GOODBYE, HELLO... DELAYED!

THIS JUST UPDATED! - GOODBYE, HELLO... a little later!

HELLO WILL NOW BE DISCONTINUED ON JUNE 11, 2008!

This update on Hello's unfortunate demise was posted on May 14, 2008, at the Picasa Help Group here:
http://groups.google.com/group/picasa-help-updates/browse_thread/thread/f8d412c86384bbe7

All good things come to an end. So it is with sadness that we say goodbye to Hello.

Hello will be shut down on June 11th. We've extended this date to make sure we have enough time to communicate this as well as we can to our users.

We originally embarked on a mission to make photo sharing easier and more fun with Hello. We plan to keep carrying that torch in new projects to come.

We hope that you continue to enjoy the other sharing products Google offers including Picasa, Picasa Web Albums and Google Talk.

Keep on sharing!

- The Hello Team

Rhubarb is glad to have the extra time with Hello, but is still not pleased in the least bit with the decision to discontinue it. :(

GOODBYE, HELLO!

THIS JUST IN! - GOODBYE, HELLO!

HELLO DISCONTINUED ON MAY 14, 2008!

This sad note was posted on May 7, 2008, at the Picasa Help Group here:
http://groups.google.com/group/picasa-help-updates/browse_thread/thread/36ececa9df8fd494

SAY ADIEU TO HELLO!

On May 14, we'll be discontinuing the Hello software. We're currently focusing on supporting Picasa and Picasa Web Albums, so we're no longer able to support this service.

Following this date, launching the Hello icon will prompt the program to be uninstalled from your computer. If you would like to salvage your Hello contacts or chat logs, please do so as soon as possible.

While we will no longer offer this software, photos you've shared using Hello will still be available to you since they are stored locally on your computer.
Our goal continues to be improving Google's photo offerings to make photo management, editing and sharing easy and fun.

Rhubarb is deeply saddened by the discontinuation of the fabulous Hello program. Rhubarb hopes that the next update of Picasa2 and/or Picasa Web Albums has some of the Hello features integrated. If not, Rhubarb will probably hate Google quite a lot and will daily send it seething looks and bad thoughts.

Farewell, old flying-smiley photo-sharing friend.

:'(