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition - growing
High Definition Optical Drives - he may be right about this one but we are talking trends. They are still negotiating standards.
Copy Protection for Music CDs - growing (well der, if it was not growing no one would have noticed the issues).
iPod Competitors Emerge - as they are, it's a trend. The iPod is an OK player but other people are starting to make players as good.
The Digital Home - growing. How many people are buying theater PCs? Did he notice that MS media center is growing in sales? (Probably not as he made the rest up).
Google's Gmail Service - this one is so obviously growing the credibility of the whole article is compromised.
Dual Graphics Cards - this one is currently growing in the enthusiasts market. It will retract again as it has done in the past but it 100% was a trend in 2005. - jesusphreak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i6koi, with all due respect, I don't think offering more space is revolutionary. Its more like a natural evolution.
- Frools, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2• The BTX Form Factor - agree
• High-Definition Video on the PC - sort of agree, got plenty from 'dubious sources' ;)
• High Fidelity Digital Audio - mainstream agree got plenty 'dubious sources' too tho ;)
• Windows XP Professional x64 Edition - agree
• High Definition Optical Drives - agree unfortunately :(
• Copy Protection for Music CDs - lol yes agree
• iPod Competitors Emerge - plenty of competitors and betters, too many sheep :(
• The Digital Home - agree
• Google's Gmail Service - no, gmail rocks
• Dual Graphics Cards - no, sli took off in a big way imo - mirunit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1SLI and Crossfire a failure? No.
In conclusion... no - dhoefler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I normally don't post negative comments on digg, but seriously... this was the most rediculous top 10 list I've ever read.
- xerohour, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This article is a worthless pile of *****.
- monolith, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1the ipod killer.
- mikecpeck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I was agreeing with them until they mentioned Gmail. Gmail rocks. Not because it is from Google, but it changed the way I deal with email. I don't delete. I don't categorize. I don't need no stinkin Outlook client. Plus, nearly 3gb of free space? What were they thinking, Gmail hardly fails.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@CaughtThinking
Your first paragraph isn't very relavent. At least, "these people [making] money off ads" isn't. Of course they do; they all do, including Yahoo. Ease of use is also highly suggestive. Personally, I prefer Gmail's over any other system I have used. I'll admit that server errors are annoying on Gmail, but whenever they happen to me, clicking refresh has always fixed it (and you can still access your email via POP forwarding while the web frontend is down).
As far as "javascript crap" goes, you need it to use Yahoo's basic design, as well. Sure, you can use their old (IMO, crufty) system, but there is an HTML-version of Gmail, too (and it actually looks 90% the same, unlike Yahoo's).
The "dumb 'convenience'" you speak of is actually what brought many, if not most, users to Gmail. It is what has kept me there, too. - McCaesar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Because they weren't immediately successful or changed the world, they were failures?
- TwoDotOh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Does this person have their fingers anywhere NEAR the pulse of the tech realm?
- corebreach, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Consumers don't want multiple standards. DVD was successful because there was only one standard."
SO TRUE!!!!!! - suicidal-kid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I have to dissagree with Gmail and CrossFire.
- jaderobbins, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The article should have been titled "the tech treands i was following that i don't worry about anymore" this was a rather biased article where the author tends to think that he is the industry.
- CaughtThinking, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1How about if Digg published total number of users per each email provider, then who'd win.
- MioTheGreat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1gmail and x64 failures? Like hell.
x64 is my main OS, and it's much more stable than 32bit XP, and Gmail is great. - Philodox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"a few companies—Gateway being the most significant example—are shipping BTX desktop systems."
What about dell? Last I checked they were pretty big, and also shipping BTX. - richstyles, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I was hoping for something more about those pesky buzz words that captivate people with vagueness. The article just covers a lot of tech that's ahead of its time or blocked by corporate stubbornness not any failure to catch on.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Gmail is a nice, slim email system. It reminds me of how free email used to be. I dont personally care for virus scanning, I dont send people executables, and I use linux. It has free POP and SMTP access, its very fast, and has a nice storage limit. When gmail came out, I think Yahoo had a 10 or 20MB limit. Hotmail used to have 2MB I think, or something along those lines.. Maybe it was 5MB. I remember wondering how Google could pull off such a huge difference in storage... I guess Google is used to storing and manipulating insane amounts of data, and email probably compresses pretty darn well...
It's easy to get an account if you have a cell phone. The added difficulty in registering does seem to keep them from getting a lot of spammers and crazies, which would definitely be an issue with the free SMTP.
