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  1. Real-Time Chat and Other Complications in Google Wave

    sujata on December 19th, 2009

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    waveHow desirable a chatting tool does it make the Google Wave that it should have real-time communication – no typing a couple of lines and pressing Enter, but real-time communication? People used to the traditional “write and send” method of chatting, are going to be quite self-conscious having each letter they type go out in real time. It is the problem of real-time speech – if you make a mistake, how do you backtrack without losing face? Now, thanks to Google’s Wave, the problem comes to chat too. There is a lot to applaud in this feature, and a lot to berate. With real-time type-telecast, people can tell what you’re getting at even before you finish, and they can begin to reply, thus speeding up conversations (wasn’t that what the Telex did decades ago?). But it takes getting used to apparently, as lots of people find it intrusive that they can’t make one keystroke without broadcasting what they’re doing.

    Live chats with more than one user can get quite complicated under regular circumstances; and Wave’s aim of trying to find a solution to this by providing a streamlined interface that brings e-mail, IM, encyclopedias, and other things all in one window,is a pretty useful one. But Wave tries to improve online communication to solve these problems in the way Vista tried to improve XP – by changing everything about the familiar interface everyone was used to. To begin with, everything on Wave has an unfamiliar name: conversations are called Waves, the messages contained therein are called Blips, and messages that are like mobile text messages, are called Pings. Everything about Wave, needs thumbing through the help manual or a video – even simple stuff like sending a message to someone.

    You would think they would try to make things a little easier by at least cutting down on the frills; no such luck here. Google Wave is packed with widgets for games, maps and things that you would be hard-pressed to understand what to do with. And that is just the point. Why would you want to learn to do all this, when Google Wave doesn’t seem to really aim itself at a well-defined problem? What does Google Wave do better than Google Docs for example? Certainly, Wave is quick to respond to every command, and seems very well put together; now if only understand what it is put together to be.

This entry was posted on Saturday, December 19th, 2009 at 3:36 am and is filed under Internet News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

  1. Tips for everyone during online chatting!

    Peter on July 28th, 2008

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    Gone are the days when the only way to communicate with people sitting far away was letters. In the modern world, everyone shares information with people through communication means such as phones and the internet. With the internet available to a very large section of the global society, and that too at very reasonable costs, online chatting is now a preferred mode of communication. It’s possible to chat with anyone sitting in any corner of the world, as long as they are online the same time as you are.

    Although online chatting is a means of socializing and getting to know people all over the world, there are security issues related to it. Certain basic safety precautions need to be followed to make sure that chatting is a pleasant experience.

    Safety precautions include:

    • Make sure your screen name never includes your genuine name.
    • Don’t share your videos and photos with unknown people.
    • Don’t reveal personal information to people you don’t know and protect your personal identity.
    • If you receive messages that make you feel uncomfortable, don’t respond to them and try to avoid chatting with that specific person; blocking the user is a good option.
    • Don’t organize to meet up with your new chat friends. If necessary, meet up in busy place and make sure you’ve informed friends or family about where you’re going.
    • If you receive any unexpected files from people you don’t know, don’t accept or download the files as they could carry viruses and completely ruin your system.
    • Saving copies of your chat conversations is a good idea, in case you need to use them in future.
    • You must know how to report the problems to the chat room moderator.

    Follow these simple precautions and make sure that chatting online is an enjoyable experience for you, and not something that could get you into any kind of trouble.

This entry was posted on Monday, July 28th, 2008 at 11:12 pm and is filed under Webmaster Articles. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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