I'm still sore about Google Reader. I haven't found another reader that has quite found the right UX to replace it.
What I find really interesting about lists like this one is that many of the entries are really great ideas that only failed due to poor timing or bad luck or a single error. The fact that someone failed to build something huge the first time around is not evidence that copying one of the entries wouldn't work now. It's just really hard to know which idea might work if it launched today instead of two years ago.
Funny story, Lync[1] still exists. Actually it was an update to Skype for Business, at least on our systems at work.
I'm using it right this minute: http://imgur.com/a/qQ648
It's sobering to look at all these products and think about how developers poured thousands of hours into something that no longer exists.
Missing one of my all-time favorite dead products: Google Wave
If you had a newsletter like "new dead website of the month" if something died, I'd sign up.
I also would appreciate a gallery of screenshot for each product to get a feel for what it was.
I feel the worst for Meerkat. They basically had a few weeks between blowing up huge at SXSW and then getting effectively shut down by Twitter with the launch of Periscope.
No justice in this world.
I really like the tone and the realization.
Just a small thing that bother me is that on my desktop machine, the second column is not aligned as neatly as the others (due to two lines descriptions maybe ?)
From the feedback here in HN it seems clear that you need a "suggest product" button. Maybe it could even be a Disqus on the bottom on the home page, which would automatically give you up/down votes functionality (;
If you are going that far back how about including the original LapLink (and intersvr in MSDOS6 that implemented similar features). Pushing files over null-modem or the parallel port equivalent for extra speed was a godsend back when proper networking was relatively rare at home (or in small offices) so floppy-net was the main alternative.
The company still exists (was "Travelling Software, now renamed to Laplink Software) but obviously that specific product is pretty meaningless in today's environment unless you are playing with museum-piece hardware for nostalgia/shits/giggles.
I love everything about this except the name. To laypeople, "product" != "software product", and it's revealing your bias. Why don't you just call it Software Graveyard?
Great job, this is a fun concept that is well executed.
I was going to add Geocities, but I was surprised to find out that it is still available in Japan. Anyone have insight as to why Yahoo kept it alive in that market?
Congrats on making such a neat site! It's quite interesting to see all the dead products and services that (often) never quite achieved their full potential.
That said, one thing does bother me here, and I'm not sure whether it's a mistake or not.
Basically, the all products lists don't seem to link to the individual pages for the closed products. In most cases that's likely fine (since I doubt you have separate pages for every single product listed), but it would be convenient to have them link to the product's page for more details when they're available.
http://productgraveyard.com/see-all-products-a.html
Other than that, it looks pretty good.
Upvoted on PH as well - You did a great job mate. Well done on the UI and the concept.
Huh, I knew I had a zombie bitcasa account that I assumed I'd been paying for but was too lazy to cancel, and was surprised to see it on your list! I think there's a market for a product that individually curates a person's miscellaneous accounts (say it watches your bank/credit card accounts or whatever) and alerts them when fees increase or the company goes bankrupt or it looks like a zombie account (and maybe offer to close it for $10 ($30 for comcast)).
Great site, brings back memories. A few little issues I found
1. On mobile I have to scroll past all the featured products to get to "all products". A link at the top or a hamburger menu would be great!
2. No search?
3. "all products" doesn't appear to include "featured products"? For instance Picasa and Google reader are in featured but not in all.
Other than that its a lovely design and a good concept. Well done.
I love google desktop search (RIP 2011.)
Last year I found a windows version of it online and found it still usable even in windows 10. Very unsafe I know - I did use ProcExploer+VirusTotal to check its binary signatures on 60+ scanner sites.
It still much better/faster than the native Win10 Cortana search.
Love know if there any open source clone of it?
Love the site! However, it looks like you have some apps listed on the main page, but not in the list of all apps. For example, I submitted Aperture because I couldn't find it in the "A" section of the list of all apps. But I see that it is actually there on the main page near the bottom.
>Fireworks was not a unique child. It was not different from Photoshop or Illustrator so Adobe shut it down.
That's not true, it was notably different than the two, it was replaced by Adobe XD.
Code Warrior
I still miss Lotus Improv (I think it not on the list).
Wow, I remember the times I used LimeWire. It was a nice service with the alternatives offered.
They should've added Orkut. Met my first girlfriend in that platform.
No submit button?
Ok here then:
Foldershare
Great peer to peer file sync tool.
Acquired by Microsoft and shut down. Slowly shaking head
Microsoft Bob
Google wave!
Bit premature to list Flash..
Mtgox? Liberty Reserve?
BeOS
Hi, I'm the creator of Product Graveyard, a fun way to keep track of and commemorate our favorite products that are with us no more.
I worked on this as a side project during my summer internship at Siftery. For building the site, I used a bootstrap grid for front-end structure and node.js to help with filtering and inserting the data.
Please join in by contributing a funny story or eulogy for one of the featured products.