arstechnica.com — Ars takes you inside of Google's bold vision for the future of Internet messaging with this hands-on look at Wave. Learn more about the experimental service, its underlying technology, and the opportunities that will provide for third-party developers.
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gregdogumSep 30, 2009
Looks to be the start of something significant by Google, again. Doesn't surprise me one bit.
jqp123Sep 30, 2009
"The scope of Google's Wave project is broad, which makes it difficult to define concisely."And therein lies a problem. If you have trouble explaining it concisely, people will most likely have trouble using it concisely.
shawn4168Sep 30, 2009
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nextekcarlSep 30, 2009
Did you forget to take your pills again? I talk to myself, too, but I rarely get an answer.
o76923Oct 1, 2009
An important part of evolution is the older generation dying. Wave will never replace email for some people just like email never replaced conventional mail for some people, but the numbers of those hold outs will gradually decrease.In truth, wave won't be used to its potential for at least another twenty to thirty years because there is significant lag between state of the art and what the general public knows. It'll take at least a decade for people to decide that there is something fundamentally important about Wave and that it merits instruction and then only people who grow up with it will think of it naturally without their views being tainted by the thought that its just "email plus".
ploneglennOct 1, 2009
I think that wave will be more relevant for knowledge workers than for the facebook crowd. It could really fill a significant and compelling need in enterprise collaboration that email is just too obsolete to fill yet is the typical approach. This review does a good job at showing what I would call the tip of the iceberg. For a more in depth view, check out <a class="user" href="http://www.dynamicalsoftware.com/news/?p=27" rel="nofollow">http://www.dynamicalsoftware.com/news/?p=27</a>
jqp123Oct 1, 2009
Just the fact that it is necessary to differentiate between "Wave" and "wave" has fail written all over it from a usability standpoint.
fredfredricksonOct 6, 2009
Everyone keeps telling me how great Wave is going to be, but I honestly don't understand even what it is. What does it accomplish that a typical forum or email doesn't? Why is that an important niche to fill? So confused.
dawngordonOct 25, 2009
I think google name makes it like WOW, but yakkle looks the same to ME lol I use several of them already
dawngordonOct 25, 2009
I just find Google no offense I love google, but like these have been made before?