Comments on: Thinking about Google Wave http://ginstrom.com/scribbles/2009/05/31/thinking-about-google-wave/ Random scribbling about programming, translation, and Japan Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:05:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ryan Ginstrom http://ginstrom.com/scribbles/2009/05/31/thinking-about-google-wave/comment-page-1/#comment-4567 Ryan Ginstrom Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:58:51 +0000 http://ginstrom.com/scribbles/?p=1096#comment-4567 That's a good point about the IE6 crowd. Wave could be great for translators as well. Since Wave is encrypted by default, it'll be a secure way to exchange files with clients, and hopefully replace the proprietary, half-baked file servers that a lot of them seem to be adopting. That’s a good point about the IE6 crowd.

Wave could be great for translators as well. Since Wave is encrypted by default, it’ll be a secure way to exchange files with clients, and hopefully replace the proprietary, half-baked file servers that a lot of them seem to be adopting.

]]> By: Adam Rice http://ginstrom.com/scribbles/2009/05/31/thinking-about-google-wave/comment-page-1/#comment-4497 Adam Rice Sun, 31 May 2009 18:09:25 +0000 http://ginstrom.com/scribbles/?p=1096#comment-4497 I predict that if Wave takes off, it will spawn a plethora of dedicated clients, much as Twitter has. Some will be little more than site-specific browsers, some will interact with it entirely through its API using native widgets (in fact, one might go so far as to say this would be a necessary condition for judging its success). Google will also, no doubt, have a link to Chrome that gets featured prominently on its Wave site, especially when the UA is IE6. People who are mired in IE6 probably fall into two overlapping categories: late adopters and corporate users. The former will get on board when they buy a new computer and/or when their family and friends give them a strong reason to. The latter will get on board when the IT department decides it's time. I don't think either of these groups will retard its success, any more than they have retarded the success of Twitter. I predict that if Wave takes off, it will spawn a plethora of dedicated clients, much as Twitter has. Some will be little more than site-specific browsers, some will interact with it entirely through its API using native widgets (in fact, one might go so far as to say this would be a necessary condition for judging its success). Google will also, no doubt, have a link to Chrome that gets featured prominently on its Wave site, especially when the UA is IE6.

People who are mired in IE6 probably fall into two overlapping categories: late adopters and corporate users. The former will get on board when they buy a new computer and/or when their family and friends give them a strong reason to. The latter will get on board when the IT department decides it’s time. I don’t think either of these groups will retard its success, any more than they have retarded the success of Twitter.

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