Google drops Wave because of lack of users

[Tuffdisc]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10877768


I have to admit, when I first saw a video of this, I started to get annoyed Google trying to overrun us with their products, and couldn't get the idea of seeing other people type while they were actually typing....weird....

Google is waving goodbye to Wave, a product which the company said would transform the way people communicate online.
It blamed poor take-up by users of the service, which was launched to great fanfare just one year ago.
At the time Google described the tool as "how e-mail would look if it were invented today".
It combined e-mail, instant messaging and features that allowed people to collaborate on documents in real-time.
Users could see edits and comments written by other "Wavers" as they were typed.

Thankfully a lot of people have seen this and decided not to go for "Wave"

 

[edgray]

Wave was a good idea on paper, and I think it had some great features, but it wasn't quite there yet... I think some of it's features would be good in a future social networking situation, but the whole seeing as someone types isn't a feature that most people want. Sure, it's technically impressive, but really not necessary and not good for online social interaction.

 

[KimmyCharmeleon]

What is this wave you speak of?

 

[porterjack]

What is this wave you speak of?

it is a sine of the times

 

[Tuffdisc]

What is this wave you speak of?

You don't want to know, it simply something I wouldn't of gone with even if it did have a lot of users take it up