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> I can't help but wonder how this would look like applied to instant messaging: We are used to seeing our conversations arranged in differently colored bubbles
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 6y ago
> I can't help but wonder how this would look like applied to instant messaging: We are used to seeing our conversations arranged in differently colored bubbles, but how would our form of communication change if we instead communicated on a collaborative surface where we could freely choose which color to use and where to add our thoughts?
Sounds a lot like Google Docs.
Maybe all this time that Google has been struggling to develop the killer chat app, they were sitting one the ultimate one this whole time.
- saizai 6y agoYou're describing Google Wave¹, which (sadly) was killed as unsuccessful. ¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Wave https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Wave
- eterps 6y agoStill wondering whether it was unsuccessful as a product or as a concept.
- saizai 6y agoCan we even distinguish those in practice? AFAICT its main problem was being so general-purpose that it was hard to describe as a compelling use case. Of course, I also don't subscribe to the belief that the popularity or memetic prowess of an idea defines its "success" except commercially. I thought it was a very nifty thing. To me, that counts as a success. Alas, that is not the metric used by companies. :p