Comments on: Google Wave: Interviews of Real People’s 1st Impressions (Not “Experts”)!

By: google wave

google wave — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:20:33 +0000

Great interview. More people are now on the wave. You may check what they are talking about at Google Wave Community

By: bkmacdaddy

bkmacdaddy — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:38:58 +0000

Thanks for the comment! Glad the post was helpful.

By: bkmacdaddy

bkmacdaddy — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:37:51 +0000

Thanks for the visit, Carolyn, and the comment. Who knows how this will all play out. I think that’s a good point about Gmail. My guess is that they will phase out Gmail and move everyone to Wave. We shall see…

By: gurukarm (@karma_musings)

gurukarm (@karma_musings) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:00:29 +0000

No one in my office has received an invite yet (:-( ) but from the comments I can imagine how Wave could be really helpful when we’re working on projects that currently generate reams of one or two word emails about status and progress.

Thx for this post; it’s helpful to read real-world experiences.

By: FadiPick

FadiPick — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:39:07 +0000

Great interviews! Thanks for giving us those testimonals of people so that to get a better insight of what Wave is like!

By: Emily

Emily — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:19:48 +0000

Thanks for including me in the experiment I think my comments seem a little disconnected outside of the wave though (which is my fault).

There was something I mentioned elsewhere in the wave about integration with Google groups. I mentioned my comic in my post included above as I have a couple groups for that with low activity. I think integration with Wave could encourage more interaction. It’s not quite as formal as e-mail can seem at times, it’s more like a forum discussion. I’m sure other Group owners could benefit from an integration with Wave as well.

I think there’s a bit of a learning curve with Wave (which is to be expected); but some of the features could be explained better. The mute button seems to act like the “archive” function in Gmail, which isn’t really useful if you haven’t put things into folders. And the first time I pressed it, I thought I lost a wave.

There are buttons everywhere, and I think it would be nice to see them all explained in one of the waves from the Google Wave team. It would be very helpful to new users.

When it comes time to launch Wave publicly, I think more help waves will be useful for new users. There is a help center, but I think people would be more likely to look at the info if it were in their account to refer to, even if it’s just a bunch of links to things in the help center.

I am looking forward to “waving” with more people. It has a lot of potential

Anything I’ve disliked so far as been pretty minor, and I’m sure the team is working hard to make Wave a really exciting product when it’s time for a public launch.

By: Carolyn Chan

Carolyn Chan — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:55:12 +0000

Good stuff. I thought I could immediately replace my gmail with it until I found out Googlewave can’t send or receive emails. Well yeah, this is going to replace email but wait…what will happen to my gmail account? I’d also like a new googlewave account, something like sexy@googlewave.com.

By: April (@OneLuvGurl)

April (@OneLuvGurl) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:33:40 +0000

Woohoo! You published my novella! But in all seriousness, with everything aside, I am really looking forward to what else Google Wave has in store for us.

Since “waving” is more fun with more people, feel free to add me on Google Wave, I’m OneLuvGurl@googlewave.com.

By: Google Wave: First Impressions from Real People, Not “Experts” | Thoughtpick Blog

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:16:15 +0000

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