Comments on: Is it Outlook or Google Wave?

By: Ryan Scott

Ryan Scott — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:53:27 +0000

This is a paradigm shift. They are nothing alike, this is re-inventing communication from scratch.

By: Allen Stern

Allen Stern — Sun, 31 May 2009 16:44:23 +0000

Would it be the same smurf if it was papa smurf or smurfette?

By: hightechexec

hightechexec — Sun, 31 May 2009 15:02:29 +0000

It is like saying a blue Ferrari and a Smurf are the same thing because they are the same color and have 4 things hanging off their body.

By: MaggieL

MaggieL — Fri, 29 May 2009 23:35:21 +0000

Um. well for one thing Wave is on a web page.

Seriously…you see a resemblance? I suggest you not stare at a screen shot and instead watch the demo video. The real Wave story is dynamic; you won’t get it from a screenshot.

I bet Dean’s father could use Gmail. This interface is very Gmail-like (not surprising given that they are both built with GWT) .

By: Jono

Jono — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:16:25 +0000

They’re both just blue, they look nothing alike.

By: Harsh Agrawal

Harsh Agrawal — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:27:35 +0000

All I can add here is that Google steals the show from Microsoft 100 million dollar search engine Bing :)

By: Dean Higginbotham

Dean Higginbotham — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:42:56 +0000

heh, you build a strong case.

My first impression was that it’s too much. imo, there’s a point where programmers go over a cliff and build something for them, not the general public…and this (imo) has gone over that cliff. My dad can barely use Outlook. No way would he’ll be able to use this.

They need an option for a “simple” interface. And maybe take note of how Apple and Twitter are doing things.

…unless, of course, their intended audience IS first adopter technophiles. Is it?

By: Why Google Wave Matters « Predicting What Consumers Want to Buy

Why Google Wave Matters « Predicting What Consumers Want to Buy — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:02:29 +0000

[...] Why Google Wave Matters Published May 29, 2009 collaboration , communication , google , wave 0 Comments Lots of discussion around the web about Google Wave. One common meme floating around dismisses it as an Outlook clone. [...]

By: Joel "Jaykul" Bennett

Joel "Jaykul" Bennett — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:44:29 +0000

Maybe if outlook could thread messages with their replies properly… it could show them in a single line, and even pull in avatars now that it’s merged with Messenger/Communicator … but since it can’t, I think the whole world is ready to try replacement email clients ;-)

By: Maggie

Maggie — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:20:43 +0000

damn those are close