Comments on: Eight Google Wave Annoyances

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By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:17:31 +0000

Hey, people against Google Wave! Are you envy or something?
I agree that Noise and Contacts are to be improved, they are also my concern, here I agree. But the rest is not relevant:
- scroll bar is very helpful. I knew in seconds what is the point here.
- spelling mistakes – use Draft checkbox
- avatars – come on, it’s preview
- notifier – already exists
- Enter – are are serious?
- General Bugs – oh, boy, you are simply envy!
I got an invitation, try it with friends and family (some of them could invite another 8 persons) and I tell you – this tool is awesome.

By: myself

myself — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:59:04 +0000

Rolf (nice name
mostly you said what I was going to say till I read that

One thing I think you got wrong is in the developer preview it showed a feature allowing you to send messages in non real time, But I don’t think it was activated yet. GUYS THIS IS A BETA THEY SAID THERE WERE HOLES AND TO GET AN ACCOUNT YOU PROBABLY HAD TO SAY YOU WERE OK WITH REPORTING BUGS OR GOT AN INVITE FROM SOMEONE WHO SAID THAT

YES I KNOW IT DOESN’T SAY BETA BUT IT IS

By: rolf

rolf — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:57:19 +0000

I dont get you. I dont see these as annoyances.
For me the biggest annoyances are the invite thing, my friends arent geeks, so how long am i supposed to wait before being able to use wave for anything useful in real life?
Also I didnt like Dr. Wave, and the error message which goes something like “Everything shiny capt, but we need to refresh. Do you want to tell Dr. Wave what happened?”
WTF is that?
About the enter, Enter is often used for a newline, so i actually like having a done button, it keeps me from inadvertently sending one-liners.
The other things you listed are minor in my opinion. It is nice to see real time, it just feels nice to see the other person typing, although i agree maybe users should have the choice to turn it off, just like gmail users should have the choice to turn off threads, or have multiple view options.
I also have something to say about avatars. Although I have one and it is a cam shot of me picking my nose ( ), I do not like them, mostly because people put up their own photo. I prefer not seing these people and remember that they really exist somewhere, and not as 60×60 gif images.
The scrollbar is uh… interesting, lol.
As for the whole google wave thing, if it is what email would be had it be invented today, then expect it to be just that: a failure! I mean who would use email if it was invented today the only reasons people use it is because it has been around as a basic means of communications, but nowadays there are better ways to communicate.

By: Bettina Tizzy

Bettina Tizzy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:35:49 +0000

Googlewave is a real collaboration tool for any grouping of people, two or more. I like it. A lot. In fact, I’m already collaborating with several different groups, and the difference is… it’s in real-time. So no, it’s not just corporate. That it is buggy and missing features, yea, t’is true.

By: WAVE23

WAVE23 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:29:09 +0000

PEOPLE PEOPLE PLEASE! This is a VERY early version of wave. I still can’t add images etc into mine! When this hits the ground with public access and fully fledged features for all, the difference will be awesome. A lot of your complaints have already been answered, but I will say this. On Google’s demo of wave, I’m pretty sure they had the feature to type where no one can watch you doing so, it just hasn’t been released yet. Be patient! In response to your ‘Enter’ annoyance, someone has already said shift and enter I think it was…also, for Gmail you can use custom keyboard shortcuts, I’m sure it won’t be long before a similar feature is introduced to wave.

I think a great way, and probably the intended way to use wave, isn’t simply to randomly talk to people, but for each wave to have a specific subject. For example, a group of lets say 5 friends and family could start up a wave with their christmas lists at the top. We have surely all felt the pain of sending b’day/christmas lists via email only to remember that there was something else you wanted to add or edit at a later date etc etc. By using wave, whenever you open it, everyone’s list is at the top, and they can edit them at will, so you are always getting the up to date list. You can then chat about what’s on the lists below, or on a separate wave.

Conclusion –
Wave is extremely promising, but we must remember it’s in it’s infancy. The bells and whistles won’t come for a little while. There are a few things Google must address however, one major thing is the need for a more formal/business format to a wave. This is a must if it is to be used professionally. I’m sure Google have already realised this and are on the case. Almost all other things mentioned above are simple add-ons for Google to give us later.