it would replace a lot of apps, standalone mail and im clients for sure. but maybe one-note kind of apps as well. and more then that, i think as and when wave develops as a platform, most other collaborative apps will come on it.
whether it will replace Facebook and twitter, don't think so. its diff to replace sth which is so very well set in.
anyways, its simple and intutive, like any google product. An iphone / smart phone version is imperative, because google wave is for 24/7 access. its not like old times, when you check your mail once / twice a day, this is an always on option.
frankly speaking, where email was a 1-1 communication platform, this is a many-many collaboration platform. email will still live, simply because in wave like in im you won't write long paragraphs, because of the expectation of quick reply. if not for anything, hopefully just for the charm of writing long mails, will email live.
and thats why i think, wave makes more sense in an office environment (where ironically its blocked), in a work environment, once you learn how to manage the noise, it will be uber productive...
the noise...yes imagine a 100 waves, each with an average of 5 people, they are bound to be updated very frequently. which means we will be on wave most of the time, its like im. there is an offline option, which will have to be used frequently, and expectations set, just because there is an instant collab platform available, doesn't mean its going to be instant always.
as for apps, i know for sure it will replace commenting modules everywhere, group chats, groups like yahoo groups et al as well.
some suggestions for future enhancements.
1. integrate audio and video, conf calling if possible.
2. have the @tagging available like facebook / twitter. so i know that my attention is required in a wave.
3. have a status option which can be set per wave, so i might be offline for one wave, active for one and not interested for all others...
right now there are very few people on it, the full potential is still to be discovered.
and yea i don't like the name wave, it makes no sense...just because wave is one dimensional, wave atleast is two dimensional.
and also was wondering, can anyone in a wave add others to the wave, if that is so, then am not really sure how google is gonna manage it, theoretically, you could have the entire world or everyone with a google account at least (which should be the entire net savvy world) on wave in a single wave...
few more thoughts after trying it out some more...
1. Presence information is now shown for anyone but self, well not sure if its a bug, because logically, presence is required in wave kind of a multi party collaboration environment. I would like to know if the people in my wave are online or not, and if they are, not just answering.
2. On the other hand you should be able to set ur presence on a per wave or per person basis. i want to be seen online in these waves and / or to these other people.
3. it is chaotic to say the least. the fact that you can go and type basically anywhere, that you can answer to anyone and / or edit anyone else's wavelet, its just too difficult to keep track of...maybe training and set of rules might help once this starts getting used to more and more.
4. The edit facility given for any wavelet, basically makes it useless for any corporate environment, where email is many times evidence. Edit facility should actually be turned off by default, i don't really think people are gonna start using wave for collaborative pieces, there are other apps which provide that, wave should limit itself to a collaborative communication platform.
5. Although the UI is customizable, the real estate is gonna fall short when ur in many waves together.
6. Discovering new waves is a pain, yes a wave with new content moves up, but discovering that new content and where it is in the wave is diff...the playback feature is slow and well, useless.
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