Re:Google Wave: What Might Email Look Like If It Were Invent...
by dgallagher on Thursday May 28, 2009 @03:09PM
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My initial impression is that it looks like an online version of Outlook/OWA, albeit with more/different features. It's very, very busy with stuff flying all over the place.
They're hitting on a big problem though; centralizing online conversations, regardless of medium, into a single location. Something like this can plug right into your Facebook friends, or company address book, etc... Very neat idea.
Too much marketing lingo though. Please, stop inventing words, like "waves" and what-not; they rarely stick (Who still tells someone they're about to "beam" money to them over PayPal? Who knows what a "lens" is on Squidoo?). I can't even get my Mom to comprehend what "twittering" is yet, never mind a wave. It's too confusing for many people.
They're hitting on a big problem though; centralizing online conversations, regardless of medium, into a single location. Something like this can plug right into your Facebook friends, or company address book, etc... Very neat idea.
Too much marketing lingo though. Please, stop inventing words, like "waves" and what-not; they rarely stick (Who still tells someone they're about to "beam" money to them over PayPal? Who knows what a "lens" is on Squidoo?). I can't even get my Mom to comprehend what "twittering" is yet, never mind a wave. It's too confusing for many people.