If Yahoo added free POP and SMTP, I'd consider using them as a primary account again, but until then, Gmail is my favorite. Yes, there are proxies like YPOPS! that allow POP/SMTP access to Yahoo, but they are slow, unreliable, and require you to run yet another service in the background... - codeyman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0blah... more of a rant and a personal opinion
- Chaos12, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Stopped reading when he said Gmail sucked
- dangson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0>> Stopped reading when he said Gmail sucked
Too bad that was on the second to last page.
Stupid navigation forces you to see ads. - kdehead, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0what are they on about? Gmail IS my primary mail address. use it all the time.
- JayA, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0His logic was severely flawed. Too bad, these "best/worst lists" can often be funny and a good read. This one is a waste of bandwidth.
- TheKillDoctor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Ah... use Gmail as my primary email? I have 5 primary email ID's, two ISP names, Groupwise, Lotus Notes, and Gmail.
Also SLI is not a failure either, though I do wish I could afford another 7800gtx.
Otherwise minus the above the article hit the nail on the head. - fox40, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1They just dissed Gmail because they obviously werent invited
- Darth_tater, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0yeah.... gmail is awesome and yes i use it as my primary email.
hear hear! - randylovin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Gmail still says "Beta" WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Merciless whining about stuff you want, but isn't out yet, does not constitute a "Failed tech trend".
+Digg for article. No kudos to the author though. I find his findings "shallow and pedantic". - brandon_w, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Gmail? Practically everyone I know uses gmail these days...
- jasonwert, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1How dare they knock thy lord and savior Google!
- Namco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Their take on Gmail is just dumb. Makes this article teh suck!!11
- jervana, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I don't have Gmail, but i thought it was doing pretty good though. the article does make a good point as to why should it still be called "beta" and why people have to be invited. what's the point in that???
- Anarkast, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This must be a joke!
- launchpadtt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0What the hell is gmail doing there? I use gmail as my main e-mail
- transpot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I love Gmail.. The simple AJAX based interface makes other webmail services hard to beat it. And I cannot live without the mail search function.
- PimpMoDee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I heart my Gmail.
- lukas88, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0even if you don't use gmail, when it came out yahoo and hotmail had extremely small storage limits. because of competition now they have increased dramatically. remember how unbelievable a gig of storage space seemed? alot of people didn't believe it till they saw it for themselves. so gmail has been beneficial even to people who don't use gmail.
- lukas88, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0chalk me up as another extremely satasfied gmail user, author needs to check himself
- uacheesehead, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The rips on gmail are completely unfounded and ludicrous. That alone kills the value of this article. No digg. LAME.
- BLiNDNeSS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Same as above Gmail is my main email. Yahoo and Hotmail have become wonderfull spam boxes. No digg.
- lillydreams, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I remembered I was desperate for a gmail account early last year, and throughout the year I heard from people wanting invites. I would hardly call it a failure. It is my primary email account, and I enjoy the simplistic layout and the starring and archiving feature are my best friends. 2gb of storage helps, though I'll never use it, which is probably why google offered it up.
I find it hypocritical for this website to on the one hand call gmail a failure, and on the other say it revolutionized the way companies look at free web based email. And to use the beta tag against gmail? Don't these people know that Google uses the term 'Beta' very liberally. Virtually everything Google produced was in an extended beta period, even after it was complete. Actually, it wasn't until fairly recently that Google started officially releasing stuff from Beta. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Do you have a Gmail address? If so, raise your hand. Ah, good, there are a few. Now, do you use your Gmail account as your primary account to actually send and receive mail? Riiigghhht, most of you put your hands down."
Where does he get his facts? Obviously by walking up to a random group of people he knows and asking for a show of hands. Get real. You can't claim to know how many people do and don't use their gmail account you moron.
You can hardly claim gmail was a failure. Infact, it's been nothing but successful so far. If it wasn't, they wouldn't keep it around.
And who CARES if it says beta. It's because it is, and problems do arise as they add new features. How can you basically praise yahoo mail as being from the gods, and then belittle gmail for still being in beta when your precious yahoo is still beta too?
You can't say gmail was a failure. I use it every day as my primary email. Until yahoo gives out FREE pop mail...you and yahoo's "outlook like" interface can kiss my ass. - midgetbus87, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0gmail.
- trajceski, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0No digg………
I disagree with a lot of points from that so-called “article” (gmail, x64 Edition, Dual Graphics Cards – failure??? I don’t think so…)
OMG terrible web design - Overdose, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I always use my Gmail.
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