Comments on: What Google Wave Means for Facebook

By: Wave tutorials

Wave tutorials — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:26:15 +0000

Nice article with some interesting comments… I agree with several comments here although the 2 brands are not really comparable as theyre completely different entities altogether. Just to be clear, I think Facebook is great for what its achieved and what it allows me to do with my friends although its essentially a traditional website with a very sophisticated UI together with a limited API with FBJS and FBML.

Google Wave on the other hand is a completely different kettle of fish. For one, Wave is a framework and not a website. Facebook is a website, essentially. Rather than seeing the two brands fighting for Internet supremacy I dont see why sections of Facebook cant utilize XMPP/ Google Wave to make Facebook more real-time and more collaborated then it already is. I think in the near future we will see more and more third-party Facebook applications that make the most of Google Wave and allow people to collaborate together in real-time. Im sure theres a lot of legacy code under the hood of Facebook so theres lots of reasons not to implement XMPP although it might get to a point where they have to if other brands out there start to. Much in the same way when Twitter came along it wasnt long before Facebook started providing asynchronous updates to your news feed, like Twitter.

In comparison to the present version of Facebook, the internal message/ email system and Facebook apps are still very much old-fashioned components, relying on a state change before broadcasting the object to everyone/ everything involved. This is where Google Wave could really improve Facebook.

Thanks,
James
http://twitter.com/wavetutorials

By: Devon

Devon — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:17:45 +0000

this article points out some incorrect information. google wave is not at all based on email, it is a protocol of its own. also, it does not mention that wave, by definition, cannot be a threat in any way to facebook. this is because wave is going to be open sourced, and it is an open protocol that everyone can implement. so facebook could augment their interface with wave, without dealing with google at all. Wave can only be good for facebook, unless they don’t implement this new technology.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:34:07 +0000

I have to agree with Jesse and Dawei on this one… I don’t think the companies will be so much competing as they are cooperating. Facebook will almost surely implement their own Wave server to replace the existing mail system it has, in addition to managing things like status updates.

Think of all the JavaScript…….

By: The Neophile - Facebook to Wordpress API… Trying to easily share news stories… and Google Wave

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:14:08 +0000

[...] Wave may just be the answer I have been searching for. I don’t know if Google Wave will end up being the demise of Facebook. I’d be perfectly content if my Facebook account and my Google account could have a symbiotic [...]

By: Jan Carl

Jan Carl — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:12:38 +0000

i wond a special apllication …
ask me how to do

By: Muzri Mohamad

Muzri Mohamad — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:40:34 +0000

cooll….:D

By: Sachendra Yadav

Sachendra Yadav — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:48:33 +0000

I don’t think it’s a threat to Facebook. The biggest problem it solves is that you no longer have to write “See comments inline” in emails

http://sachendra.wordpress.com/2009/07/26/email-2-0-google-wave-solves-the-see-comments-inline-problem/

By: I Am The Sharper Image

I Am The Sharper Image — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:35:49 +0000

Facebook should still very much have its place. You can only spend so much time on Google Apps before your brain turns to swiss cheese. Diversity is needed.

By: Google Wave: un nuovo Facebook? | Valentino Aluigi

Google Wave: un nuovo Facebook? | Valentino Aluigi — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:30:46 +0000

[...] anche gli autori del blog Inside Facebook che hanno approfondito il paragone con questo articolo: What Google Wave Means for Facebook. L’opinione del blogger è che Facebook dovrebbe probabilmente iniziare a tenere [...]

By: Justin H

Justin H — Sun, 31 May 2009 17:58:06 +0000

Seriously calling Wave a Facebook inbox indicates you need to do more reading. Anyone can implement the Wave protocol, including Facebook and MySpace. With Wave I could start a convo on Facebook and others could respond to it via Gmail, Twitter, ICQ and MySpace, all using an open protocol.