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I was always very excited about wave, and was looking forward to a time when it was in common use. The possibility to unify all my communication around common t

by _grrr 16y ago

I was always very excited about wave, and was looking forward to a time when it was in common use. The possibility to unify all my communication around common threads makes sense, being able to use it as a replacement for chat & email - as it has properties of both - and pulling in external sources like documents, lists, PM tools, tickers ... However, Google definitely messed up the execution of it's release to the general public, it never got any critical mass and the concept was presented in too abstract a way for most people to get it and therefore try to use it, but I can see how a large organisation, such as those discussed above, could pick it up and deploy it internally with success.

frb 16y ago
I don't think that it should have been marketed or seen as "the email killer" or as an replacement for email at all. Conceiving and positioning it as an enhancement to email and IM would hav been the better move. You're right, the unification of communication and integration of documents, etc. is a great feature, but for me it lacked of real integration with email and IM. E.g. Why couldn't I get notifications for my Gmail or Google Talk accounts. Why couldn't I push content (mails/messages/attachments) from my mail and IM accounts to Wave directly. So, you're right again, Google messed up the execution.
- _grrr 16y ago
  Absolutely - not making email integration easier was a big FAIL. It would have made the adoption of Wave so much easier.
aloneinkyoto 16y ago
The possibility to unify all my communication around common threads makes sense, being able to use it as a replacement for chat & email - as it has properties of both Hey, I think Facebook just launched a very elegant solution for that. But what would the world come to if we would suddenly start using the same tools as our grandchildren for serious business?

by _grrr 16y ago

frb 16y ago

I don't think that it should have been marketed or seen as "the email killer" or as an replacement for email at all. Conceiving and positioning it as an enhancement to email and IM would hav been the better move. You're right, the unification of communication and integration of documents, etc. is a great feature, but for me it lacked of real integration with email and IM. E.g. Why couldn't I get notifications for my Gmail or Google Talk accounts. Why couldn't I push content (mails/messages/attachments) from my mail and IM accounts to Wave directly. So, you're right again, Google messed up the execution.

_grrr 16y ago
Absolutely - not making email integration easier was a big FAIL. It would have made the adoption of Wave so much easier.

aloneinkyoto 16y ago

The possibility to unify all my communication around common threads makes sense, being able to use it as a replacement for chat & email - as it has properties of both Hey, I think Facebook just launched a very elegant solution for that. But what would the world come to if we would suddenly start using the same tools as our grandchildren for serious business?