Google Wave vs. Gmail & Google Apps - What happens to security and privacy?
I guess everyone who is using Gmail and/or other Google Apps have heard about this new Google Wave, which suppose to be mind blowing and transform the concept of email. Well, so far it’s a bit too early to say will this happen, because the release date of Google Wave will be at the end of this month, Sep 30th.
According several blog writings and articles Google Wave won’t put Gmail or Google Apps aside, at least not yet. It just seems to be Gmail with some extra features. So far, I have been using Gmail, G-talk (also with voice and video), Google Docs, calendar and other functions too as well. So when I’m watching the picture, it doesn’t seem to be SO different than Gmail. It just that all the functions and features are in a same box, inbox.
At the beginning this seems to be a bit confusing, but unfortunately the pictures or videos are not giving the whole truth. For me, I really want to experience it by myself before making any judgement.
Some other concerns, mostly about our business, is that will Gmail change too much when Google Wave is released, I mean that will our product MailCloak still work with this new concept of email. Like said, too early to say, because we didn’t get developers’ access to the Wave. Of course, we are going to test Wave immediately when it’s released so we can check the functionalities and see if our software is adaptable enough, or should we make some changes.
I guess, the biggest change will be the “waves”, that in what kind of concept they really are. And how easy it will be to secure all that data which is shared through those waves: Text, pictures, videos, links and other stuff.
Well, I go with the Google specialists’ comments “It’s very, very early to say..”. But we will see, in near future what’s gonna happen. I anyway assume that Gmail will still stand there for users at least for a while that the adaptation for the new system will be easy.
Thanks for Google’s official Blog and Gina Trapani about the pictures and all the information!
From the following links you’ll find more information about Google Wave:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/went-walkabout-brought-back-google-wave.html
http://smarterware.org/2021/google-wave-qa
Click the pictures to see them in full-size!
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