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Yes, you heard about Google Wave but you have not tried it yet. Well, for one, though you may already have it, you do not have any idea as to how you should use it or whether it could work to your advantage. Well, here is a list the advantages and disadvantages that you could use to help you decide whether it is already high time for you to use this new technology.

In order to better understand what Google Wave, you need to understand the rationale behind its creation. You need to know the answer why it was created in the first place. Well, basically, the technology was developed to give communication a more advanced form where almost all of the commonly used means of message exchange nowadays are collaborated into one system. However, the more important question that needs to be answered is, “What are its advantages and disadvantages?”

Feature Feedback Reasons
Interface Ok Its interface is impressive but at the same time it is not difficult to understand because it is similar to the interface used in emails, only that it has some additional elements. It also gives you a recap of how much changes the waves have undergone since the last time you went online, a new feature that a lot of applications and system would surely die to imitate.
Participant contribution Ok It encourages people to contribute to a wave that has already been posted.
Collaboration Ok You can actually see changes unfold before you at the same time your friends incorporate these changes. Google wave offers real-time collaboration in a new and more efficient way than others do.
Revisions and rollbacks Not okay You still need to do revisions manually.
Reply hiding Not okay Replies can be in any form and since Google Wave still does not allow reply hiding, an array of replies might look messy in one wave.
Invitation Not okay It is still limited so the purpose of creating the system has not been fully realized yet.
Update notifications Not okay You don’t get any notifications on waves that you intend to follow may it be in the form of chat, email, and the likes. So if there are a lot of waves flowing in, some would just get lost along the way.
Chat Not okay It is still very unreliable. It’s fast one moment and then slow and hen very slow and back again.
Stability Not okay The population of users affects the stability of the system. Thus, the more people using the technology, the most unstable it gets.
Google account requirement Not okay This is only a problem for customers and users who are not so savvy yet in using the Net.
Online users Not okay Its indication as to who is online is still not that reliable.
Mark-up editing Not okay Source code view is still not available.

Although there might still be some problems with Google Wave, it does not undermine the power it brings to users. And, people will just have to wait for improvements that could make this technology much, much better.

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