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Why Wave Failed
Florian Wardell submitted a little discussion piece about Why Wave Failed. He blames marketing and the staged rollout. Personally I think that what killed it was that I should have transparently been able to see my gmail inside wave. Requiring a separate window guarantees that I wouldn't use it regularly. Had I been able to read my regular mail in the same UI, I might have been tempted to use it more.
Funny, I feel the same way about websites whose style sheets involve great big floating things that don't go away when I scroll down. :)
(Serves me right for reading TFA...)
There should be a movement to save it if for no other reason than it rhymes.
.. he is probably right. I never heard of the thing before now (though I probably would not have been interested).
CC.
I'm not quite sure what you're talking about we've covered it a few times.
My work here is dung.
Personally I found Wave invaluable for any number of creative applications - gaming, writing, taking notes for projects, planning various activities. I blame its failure on all you jerks for not taking a second look.
Well, I guess I don't exist then.
I knew it! You're a bot, aren't you?
Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
but has netcraft confirmed it?
rewriting history since 2109
It took so long to render that I never saw the bottom line.
Brain surgery - it's not rocket science!
Funny, I never noticed that happening before.
Funny, I noticed the same thing!
AHH clever....doh!
"There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people."--Howard Zinn
Wave did not fail. Like the Nexus One online store, it was such a success it had to be canceled so it did not destroy the world.
"She's a scientist and a lesbian. She's not going to let it slide." Orphan Black
Wait -
Oh, shit.
Trolling for mod points much?
Oh shit. NOOOO!!!!!!!!!!