Google has announced that it will no longer be developing it’s Wave web application. RIP. The technology was incredibly innovative, with tools such as context linked spell-check, that could truly begin to revolutionise the way that web applications, and/or browsers work.
Real-time collaboration seemed to be such a wonderful idea. When I first heard about wave from an incredibly excited Rhodes Computer Science Honours student I imaged groups of people, all sitting at their own computer in their own spaces, in their own time-zones working on long and interesting documents – perhaps environmental policies, or proposals for projects to liberate women – but it seems that the reality isn’t as rosy.
