Dashes.com : Will Google Wave be popular? Perhaps not!

Anil Dash: "Google Wave is an impressive set of technologies, the kind of stunningly slick application that literally makes developers stand up and cheer. I've played with the Google Wave test sandbox a bit, and while it's definitely too complex to live up to the 'this will replace email!' hype that greeted its launch, it certainly has some cool features. So the big question is whether Wave will succeed as overall in becoming a popular standard for communications on the web, because Google has made an admirable investment in documenting the underlying platform and making it open enough for others to build on and extend. I think the answer is no, and the reason is because the Wave way is not compatible with the Web way."

eWeek review: Google Wave doesn't make much of a Wave, yet

According to early hands-on experience, Google Wave doesn't make much of a Wave. But that might change when thousands of enthusiastic software developers get their hands on it.

Google Wave doesn't make much of a Wave, yet: "In its current, developer preview form, Google Wave doesn't live up to the hype that has surrounded it since its announcement. But, based on eWEEK Labs' tests, the collaboration platform could be leveraged by inventive developers to provide a new level of Web 2.0 engagement."

Google wave, a sneak preview video

A new collaboration tool of Google captured my mind some weeks ago. Google positions this tool as the biggest upgrade to mail. I think, however, that this goes a little further than that.

Using Google wave, participants can realtime, interactively, create a discussion. Unlike mail, which copies copies of discussion snapshots over and over again, in Google wave a central document is continously updated. Google wave also has some characteristics of micro blogging tools like twitter, it's also a realtime medium in which thoughts are shared. However, content like Twitter is volatile, Google wave content is not.

I think that Google wave can best be compared to a lively discussion board that is continuously being updated.

See the video below to determine your own opinion.