Google Wave – Here I come
Thanks to my colleague Martin, I have been officially added to the Google Wave preview. At first glance the new idea of the googlers is really cool. Let me point out some of the features that I liked the most:
- Freedom of composition of the screen
- Interactive approach towards the communication between the people
- Interesting gadgets to be used (and potential for many new ones)
- Combines email+IM (not like their try in gmail’s environment)
- Allows multiple people working on one thing (something that I need and use on daily basis at work)
Of course, there are cons of the new Wave system:
- Still slow at some points
- The people can see while the others they chat with are writing…but in many cases this is distracting and most importantly -- inconvenient (i.e: Hi Sue, sweetie….ops, sorry Marry, darling this was meant for another person)
- Lacks some logical buttons (mute…but no unmute etc.)
Still, my overall impression is that this can turn into something really big and, moreover -- pretty soon. And now some fun -- have a look at 3 gadgets (actually 2 gadgets and 1 robot), that I fell in love with:
Ribbit’s Conference Call gadget
6rounds’ Video Chat Experience
And the cherry of the pie -- Translation with Rosy
I will be more than happy to hear your thoughts about Wave, whether you have used it or not. Feel free to contact me there too -- branev [at] googlewave [dot] com.
