Comments on The Silent Number: 10 concerns with Google Wave

Desktop Application: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/...

2009-12-15T23:31:55.381-05:00

Desktop Application: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/marketplace/index.cfm?publisherid=10055&orderdirection=asc&orderby=highestrated&event=marketplace.offering&offeringid=16581
Adobe's already made one.

Short Url: http://bit.ly/5Hp2GP

Sapm can not spam existing waves, because they wou...

2009-10-03T10:17:59.261-04:00

Sapm can not spam existing waves, because they would need to get invited (publicly editable waves would get spammed just like wiki's).

Identification is by an email address, but unlike email the server can go back the the server on the domain of the person and ask you to authenticate via separate channel using the federation protocol. It has actual security in identification.

It is quite complex, but hopefully the source code that they are releasing will help alliviate that.

They are my questions too. I hope it fully integ...

2009-10-01T04:54:26.794-04:00

They are my questions too.

I hope it fully integrates with my Ubuntu and with the GTK theme, just like Chromium. :)

I've had maybe a handful of spam emails in the las...

2009-10-01T03:35:33.625-04:00

I've had maybe a handful of spam emails in the last few years. Even if I got twice as much spam on Wave it wouldn't be a big deal.

Thanks for the responses! As i said, these are all...

2009-09-30T21:50:37.441-04:00

Thanks for the responses! As i said, these are all the concerns i could think of off the top of my head-- i am hoping they can all be debunked!

dude, look up wave federation protocol. google wav...

2009-09-30T21:34:48.291-04:00

dude, look up wave federation protocol. google wave federation server is actually a plugin for jabber and has compatibility with jabber.

Complexity: I have no doubt that this will improve...

2009-09-30T20:34:09.805-04:00

Complexity: I have no doubt that this will improve in the future. Since anyone can implement their own Wave server and/or client, competition should drive the Wave market to better interfaces.

Overall Stability: The first time anything new is done, it takes a while to work out the kinks and to figure out how to do it right. After that, it gets easier and easier for everyone, able to stand on the the shoulders of earlier implementers.

Desktop Application: That would be cool. Thanks to Google’s HTML5 extensions, though, Wave is already somewhat integrated into the desktop (you can drag and drop files and images from your desktop directly into Wave, for example).

Multimedia Content: Wave already allows adding multimedia, and pretty much any HTML5 content, from what I gather. It also allows adding much richer ‘gadgets’, such as maps and games.

Data Portability: Like e-mail, this is completely decentralized. There’s no reason you cannot use these open protocols to back up your waves. Better yet, I can imagine people hosting their own Wave servers on their machines, thus putting all their data in their hands in the first place. Imagine your whole Home directory accessible through Wave.

Competition: Once there are one or two open implementations, there’s no reason a great many Wave providers could not spring up using one of those free implementations.

I, for one, cannot wait for my Wave invitation. I strong believe it’s the Future. If you haven’t seen it already, I strongly recommend the original preview.

Dude, have you really got nothing else to do but t...

2009-09-30T20:19:07.672-04:00

Dude, have you really got nothing else to do but to criticize alfa-state products you haven't even tried? That's a poor attempt to draw attention.

To answer a few questions: 1) Spam: It handles it ...

2009-09-30T20:14:58.050-04:00

To answer a few questions:
1) Spam: It handles it the same way instant messengers handle spam... the messages must be from a real person unlike email which makes it easier to block people, and I'm sure more advanced spam filtering will arrive.

2) Identification: I believe you have a username on a domain... so it will be almost exactly like email. I believe Google said they plan to eventually release a sample server as open source, and all of the servers need to be able to communicate with each other, so that also covers your next 2 points (data portability, competition)