A Google Wave reality check
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Lars Rasmussen sighed, half an hour into a demonstration of Google Wave, the company's audacious attempt to reinvent Internet communication: we'd found another bug.
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One challenge is how you blend realtime and non-realtime in the same conversation -- it's actually quite tricky a UI conundrum. The technical aspect is one thing and they have that solved architecturally, but the UI part is intriguing. For example, realtime will tend to make people communicate in small bursts back and forth which will often dampen -- when in the same conversation -- the impulse for non-realtime, more thought out responses (like you have in a threaded forum such as this).
The underlying vision of the platform is huge, and with great potential. Over time I think wave will be vital. But I think the big challenge for Google and platform developers is beyond bugs, but to hone the clients that utilize it.