Why It’s Likely That People Will Use Google Wave
If you are reading this book, there is a good chance that the Web represents more than an information medium to you. You understand that the Web is filled with communities, applications, services, and data that are beneficial to your professional and private life. It is based on this understanding that chances also are quite high that you will become increasingly enthusiastic as you learn more about Google Wave and its potential to bring even greater benefits to users on the Web.
Ease of Use
One of Google’s strengths is that its web applications are intuitive and offer varying levels of complexity, depending on a user’s technical proficiency. Google’s minimalist style and design sense have made their way into the Google Wave Client user interface, allowing users to easily get on a wave, become participants, and communicate and collaborate with others.
It is likely that third-party developers eventually will develop user-friendly clients to interface with Google Wave, including desktop clients, mobile clients, and other web browser clients. You and I may eventually end up conversing on the same wave using completely different clients that appeal to our different user needs.
Speed
Countless studies on user experience all show the same thing: websites and web applications need to be speedy in order to captivate users. Google Wave is surprisingly fast, especially considering some of the complex operations that are occurring in the background ...