What problems does Google Wave solve?

Re:What problems does Google Wave solve? by swombat on Thursday October 15, 2009 @11:46AM (#883601)

I didn't suggest that geeks have a problem with spam. On the contrary, because that problem has been on the geek radar for many years, it is largely resolved. And because most of the other problems have not been on the geek radar, they're not resolved yet.

The problem with email is there is too much of it. Actually damn messages I must read and deal with.

And my point is that Wave can help reduce the clutter and chaos of these messages by presenting them in a more structured, intuitive, and versatile form. So instead of having 50 emails discussing the text for the new homepage, you can have just one Wave.

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Re:What problems does Google Wave solve? by andreyf on Thursday October 15, 2009 @01:47PM (#883850)

To most geeks, the main problem with email is spam. ... I didn't suggest that geeks have a problem with spam.

You certainly could have phrased that better :-P

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Re:What problems does Google Wave solve? by swombat on Thursday October 15, 2009 @02:30PM (#883942)

Yep, clearly! Sorry!

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Re:What problems does Google Wave solve? by seunosewa on Thursday October 15, 2009 @02:58PM (#884007)

"And my point is that Wave can help reduce the clutter and chaos of these messages by presenting them in a more structured, intuitive, and versatile form. So instead of having 50 emails discussing the text for the new homepage, you can have just one Wave."

Gmail already does that. See 'Gmail Conversations': http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answe...

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Re:What problems does Google Wave solve? by Jaykul on Thursday October 15, 2009 @03:33PM (#884086)

Baloney. Gmail conversations are a bandaid that only works some of the time.

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