Despite the fact that Google had hyped Google Wave as a communication and collaboration protocol that would revolutionize communication, the tool has virtually fallen flat, and Google has decided to discontinue its development.

According to analyst, Google Wave – which, as per Google’s condescending assertions, was supposed to replace e-mail, just like the computer made the typewriter archaic – has collapsed because of the fact that people did not understand what to do with the tool; and Google to failed to give guidance enough to specify its use.

There is no denying the fact that conceptually the Google-backed Wave held a lot of potential, and was seemingly replete with cool ideas and an ambitious vision. The platform could have helped businesses as it was an effective all-in-one tool for seamless integration of e-mail, instant messaging, blogging, office productivity, and collaboration. 

What gave further promise to the service were the unique aspects of Wave communications - with the cloud-based service giving users the advantage of accessing it from anywhere.

However, the developers of Google Wave probably gave the concept too clean a break from the past to move messaging into the future – thereby denying the product any built-in support for the omnipresent communication services of the present day. Inopportunely, Wave users can really only use the tool for communicating with other Wave users; thus failing to bridge to conventional e-mail and instant messaging.