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I think for most people the stumbling block was "Here it is, now use it." Use it for what? What are some real world examples? How is this different? I think mo

by nodata 16y ago

I think for most people the stumbling block was "Here it is, now use it." Use it for what? What are some real world examples? How is this different? I think more "this is exactly how I use Wave" demos - from people who use it, like yourself - would really help it along.

Andrenid 16y ago
I spent a lot of my time on Wave spreading the word to colleagues and friends, and had a lot of them using it daily as well. I even had my work (large government agency) considering a dedicated Wave server after telling them it will be possible one day, and showing them how it worked (they were VERY impressed). I think Google really needed to give it more time, and at least give it SOME time while open to everyone to try. Giving it to select people, who can send invites but then wait days for them to be activated, then shutting it down due to it "not being used enough", was ridiculous. As for the "Use it for what?" thing, I kept hearing that a lot, but every single person I showed it to, from other IT workers to my technically illiterate brother, all got hooked once they started using it to organise their lives.
- nodata 16y ago
  As for the "Use it for what?" thing, I kept hearing that a lot, but every single person I showed it to, from other IT workers to my technically illiterate brother, all got hooked once they started using it to organise their lives. But that's the problem - there's weren't enough people who knew how to use it showing the rest. E-mail works badly - terribly sometimes - but it works good enough. Wave never reached critical mass. There weren't enough people saying "hey, this is how I use it". Screencast please!
  - Andrenid 16y ago
    You're absolutely correct. I'd do a screencast and try and push the word out more, but to be honest I feel "burned" by Google for scrapping it. When the Apache version comes out, i'll definitely be spreading the word (if it's as good as Wave was from Google, though i'm assuming it's going to be even better).

by nodata 16y ago

Andrenid 16y ago

I spent a lot of my time on Wave spreading the word to colleagues and friends, and had a lot of them using it daily as well. I even had my work (large government agency) considering a dedicated Wave server after telling them it will be possible one day, and showing them how it worked (they were VERY impressed). I think Google really needed to give it more time, and at least give it SOME time while open to everyone to try. Giving it to select people, who can send invites but then wait days for them to be activated, then shutting it down due to it "not being used enough", was ridiculous. As for the "Use it for what?" thing, I kept hearing that a lot, but every single person I showed it to, from other IT workers to my technically illiterate brother, all got hooked once they started using it to organise their lives.

nodata 16y ago
As for the "Use it for what?" thing, I kept hearing that a lot, but every single person I showed it to, from other IT workers to my technically illiterate brother, all got hooked once they started using it to organise their lives. But that's the problem - there's weren't enough people who knew how to use it showing the rest. E-mail works badly - terribly sometimes - but it works good enough. Wave never reached critical mass. There weren't enough people saying "hey, this is how I use it". Screencast please!
- Andrenid 16y ago
  You're absolutely correct. I'd do a screencast and try and push the word out more, but to be honest I feel "burned" by Google for scrapping it. When the Apache version comes out, i'll definitely be spreading the word (if it's as good as Wave was from Google, though i'm assuming it's going to be even better).