Wednesday, October 15, 2003
End Of The Line For Mazingo
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "SOFTWARE" @ 05:00 AM
http://www.mazingo.net/pc/index.php
"Mazingo would like to thank everyone who has been involved with developing and using the Mazingo service. Regrettably, the service can no longer be offered due to the cost of content versus the revenue derived."
I tried using Mazingo several times over the years, most recently this past summer. The concept was a good one but the implementation was frustrating and after a one month subscription, I gave up. From popup dialogs on the desktop, a 6MB installation that forced itself in RAM on your device and synchronizations that should have been simple taking 30 minutes over WiFi connections, there were just too many design issues to make it usable for the average person.
Sorry to see it go. I kept hoping it would succeed and had planned on giving it another go after some more months of development time. I guess that won't happen now. :?
"Mazingo would like to thank everyone who has been involved with developing and using the Mazingo service. Regrettably, the service can no longer be offered due to the cost of content versus the revenue derived."
I tried using Mazingo several times over the years, most recently this past summer. The concept was a good one but the implementation was frustrating and after a one month subscription, I gave up. From popup dialogs on the desktop, a 6MB installation that forced itself in RAM on your device and synchronizations that should have been simple taking 30 minutes over WiFi connections, there were just too many design issues to make it usable for the average person.
Sorry to see it go. I kept hoping it would succeed and had planned on giving it another go after some more months of development time. I guess that won't happen now. :?
