What is Google wave?

Google lab communication platform Google Wave
It has been unveiled, and some people have even tried it and made evaluations.
However, there are still many things worth discussing about wave. Wave has different impressions in the eyes of different people. Some people think it is a better e-mail tool, some people think that the new feature IM is included. Developers are interested in its open features and APIs. However, CNET editors have some comments about what wave is.

Is wave better than e-mail?

CNET edit Rafe Needleman:

In some ways, you do not need to open a new message. On the contrary, you can reply directly to the current message. When many people communicate with each other on the same message, this saves a lot of confusion. There is only one wave in a conversation, and you don't have to copy it again like a traditional email.

Stephen Shankland:

Gmail users are familiar with the conversation view and stack the conversation to the same view. These users are more likely to adapt to the wave mode.

It is best to use Gmail to process the same email. Likewise, it is most convenient for wave to process only one wave. If many waves are opened at the same time, such as opening multiple browser tags, it will be a little troublesome.

Needleman:

It's interesting to try it now, but we don't know what will happen when there are a lot of inboxes to be processed at the same time.

Shankland:

Yes. Any network communication tool has a honeymoon period. At the beginning, it was used by only your friends who were closest to you. Then, the whole world found this tool, so a lot of junk information flocked to it, wave is afraid of the same problem.

Needleman:

When people carefully write messages in a wave, they are very likely to be disturbed. You can force a message to be inserted and want to immediately get attention. Others have to interrupt their work and return to you, although there may be options to disable the real-time mode of A wave, the default value is real-time, which can be annoying and some people will dislike this mode.

This article is completed using wave collaboration.

Shankland:

When I was young, I used Unix terminal Command, which was the ancestor of IM. I soon felt disgusted with the way it showed every key to each other, when writing an IM or email, we often use words and phrases.

Needleaman:

I am in trouble. I don't think about it before typing, but I write it while typing. My mother told me that I had to write a word for a drink. I hope wave won't prove that she is wrong.

 

Is wave a better im tool?

Needleman:

This is quite different. Wave is an email like Im, or a multi-person chat room. If multiple people chat at the same time, wave
It will clearly show who is replying and what content. The biggest difference is that you can answer anything anyone says anywhere. In this way, it will eventually become a huge and messy news tree, hoping developers can
Add the method for expanding all these messages.

Shankland:

In my opinion, wave is more like an instant messaging chat room. In today's busy world, Email allows you to pause and think, while wave is not procrastinating. When you talk to others on the wave, your delayed answer may seem rude.

When we wrote this article on wave, I found myself wanting to use traditional IM to ask if you have seen my message. This may be just a habit, however, it seems that wave is too casual. Sometimes I don't know whether the reply was just replied or the previous one.

Needleman:

I did use traditional im, and the open structure of wave is too open, so it is easy to miss some replies.

Shankland:

Just like I asked you a question twice, and you answered it two hours later.

Needleman:

I didn't see it. It seems that wave needs a better Message notification mechanism.

Shankland:

Web programs are restricted. The notification mechanism of HTML 5 is still being developed and may be improved later.

 

As a collaborative editor?

Needleman:

Wave is very similar to Google Docs. Several people can edit it in the same document at the same time. Wave is faster than Google Docs, so we are more likely to know who has changed.

Shankland:

Google Docs has many weaknesses, but I found that its collaboration functions and Microsoft Office
Compared with the last several upgrades, this service is more powerful. Wave can display any location where others are modifying. it is important when our system is working, even if we work face to face.

However, our limited screen space is a problem. When people work elsewhere, the previous position may be displayed outside the screen. In the wave
Because there are actions everywhere, we don't know what happened. For example, when we wrote this article, I asked a question in the above discussion. You didn't see it. Maybe you have left that position.
There is no notification mechanism when a location changes, but the green number next to the inbox box provides some information.

Needleman:

This should be easy to solve. When people enter content outside the screen, a small up and down arrow is displayed to prompt.

 

Is wave confusing?

Needleman:

This was the first time, but soon I adapted to this concept. You created a message like an email, and then it became a chat or IM. Then, it becomes a collaborative editing document, which sounds terrible, but I found that people will soon accept this concept.

Shankland:

I will soon understand, but this multi-point editing will be crazy. If you are a person who can call, send text messages, and access the Internet, it's okay, however, most people do not have the single-purpose capability.

The user interface is also very rough, you can only drag to find those disappear edit buttons.

Needleman:

This is just a preview.

Shankland:

Yes, so I won't mention the search syntax and contact management issues. But there is a bigger problem with wave. The server must know the wave.
In edit mode, and when it is in this mode, Google
It is easy to disable the edit permission of this user when the user remains inactive for a long time, so that the server can release resources. However, it is very painful for the user to continuously obtain the authorization again, when I edit this article, I will not
Disconnected. My idea is to hover the Edit/reply button to the upper right corner, which can be seen when the real-time window is scrolling.

Wave as a business platform

Needleman:

I think wave is a good platform, but it is still dangerous. However, some commercial management tools can get instant notifications from wave to show users the current work points of others, such as Bugzilla. If you can know which engineer is responsible for handling a bug, you don't have to discuss it by email. Everything can be done in real time.

In addition, because Google will open wave code and APIs, companies that wish to deploy Google wave applications on their own can deploy them on their own private networks, or add some audit and specification functions.

Shankland:

It is hoped that commercial users will be able to get through the wave adaptation period. In the past, email was a new thing, and Im was also, but now they have become very common tools, as will Twitter and other social network tools, growing troubles. Like all electronic communication tools, there are people who are happy and worried.

 

What is it after wave?

Needleman:

Wave has the taste of modern email. It relies on modern networks. Modern networks are characterized by stable online users, unlike emails.
At the time of invention, people only occasionally went online. Wave
It also brings together different communication tools, email, Im, chat, and collaborative editing. I think this is great, but I don't know what will happen after being used by more users.

Shankland:

I think wave is a mixture of docs, Gmail, and Im. In general, it brings more freshness than trouble. Interestingly, Google does not simply expand program interfaces, but designs a new communication protocol. Google's attempt to win by opening up is a tactical charm.

In general, wave is a powerful Internet-savvy company like Google.
It is not the power source of social networks. Google must not only persuade their users to use
Wave, but also to persuade their users to contact people, which is more important than the technology itself. Google is more likely to find a new path in the social network field, such as wave, Image
Gmail, rather than connecting to services like Twitter or Facebook.

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