<story><title>Google Timer is gone</title><url>https://www.google.com/search?q=6+minute+timer</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tyingq</author><text>Since this post is recording its death, here&amp;#x27;s the HN post that recorded its birth:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=6429564&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=6429564&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit: Another blog post from someone that noticed it: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;googlesystem.blogspot.com&amp;#x2F;2013&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;google-timer.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;googlesystem.blogspot.com&amp;#x2F;2013&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;google-timer.html&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jacquesm</author><text>From that thread, a viable replacement that managed to survive the Google onslaught:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.online-stopwatch.com&amp;#x2F;timer&amp;#x2F;1hour&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.online-stopwatch.com&amp;#x2F;timer&amp;#x2F;1hour&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also from that thread, a Google engineer saying (out of context:) &amp;quot;We want our users be able to depend on our features and services, and if you can&amp;#x27;t do that, we&amp;#x27;re letting you down.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;How long before Google realizes that these casual shut-downs of side projects are harming their image tremendously?</text></comment>
<story><title>Google Timer is gone</title><url>https://www.google.com/search?q=6+minute+timer</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tyingq</author><text>Since this post is recording its death, here&amp;#x27;s the HN post that recorded its birth:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=6429564&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=6429564&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit: Another blog post from someone that noticed it: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;googlesystem.blogspot.com&amp;#x2F;2013&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;google-timer.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;googlesystem.blogspot.com&amp;#x2F;2013&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;google-timer.html&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Wowfunhappy</author><text>Top comment and reply in that thread:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Yet again I am reminded that my google is not necessarily the same as &amp;#x27;your&amp;#x27; google. Just like how &amp;quot;define: something&amp;quot; doesn&amp;#x27;t show a dictionary definiton for me anymore, a functionality i used all the time. And now can&amp;#x27;t be sure whether was actually removed, or just removed for me!&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Google software engineer here. These gripes are legitimate. We want our users be able to depend on our features and services, and if you can&amp;#x27;t do that, we&amp;#x27;re letting you down.&lt;p&gt;Still a legitimate gripe nine years later, it seems...</text></comment>