What Works: The Web Way vs. The Wave Way

by Volker Weber

Anil Dash writes:

Google Wave is an impressive set of technologies, the kind of stunningly slick application that literally makes developers stand up and cheer. ... So the big question is whether Wave will succeed overall in becoming a popular standard for communications on the web ... I think the answer is no, and the reason is because the Wave way is not compatible with the Web way.

His reasons are actually true for other projects and products as well, so listen up.

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really good article. The bit about it being easy to understand really applies elsewhere.

Andrew Magerman, 2009-10-02

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