Google Wave Out of Beta

googlePLEXS writes "Google Wave is open to all users at wave.google.com, as a Google Labs product — no invitation needed. Google Apps administrators will also have the option to add Wave as a Labs feature for their domains, helping groups of people communicate and work together more productively." If you haven't played with it, it's worth your time just to try to think beyond the bounds of IRC/Email. It's not going to change your work flow, but I still think it's worth a bit of your time to see it.

Yay?

[Anonymous Coward]

Now more people than ever before can not use Wave.

Re:Dupe?

[hedwards]

Nope, that's just a glitch in the Matrix. It happens whenever they change something.

Great!

[pknoll]

Now everyone can try to figure out what the hell it's for.

Sometimes we do send data like that

[betterunixthanunix]

Never underestimate the bandwidth of an envelope full of DVDs.

Re:Sometimes we do send data like that

[Jazz-Masta]

Or Pigeons with SD cards on their legs.

Re:Out of Beta?

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, that's embarrassing. It's times like this I wish Slashdot had a "-(infinity) User wishes this never to be seen again"

Re:So why should I care?

[Dishevel]

I would think that you are better off skipping a lot of things.

Re:Great!

[Macrat]

Can someone explain in plain English what the purpose of Google Wave is?

No.

Re:Yay?

[Anonymous Coward]

Yea but it's a Google product, so stop hating and get with the program, bitch.

Re:Sometimes we do send data like that

[Maxo-Texas]

Yes but the pigeon protocol is very vulnerable to hawking.
And the latency on resends is painful.

Re:Great!

[noahm]

Am I the only one that is none the wiser for that post? What is a 'wave' supposed to be or do? Can someone explain in plain English what the purpose of Google Wave is?

The best answer I've heard to date for this question is "It's something that's supposed to make young people understand the confusion that old people feel when they try to use a computer."