Google Wave, Reincarnated(technologyreview.com)

http://www.technologyreview.com/web/38804/page1/

6 comments

Funny how few comments there are on this one. As much as MS isn't the hotness right now, this is a cool product to retroactively add third-party collaboration feature to a complex app. Hats off to you guys as that seems like an impressive feat for such a mature project.

vetler15 anni fa

Perhaps because there are not that many PowerPoint users or people that need a feature like this? LiveLoop seems like a last resort if sitting together in the same office isn't a possibility. I've never had to collaborate with many people on a presentation, though, but I have used the chat on Google Docs with great success ... once or twice.

qq6615 anni fa

Thanks endergen! You're right, this isn't something that gets a lot of excitement in places like HN but it gets a ton of enthusiasm from our users. And yes, there is impressive technology under the hood.

troymc15 anni fa

I get the feeling that many of the ideas in Wave have diffused out into products/services like Google Docs and Google+ Hangouts. (Think of the live editing and internal chat features within Google Docs.)

anandkulkarni15 anni fa

Stypi is phenomenal! Looking forward to the vim plugin. I see a tremendous number of use cases, especially as it starts to be integrated into more and more apps.

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dergachev15 anni fa

See previous discussion on Stypi: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2865014

qq6615 anni fa

This is us (LiveLoop). If any HNers are using PowerPoint 2007 and need to collaborate in Wave-like realtime with colleagues, email me at [email protected] and I will set you up with a free account.

gruseom15 anni fa

something that 750 million people already use: Microsoft PowerPoint.

Millions, certainly, but 750 million? What's your source for this? (I ask because it exceeds similar estimates I've seen for Excel.)

qq6615 anni fa

Source: http://blogs.office.com/b/office-exec/archive/2010/08/12/the...

gruseom15 anni fa

I see it. Thank you.

qq6615 anni fa

It's from Microsoft who recently announced 1 billion installs and 750 million users - I'm on mobile now but will find the source and post here.

mikexstudios15 anni fa

Any chance of supporting Word? If done right, that would be a killer app in academia.

alsocasey15 anni fa

Google Docs does this well already... though I'm all for more options.