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I hope they change the interface. The first thing I found odd about Wave, was that it needed a 1 hour demo when they first showed it. That was probably because
by nextparadigms 15y ago
I hope they change the interface. The first thing I found odd about Wave, was that it needed a 1 hour demo when they first showed it. That was probably because it was focused towards developers, though, which is another mistake they made.
But I think the UI was 60% of the problem. When I first started using it, my brain started to hurt. They didn't even follow the golden rule. They had 2 same width columns in there. And everything looked cluttered and complex. Not very intuitive at all.
Another issue with it was confusing marketing. They called it e-mail 2.0, when it was nothing like that. People used it more as a collaboration tool. I had to use it every day for 6 months, too, and I didn't like using it at all.
Now, whoever even compares Google+ with Wave and says Google+ might fail the same as Wave, simply doesn't get it. They are worlds apart. From the moment I even saw the video ads, I had the opposite feeling about it than I had about Wave - a very positive feeling. And I keep having it after using it many hours a day.
- ChrisArchitect 15y agoto this day I have yet to see any major UI problems -- and I have used Wave alot in real collaboration situations. It has worked excellently for just that, collaboration. Only thing missing is a gTalk chat window/which the original Etherpad has so I will probably move to that as a wave replacement.
- lucian1900 15y agoI don't share your feelings about Wave's UI. I quite liked it, with the exception of the scroll bars.
- tseabrooks 15y agoI'm a huge fan of Wave's UI and wave in general. My friends and I have used it every day since it's release. We love it and our only complaint is that it is occasionally sluggish.