Comments on: Google Wave: Immature and Overhyped http://www.travelonlinepartners.com/google-wave-immature-and-overhyped/ Helping companies improve their website and make more sales. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:15:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Adam http://www.travelonlinepartners.com/google-wave-immature-and-overhyped/comment-page-1/#comment-796 Adam Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:47:19 +0000 http://www.travelonlinepartners.com/?p=4177#comment-796 I signed up to Wave just to see what the hype was about. It has potential but most of it's features are already available, even within other Google tools like Google Talk and Google Docs for collaboration. I can't see me really using it in the near future. I signed up to Wave just to see what the hype was about. It has potential but most of it’s features are already available, even within other Google tools like Google Talk and Google Docs for collaboration. I can’t see me really using it in the near future.

]]> By: Tim Barlow http://www.travelonlinepartners.com/google-wave-immature-and-overhyped/comment-page-1/#comment-795 Tim Barlow Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:05:58 +0000 http://www.travelonlinepartners.com/?p=4177#comment-795 Been thinking about this a bit more and you are right. It is immature and over-hyped. It isn't ready for prime time. However it's not Google hyping it up. They are very clear that this is an "Alpha" product with a long way to go yet. It's not a release, it's a pre-release. They don't want Average Joe using it yet. Perhaps the only thing they have got wrong is the copy of the invites - if they made it clear you should only enter if you accept it's buggyness/limitations then everybody would be happy and issues like Eliza's above would not be issues. (Undo added today FYI) Been thinking about this a bit more and you are right. It is immature and over-hyped. It isn’t ready for prime time.

However it’s not Google hyping it up. They are very clear that this is an “Alpha” product with a long way to go yet. It’s not a release, it’s a pre-release. They don’t want Average Joe using it yet. Perhaps the only thing they have got wrong is the copy of the invites – if they made it clear you should only enter if you accept it’s buggyness/limitations then everybody would be happy and issues like Eliza’s above would not be issues.

(Undo added today FYI)

]]> By: Andy Hayes http://www.travelonlinepartners.com/google-wave-immature-and-overhyped/comment-page-1/#comment-794 Andy Hayes Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:10:46 +0000 http://www.travelonlinepartners.com/?p=4177#comment-794 Eliza - That is quite frustrating. You would have thought given their strength, would have tested it a bit more before release. :( Eliza – That is quite frustrating. You would have thought given their strength, would have tested it a bit more before release. :(

]]> By: Eliza http://www.travelonlinepartners.com/google-wave-immature-and-overhyped/comment-page-1/#comment-790 Eliza Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:56:44 +0000 http://www.travelonlinepartners.com/?p=4177#comment-790 Actually, it barely works at all with IE. I tried it, and gave up in frustration. And even though I know Chrome is better than IE, I hate being forced to change from something that works just fine for me for the sake of the next supposedly greatest application. Actually, it barely works at all with IE. I tried it, and gave up in frustration. And even though I know Chrome is better than IE, I hate being forced to change from something that works just fine for me for the sake of the next supposedly greatest application.

]]> By: Andy Hayes http://www.travelonlinepartners.com/google-wave-immature-and-overhyped/comment-page-1/#comment-789 Andy Hayes Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:15:11 +0000 http://www.travelonlinepartners.com/?p=4177#comment-789 Tim - I know you have your entire team fitted out with Wave, so I'd be curious to see how it evolves within your small organisation. You've hit on two key points that I'd like to reiterate because they're really important: - Just because it's ugly or clunky doesn't mean it won't be a good product. Excel is a good example, but I'm sure we can think of countless others. - Pushing Boundaries. People used to freak out with technology. Now, even I am amazed at how fast things are changing. I've been in the technology space for many years (software prior to online tech) and we are most certainly in a time warp of some strange sort. Andy Tim -

I know you have your entire team fitted out with Wave, so I’d be curious to see how it evolves within your small organisation.

You’ve hit on two key points that I’d like to reiterate because they’re really important:
- Just because it’s ugly or clunky doesn’t mean it won’t be a good product. Excel is a good example, but I’m sure we can think of countless others.
- Pushing Boundaries. People used to freak out with technology. Now, even I am amazed at how fast things are changing. I’ve been in the technology space for many years (software prior to online tech) and we are most certainly in a time warp of some strange sort.

Andy

]]> By: Tim Barlow http://www.travelonlinepartners.com/google-wave-immature-and-overhyped/comment-page-1/#comment-788 Tim Barlow Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:54:29 +0000 http://www.travelonlinepartners.com/?p=4177#comment-788 Oh Andy! Yes it has it's problems including many more that you didn't mention. True it still has long way to go before it is truely an e-mail replacement (more speed and reliability as well as many of the suggestions you make). And yes I agree it doesn't talk to other Google products effectively (the same is true of Chrome, Google Sites and many other Google products). Do I think it is brilliant? No, not yet. But I do think it will be. It is pushing a lot of boundaries that will benefit us all. The learning curve is not that steep, but merely having a learning curve is quite unusual in this day and age. (Think about the learning curve for Excel - it doesn't mean it isn't a good product) The strange thing is that I am convinced the real brilliance lies in something that I don't understand - the creation of a protocol for real time online collaboration. I think you could be right about invites - it could have given the impression that this is a more developed product than it is and the hype may well come back to cause problems. Oh Andy!

Yes it has it’s problems including many more that you didn’t mention. True it still has long way to go before it is truely an e-mail replacement (more speed and reliability as well as many of the suggestions you make). And yes I agree it doesn’t talk to other Google products effectively (the same is true of Chrome, Google Sites and many other Google products).

Do I think it is brilliant? No, not yet. But I do think it will be. It is pushing a lot of boundaries that will benefit us all. The learning curve is not that steep, but merely having a learning curve is quite unusual in this day and age. (Think about the learning curve for Excel – it doesn’t mean it isn’t a good product)

The strange thing is that I am convinced the real brilliance lies in something that I don’t understand – the creation of a protocol for real time online collaboration.

I think you could be right about invites – it could have given the impression that this is a more developed product than it is and the hype may well come back to cause problems.

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