A look into the (near) future

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This is a 90 minute video of the most revolutionary computer user application I've seen in a number of years. It's called Google Wave. In time, not long, I think this will change the way people communicate dramatically. If you have time to watch it (give up watching ONE movie...comon, just do it), even if you aren't a technical person I think you will be amazed. Email, blogs, wikis, instant messaging, etc. will become obsolete because of this type of technology. I especially liked the last demonstration where a person from the US was talking with a person from France and the conversation was in English on one screen and French on the other.

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Chad said…
I watched most of the demo last week (didn't have time for the full 90 minutes). I'm a fan of Google for the most part, and I think Wave has some cool features to it. I'm going to use it, but I must admit there are a few things that are nagging at me. Will the majority of my friends use it? It seems it has most of its value if more people are using it, or another implementation of it.
Will people ditch their current web browser in order to use it? It's based heavily on HTML5, which is a proposed standard that is still a long way from being finalized (although it is solidifying). Chrome supports Google's vision of HTML5. Firefox supports some HTML5, but I haven't seen anywhere that says if Wave works with the latest Firefox or not. IE has never followed standards anyway, so I'd be surprised if it supports Wave or the features of Wave.

Yes, I'll use it, but I won't be bamboozled into using Chrome just to use Wave. And if my friends & family don't use a browser that supports the proposed HTML5, such that the cool embedded stuff on blogs etc doesn't work, I won't use wave for that stuff. And I may go back to not using it at all until HTML5 is generally supported.
16 June, 2009 13:35
Gramps said…
One of the browsers used in the demo was Firefox and I assume HTML5 will be generally supported before long. As for will your friends use it? I think so eventually. It's opensource so anyone can create their own version of Wave. It has so many innovative features that people will want that I think there will be strong demand driving most people to accept it. Ya never know what will/won't take off, but I'd be willing to bet on this. Remember this conversation in 5 years. ;-)
16 June, 2009 13:43
Katie Groneman said…
Brett told me about it a few weeks ago and it pretty much went over my head. Maybe I should watch the video - I could sure use something cool to get all my students school info, pictures, video, homework, etc. Sounds like it would be helpful for that kind of thing... maybe... I dunno.
16 June, 2009 15:56
Cambrienelson said…
someday when I have the time...!!!
16 June, 2009 22:28
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