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How long does Google expect us all to keep working with them to turn Wave into what it is some day supposed to become? They've already burned through a ton of h
by mrshoe 17y ago
How long does Google expect us all to keep working with them to turn Wave into what it is some day supposed to become? They've already burned through a ton of hype. Now this:
> Please keep in mind that things are early, and there will still be many changes, so your feedback is important.
That's a lot to ask of people after a hugely hyped launch. I'm starting to feel like Google will still be asking me to try out buggy previews/betas of Wave 3 years from now. I can already sense that even many in the HN crowd have stopped caring.
"Release early, release often" works for startups, but it doesn't work well for big companies who are in the spotlight. Wave is incredibly ambitious and a monumental effort. With all of these early launches, I don't think users will stick with it long enough to get it past the beta stage.
- olefoo 17y agoYou're looking at it wrong. Think of the Google Wave group as being a startup within google. And also remember that only a small fraction of Google users have heard of Google Wave. It only looms large in the geekosphere, where the plugged in people who look at every new thing and have an opinion about it, live. In the rest of the world it's about as interesting as Knol. My own take is that the wave protocol is very interesting from a technical standpoint, but that it has yet to find it's audience from business/UX standpoint. And I'm glad that Google wants to fund work in this area.