Comments on: 4 Reasons Why Folks Didn’t Like Google Wave

By: what is subjective

what is subjective — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 21:55:29 +0000

Many thanks and Excellent luck!

By: Karl Kapp

Karl Kapp — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:30:13 +0000

I think another problem is the way it was introduced which is under scored in the video. You had to get an invite and if you don’t have your “boss,” “co-worker” and “video guy” on a wave then the entire communication cycle breaks down. With social media, you need to have a critical mass and with the stingy invites, it took too long.

Also, I think it should have been better explained as well, it is basically a project management tool for linking all communications about projects together. Oh, well as long as Google keeps putting out a lot of stuff, some will stick and some…not so much.

By: Jennifer Angela

Jennifer Angela — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 13:13:01 +0000

I was not informed about the existence of it. I would have attempted to use it, being a huge fan of google products. (By the way: If anybody ever wants to send a comment to me on one of my comments: missymails10@gmail.com is one of my private e-mail addies, so feel free to provide me with your feedback there, if you like – I appreciate your opinion!) I love the google chat function on gmail and having made use of it, I dare say it IS faster than ANY other instant messaging product I have tried so far. I agree with Rhako on what he said: I would have enjoyed applying Google Wave too. Thus I also find it a pity it´s gone. It´s too bad my g-mail addies weren´t “telling me” all about it!

By: Chip

Chip — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:35:21 +0000

Everyone I know who has tried it didn’t like it, and *all* for the same few reasons:

1) It was just chat with some Web 2.0 crap attached

2) It was slow

3) It was unstable

Why are these 3 reasons never mentioned in any of these “analysis” pieces that breathlessly talk about how “ahead of it’s time” it was, or go on about the marketing angle? The core users– people who need to collaborate on documents– didn’t like it because it was slow, unstable, and didn’t really do that much you couldn’t do with basic chat and DCC.

By: Beth

Beth — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:32:54 +0000

I had the same experiences as Allison – it slowed me to a “force quit” several times on a 1 ghz PowerBook. It seems that even GMail will do it on occasion even now. I really liked the idea, and with better marketing and a retooled product, I’d gladly try it again.

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:33:14 +0000

Another thing to remember: It was clunky to use and many features were not implemented yet. Also, why didn’t they advertise a beta for Gmail users? I only heard about it from a random link. I think it has potential, but it needs work.

By: tgentry

tgentry — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:55:58 +0000

I agree, Steve. I have no clue about what Wave was supposed to be. It sounds like the guy doing the promo above isn’t even clear on what it is. It’s sort of a chat, message board, email thingy. Well that’s not a very good sales tactic. Maybe it’s a great idea, but right now it looks like this behemoth thing that will take a long time to learn and may or may not be better. It needs to be boiled down it’s essence and promoted in a much simpler fashion. Asking one person to adopt this new app when they don’t understand it is one thing, but the app itself requires that you and your friends and coworkers all be on it for it to work. In this day and age when everyone is running twenty different chats, emails, and social networking sites, how likely is it that you’re going to get all of your friends, families, and coworkers on board this…. thingy.

By: Allison

Allison — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:52:05 +0000

I tried it but every time I logged on, it made my computer slow to a crawl. It didn’t matter which browser I used. I use a 2 Ghz Macbook Pro. After about a half dozen attempts, I gave up.

By: steve

steve — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:26:54 +0000

Bottom line: it was not explained well. Very few people even knew what they heck it was supposed to be, let alone had a use for it.

And another big factor – a lot of folks never knew it existed.

By: Rhacodactylus

Rhacodactylus — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:21:33 +0000

In all honesty, I wish I had heard about Google wave before it was disappearing; I have no clue whether I would have eventually adopted it, but I somehow missed the boat on even trying it. I have several friends who have had similar thoughts. I would say Reason 5: If you weren’t looking for it, you might not have seen it.