The 5 most annoying things about Google Wave

Maybe Dr Wave will google himself and find this post : )

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2.
they are not gwave contacts
they are not gmail contacts

they are google contacts

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True Andrea

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@Miguel

I know what you mean but the point is that you can’t “kill” something when a important part of your system is running on that same system. Is like wanting to kill Microsoft and do the business plan for that on a freshly payed for Office 2007 license

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wave me about it…

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For me, the most annoying things about Google Wave (at this point) are:

1. There’s no real moderation of posts, only edits/deletes (which show up anyway during playback)

2. It lacks the ability to move a post from one part of the wave to another (for example, a response was made out of place, and you would like for it to belong as a reply to another post.)

3. Seeing changes made by others in real time is extremely annoying. It also gives the users the idea that they can use the wave as a sort of chat area, which, after the fact looks nothing like a chat discussion. It’s confusing to later readers at best.

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One of my biggest frustrations is that the typing on-screen doesn’t come even close to my actual typing speed. I type over 70 WPM and what shows up on the screen is “one-handed hunt & peck” speed at best.

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My biggest annoyance is I feel so limited. I click on “settings” and get a “nope can’t don that.” I feel that almost every “cool” thing about wave I saw in the video has been disabled in preview. I also think I should be able to send an e-mail to “myuser@googlewave.com” and get it inside of wave. This would be the best way for them to integrate wave into more than what it is.

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“Google Wave is this ***amazing*** new way of communicating and collaborating online”

I don’t know who came up with the fact that it’s amazing… I don’t see what value it offers at all personally… Maybe that’s just me though.

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miamiolivia Reply:
December 1st, 2009 at 7:56 am

I totally agree with you, all Wave does is add yet another way to “put it all together”. Some of us have spent a lot of hours finding a way to get all of our email (who uses it anymore except advertisers), social media, music, friends all in one spot, why do I need Google Wave to do it for me and have to go thru the painful process (that I don’t have control over) do it for me.

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@maistora Reply:
December 1st, 2009 at 8:16 am

I had the same sentiment, but Wave fervent critic (and even more fervent advocate) Fernando has promised to open my eyes with

5 unique things that can ONLY be done with Wave and no other existing tool.

And he promised to show really meaningful and useful things, not techie gimmicks of the ’solution looking for a problem’ kind.

He started writing a post about them 3 days ago, so it must be a really profound and convincing article by now. Can’t wait to see it -

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@Geoff: Please hit me up on Twitter with your Google Wave address and I will show you what is really amazing about it. Free ride

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Geoff Jackson Reply:
November 24th, 2009 at 3:10 am

sitemakersppc@gmail.com

zigojacko@clubnetuk.net

either of those my friend. thanks

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Geoff Jackson Reply:
November 24th, 2009 at 3:11 am

Don’t know what your Twitter handle is hence why posted here. Heh

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Fernando Fonseca Reply:
November 24th, 2009 at 3:17 am

Geoff, see that part right after the post where it says author? If you read it my Twitter handle is there

Hit me up at @fjfonseca

Geoff Jackson Reply:
November 24th, 2009 at 7:31 am

I’ve hit you up, heh.

Thanks

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I’ve to have not been impressed by all the “hype” once I got an invite, I have found that the WAVE for me is of no benefit. I can see where the project is trying to head, but its just not ready for main stream just yet!

Oh yeah! i agree with all points 1-5

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http://twitter.com/aboange

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On day 2 of playing with Wave I actually put it to an intended use. Posted a Wave of some before & after photo retouches to have someone take a look at before I sent them off.

For all of the web/email/graphic/video/writing creatives out there, it will be a great way to work through drafts without dealing with 900 emails – comments all in the same place.

As soon as wave goes into public release, I’ll be trying to get my usual crowd of proofreaders and committees logged in & Waving/Blipping/whateverthe termis.

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One word, two syllables.

Beta.

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Fernando Fonseca Reply:
November 27th, 2009 at 7:30 am

I have another one for you, and THE correct one:

One word, two syllables: preview.

Google Wave is on Preview stage not on Beta. Preview, if we stick with the greek alphabet is “alpha”, right before Beta.

Even so, with the experience that Google already they could have made a better job.

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Yeah… kinda like with Facebook, it scares me that nothing can be deleted. O_o

Deletion seems like a simple, human, concept. But I guess that’s one of the many drawbacks of “Web 2.0″.

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Can someone (anyone) list 5 things possible on Wave that you CANNOT do using established familiar tools?

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Fernando Fonseca Reply:
November 29th, 2009 at 1:56 pm

Thank you for the comment and idea: “5 things you can only do with Google Wave” post being written right now. Thanks!

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@maistora Reply:
November 29th, 2009 at 4:11 pm

Best of luck, looking forward to see your list!

(Just make sure they are truly unique, can’t be done in any other way, and are meaningful and useful, not a solution looking for a problem.)

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Fernando Fonseca Reply:
November 29th, 2009 at 4:15 pm

They will be truly unique, can’t be done in any other way, are meaningful and are already being used by several people and entities.
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lay off a bit… it’s a PREVIEW!
It is like alpha code, and should be treated as such.
The hole point of this release is so Google gets constructive criticism from users and can therefore make the full release as good as possible.

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I’m trying to figure out if I should be annoyed because I haven’t received an invite from Google or should I be happy.

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