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Why you can't trust the cloud: Google shutters Notebook
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Posted by Gorski
Jan 16, 2009 at 05:01 PM
Google is abandoning Google Notebook:
http://googlenotebookblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/stopping-development-on-google-notebook.html
I’ve been using Google Notebook for a while to store Web snippets. I didn’t put anything really important to me in there, and I can dump what I have to HTML or Google Docs, but it’s annoying nonetheless.
Posted by Tom S.
Jan 17, 2009 at 04:24 PM
Very annoying. Like you, I didn’t put anything important there. But project management is a gap in the Google PIM plan (assuming there is a plan) and I’m wondering how they are going to fill it.
Generally speaking, I always send relevant pages to gmail and file it there (very easy if you have the Google toolbar - a simple right click). But still, very annoying.
Tom S.
Posted by Michal
Jan 17, 2009 at 06:27 PM
(I tried to post earlier—I hope my post doesn’t appear twice.)
Yup, definitely annoying to say the least. Let’s hope Gmail doesn’t bite the dust ;)
Alternative online note-taking applications I’m considering:
- Evernote: http://evernote.com/
- UberNote: http://www.ubernote.com/webnote/pages/default.aspx
- Zoho Notebook: http://notebook.zoho.com/
...Or ditch the online thing entirely and rely solely on my laptop and a USB stick.
Michal
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Jan 18, 2009 at 04:08 PM
Two comments:
#1 To me, Google Notebook’s demise _isn’t_ reason enough not to trust the cloud (though there may be other valid ones). We all have seen the end of development of many programs we used to rely upon, but that was no reason to stop using software altogether. As far as I can tell, all material entered into GN will remain accessible, but there will be no new features added. What I would suggest is that this case (as many others) is a good reason not to rely on ‘free’ services alone.
#2 I hadn’t heard of UberNote, but to me it looks like a complete EverNote clone, down to the elephant logo! I suspect that somebody from EN’s developing team left and started their own spin-off business. I would also note though that UN data is only accessible via the web. EN, in contrast, started out as an offline program and is now cross-platform and web-aware. Even if EN’s servers close down, data in one’s computer remains accessible.
Alexander
Posted by Daly de Gagne
Jan 19, 2009 at 01:29 PM
Also, there is the new Microsoft Thumbtack http://tinyurl.com/9mdad5
I wonder if this Thumbtack is a contributing fator to deciding not to continue developing Notebook.
On the other hand, I wonder if Google made its decision because it intends to announce or launch an alternative in the near future/
Daly