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Gmail Creator Thinks Email Will Last Forever. And Hasn’t Tried Google Wave.
- bumblebird 17y agoThe invite only strategy of Google Wave seems like a complete mis-step to me. It makes absolutely no sense unless people you know are also using Google Wave.
- tumult 17y agoThe sandbox developers all got invites to give to their friends. I think that's where most of the people on the Wave Preview came from at the moment.
- ugh 17y agoAfter trying out Google Wave for some time, I would argue that it’s definitely not ready for prime time.
- bumblebird 17y agoSure but you only get one chance to impress. How many people will be bothered about trying Google wave again when they think it is ready? Still a mis-step IMHO.
- ugh 17y agoLimiting access gives Google a good chance of introducing a finished product. Something that will impress. I very much doubt that Google would impress all that many people with Google Wave as it is now. Me, sure, but not my dad. Also: invites are not that hard to get to in this day and age. So you’ll be able to at least invite a few friends.
- moron4hire 17y agoGMail Beta started out invite-only, and was that way for quite a while, thought by the time I got into it, I didn't have any friends who needed an invite.
- haseman 17y agoAnyone who thinks Google Wave is an email replacement hasn't used Wave either.... It's buggy, slow, and there are some user-interaction cases that just aren't covered. I look forward to it living up to the kind of system it could be, but it just isn't quite there yet. Admittedly, it's still in beta, but I'm surprised... Google's beta's are usually finished products.