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In its early days ICQ had a mode that allowed you to see what the other user typed before he hit "send" - just like google wave seems to do. I hated it - I like
by ntoshev 17y ago
In its early days ICQ had a mode that allowed you to see what the other user typed before he hit "send" - just like google wave seems to do. I hated it - I like to edit my message and make sure it's right before others see it.
I see value in others getting updates without hitting refresh, though.
- noss 17y agoThey recognize that. It is in their pipeline, watch their 1h20m demo.
- davidw 17y agoThe unix 'talk' utility did that sometime back in the 80ies (and still does).
- ralph 17y agoytalk(1) is the modern version.
- spohlenz 17y agoI don't really see why all the Wave articles are touting this as such a big feature (or is Google doing this, in which case seriously?). It would not surprise me if this ended up changing later anyway.