So after all the hype I finally got a Google Wave account and well…. well…what was all the hype really about? And I guess I’m not alone in being underwhelmed. Now yes, it is really beta (not just a perpetual beta that really isn’t) and they are trying to do something completely different. Plus, as with any social networking/collaboration tool it isn’t much fun when there aren’t many people using it. I do fault them for producing something that doesn’t run in Internet Explorer, and didn’t even seem to run too well in Firefox. Browser dependent behavior is a cop-out at best. Maybe it, or the protocol will become useful for something really good over time, or the user community will embrace it in numbers to reach some tipping point. But until then I’m much more interested in the possibilities of other tools — like BuddyPress.
Google Wave Sucked: This is one case where the hype was as noisy as the app – and both were deafening. We have to hand it to Google’s publicity team; we don’t know one geek who wasn’t positively salivating for a Wave invite.
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Greg J added these pithy words on Dec 21 09 at 5:33 pmHow can you fault Google for making something that doesn’t run in I.E.??? I think it’s the other way around.
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