Google Wave Developer Preview at Google I/O 2009

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Overview

The Google I/O 2009 keynote introducing Google Wave, a real-time collaborative communication and document platform. It includes a long live demo and the developer preview announcement.

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HN returns to it as the original Wave pitch, both for its wow factor and as a case study in a hyped product that was later shut down.

Recommended by 4 HN people across 4 months · HN mentions 2009–2025

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Tech company stories & documentaries Web development UX & UI design

What people said

rkagerer · 2025-09 · Recommendation
Here's one of my favorites, of Lars doing the Wave dance on stage to ad-lib over connectivity hiccups. For some reason it evoked a lot more empathy from me... [VIDEO]
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Samuel_Michon · 2013-03 · Recommendation
For me it was Google Wave. The presentation[1] got me very excited and I couldn't wait to start using it. I signed up for the beta and told everyone I work with to do so as well. It quickly became an invaluable tool for me, I couldn't imagine what I'd do without it. And then, a year after it was introduced, only 3 months after it was released to the general public, Google announced Wave was dead. [1] [VIDEO]
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bmelton · 2009-06 · Recommendation
I'm surprised nobody has compared this to google's wave yet. If you haven't, you should go check out the demo -- I'm not for sure yet how much feature overlap there is, but their demo exhibits a wow factor that is undeniable. It's long, but skip around and you're sure to hit on at least some of the important bits: [VIDEO]
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