10 Reasons to love Google Wave
article by Steve Mathew
There’s so much hype over Google Wave and now some critism is also starting to surface. So a colleague (and fellow Google Wave fan) and I compiled a quick list of 10 things to be happy about Google Wave.
1. It’s actually “live”
2. It’s free
3. It’s Google
4. I have an account :-)
5. It’s html 5
6. It’s XMPP
7. It’s realtime - all info is updated to the second (character by character, as you type)
8. It works like a conversation - structured or unstructured
9. Docs can be shared - in fact almost anything can be shared
10. Works on iPhone and Android
11. Nothing to “install” - it’s in the cloud so just grab a browser wherever you are
Wait, that’s 11! OK, 1 more: potentially works offline because of Google Gears
So folks, back off, this thing is only 2 weeks old. It’s new tech and it has warts and all. Nobody promised it will be perfect on launch day. In fact, they launched it to get input on how to perfect it. See that big BETA sticker? So relax, settle down kids, no-one’s going to get hurt here.
I wonder how many nay-saying commentators on the side of the field have actually shipped code that scales to millions of users?
