That's interesting. I could see a lot of demand for a unified way to
create response content on community-based websites. Especially if you
didn't have to create another user login at each one.
I am somewhat nervous of the web going in that direction, though. What
if users *expect* a Google Wave-based comments/response system *but*
Google Wave is actually way crappier than some competing product? Or
isn't accessible? That's going to be a very tricky thing to resolve as
a developer.
Patrick Haggerty wrote:
> I was thinking of it more along the lines of a content management system
> than a web browser. If Google manages to implement the features they
> demoed in their I/O presentation and they make it easy for web
> developers to integrate Wave-hosted features into their sites, I see the
> potential for Wave to standardize the interface people use to contribute
> to blogs, forums, social networks, etc.
>
> As an example: a user goes to comment on a blog post and is given the
> same tools in the same configuration with the same terminology and
> iconography as she had when she wrote a product review at another web
> site, which was the same interface she had while posting an update to a
> social network. I think if Wave is going to make any real impact, this
> is the kind of impact it could make, and the kind of impact that most
> interests me. If it's just shooting to replace email, I think it'll
> have the same issue BluRay is having: it's better, but most people are
> just fine with their library of DVDs, thank you very much.
>
> Wave can't do any of this right now, and I'm skeptical any tool will be
> able to bring all these different forms of communication and
> collaboration under one roof. It's exciting to see the ambition,
> though, and from a company that may just have the time, capital, and
> expertise to pull it off.
>
> That, or I'm just fond of Google's Kool-Aid these days. Mmmmm, Wild
> Berry Blash. So good...... =o)
>
> Pat
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Zachary Johnson <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> Huh, you sure are giving Google a lot of credit! Nothing wrong with
> that I suppose.
>
> Me... I'm skeptical. Email revolutionized communication and became
> a standard way for people to interact on the internet, but there's a
> thousand different email applications, both desktop and web based.
> There's even the divide between plain text and HTML emails.
>
> The web browser may be a better example of a revolutionary
> communications platform that (despite the variety of choices
> available and the differences between them) comes close to
> presenting a "standard interface through which the majority of
> people interact" with the internet.
>
> Wave *may* just prove to be the standard protocol for a
> revolutionized internet communication (still skeptical) but I just
> don't see everybody interacting with the internet through some sort
> of Google-made Wave Browser. Google has at least been smart enough
> to open up the protocol, which may make a future where there are
> several competing Wave browsers on the market just like web browsers
> now. Perhaps you weren't suggesting anything more than that, Patrick.
>
> If Wave proves to be nothing more than another web application that
> you interact with in your web browser, then I don't really see it
> being *the* ubiquitous feature of post-Web 2.0. I think it'll just
> be one of many things we use. Well... if we use it at all. Not all
> of Google's inventions are successful. And so far, the few times
> where I thought to myself "Ooh! I could use a Wave for this!" I've
> been really disappointed with the User Experience.
>
> Ok, I'll give Google some credit, too: They must be doing something
> right if we're even having this conversation.
>
> Zach
>
>
> Patrick Haggerty wrote:
>
> Right now, I think Wave is more a toy than a full tool. Part of
> that is its feature set isn't complete and part is that we're
> all treating it like a toy. What I think Wave is ultimately
> going to become is a unified interface for Web 2.0. If they
> manage to integrate the service into social networks and blogs
> and forums and so on, we'll have one interface for the majority
> of online contribution and collaboration. Sure it's advertised
> as the next iteration of email, but I think its greater
> contribution will be to standardize the interface through which
> the majority of people interact with the web.
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Peter Fleck <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> <mailto:[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>> wrote:
>
> Google Wave has been fairly successful in organizing the Other
> Future of News (OFON) conference. Julio Ojeda-Zapata provides
> some
> details at the Pi Press site.
>
>
> http://blogs.twincities.com/yourtechweblog/2009/12/local-media-writer-harnesses-google-wave-for-planning.html
>
>
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