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Why Wave Failed

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the exciting-thursday-morning dept.

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.

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  1. Re:It was an email application?! by Low+Ranked+Craig · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here's a good demonstration of wave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcxF9oz9Cu0

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  2. Re:It's all your fault by betterunixthanunix · · Score: 4, Informative

    If only you could just set up your own Wave server...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_wave#Other_Compatible_Servers

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  3. Re:I Guess I Don't Exist Then ... by markov_chain · · Score: 3, Informative

    I wouldn't say Nexus One was a flop - it accomplished exactly what it was supposed to; just look at all the SnapDragon-based phones it spawned.

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  4. Re:I Guess I Don't Exist Then ... by tverbeek · · Score: 3, Informative

    I knew about Wave, and had plenty of opportunity to use it.

    I just couldn't come up with a reason.

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  5. Re:Subliminal messaging by dokebi · · Score: 5, Informative

    Informative, this thread was.

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