Google Lively not well recieved

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The Inquisitr » Tech: Google launched virtual world service Lively earlier today and The Inquisitr’s JR Raphael finished his post with the words “Looks like we may have another Google home run on our hands.” I know where JR is coming from as anything Google launches immediately has a weight of presence that over the middle to long run delivers hits with the majority of services. I’d note though that a hit doesn’t necessarily mean a market leader, but certainly enough users to make it a top five product in the space with millions of users.
My initial negative on the product was a lack of support for Macs, a very un-Google like product launch. Daring to open Windows in VMWare Fusion, I eventually decided to give it a go. Maybe it doesn’t like Vista in a virtual machine, but I found Lively close to unusable. Slow to load, clunky to use, and the popular rooms devoid of avatars to interact with. Underwhelmed isn’t the half of my reaction. But am I alone? Here’s a pick of the coverage from FriendFeed. I tried to find someone who praises it, but aside from a couple of people suggesting that we should all give it a longer chance, I couldn’t find any positives reviews.
l0ckergn0me:“I didn’t realize it was possible, but Google Lively is WORSE than Second Life. LIke, astoundingly bad. Don’t try.”

tried it out today and wasn’t too impressed. Although if they implement an API that would allow me to integrate my users in there might be some value to it. - Brad Williams

I tried it, it is a very, very, very unpolished 3d chat room, no more, no less.. it’s not a social medium… it’s a fancy chat room. - David Silvernail

Almost all of Google’s first efforts are crap. They…

Google Lively not well recieved

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The Inquisitr » Tech: Google launched virtual world service Lively earlier today and The Inquisitr’s JR Raphael finished his post with the words “Looks like we may have another Google home run on our hands.” I know where JR is coming from as anything Google launches immediately has a weight of presence that over the middle to long run delivers hits with the majority of services. I’d note though that a hit doesn’t necessarily mean a market leader, but certainly enough users to make it a top five product in the space with millions of users.
My initial negative on the product was a lack of support for Macs, a very un-Google like product launch. Daring to open Windows in VMWare Fusion, I eventually decided to give it a go. Maybe it doesn’t like Vista in a virtual machine, but I found Lively close to unusable. Slow to load, clunky to use, and the popular rooms devoid of avatars to interact with. Underwhelmed isn’t the half of my reaction. But am I alone? Here’s a pick of the coverage from FriendFeed. I tried to find someone who praises it, but aside from a couple of people suggesting that we should all give it a longer chance, I couldn’t find any positives reviews.
l0ckergn0me:“I didn’t realize it was possible, but Google Lively is WORSE than Second Life. LIke, astoundingly bad. Don’t try.”

tried it out today and wasn’t too impressed. Although if they implement an API that would allow me to integrate my users in there might be some value to it. - Brad Williams

I tried it, it is a very, very, very unpolished 3d chat room, no more, no less.. it’s not a social medium… it’s a fancy chat room. - David Silvernail

Almost all of Google’s first efforts are crap. They…

Google Lively not well recieved

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The Inquisitr » Tech: Google launched virtual world service Lively earlier today and The Inquisitr’s JR Raphael finished his post with the words “Looks like we may have another Google home run on our hands.” I know where JR is coming from as anything Google launches immediately has a weight of presence that over the middle to long run delivers hits with the majority of services. I’d note though that a hit doesn’t necessarily mean a market leader, but certainly enough users to make it a top five product in the space with millions of users.
My initial negative on the product was a lack of support for Macs, a very un-Google like product launch. Daring to open Windows in VMWare Fusion, I eventually decided to give it a go. Maybe it doesn’t like Vista in a virtual machine, but I found Lively close to unusable. Slow to load, clunky to use, and the popular rooms devoid of avatars to interact with. Underwhelmed isn’t the half of my reaction. But am I alone? Here’s a pick of the coverage from FriendFeed. I tried to find someone who praises it, but aside from a couple of people suggesting that we should all give it a longer chance, I couldn’t find any positives reviews.
l0ckergn0me:“I didn’t realize it was possible, but Google Lively is WORSE than Second Life. LIke, astoundingly bad. Don’t try.”

tried it out today and wasn’t too impressed. Although if they implement an API that would allow me to integrate my users in there might be some value to it. - Brad Williams

I tried it, it is a very, very, very unpolished 3d chat room, no more, no less.. it’s not a social medium… it’s a fancy chat room. - David Silvernail

Almost all of Google’s first efforts are crap. They…

Google Lively not well recieved

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The Inquisitr » Tech: Google launched virtual world service Lively earlier today and The Inquisitr’s JR Raphael finished his post with the words “Looks like we may have another Google home run on our hands.” I know where JR is coming from as anything Google launches immediately has a weight of presence that over the middle to long run delivers hits with the majority of services. I’d note though that a hit doesn’t necessarily mean a market leader, but certainly enough users to make it a top five product in the space with millions of users.
My initial negative on the product was a lack of support for Macs, a very un-Google like product launch. Daring to open Windows in VMWare Fusion, I eventually decided to give it a go. Maybe it doesn’t like Vista in a virtual machine, but I found Lively close to unusable. Slow to load, clunky to use, and the popular rooms devoid of avatars to interact with. Underwhelmed isn’t the half of my reaction. But am I alone? Here’s a pick of the coverage from FriendFeed. I tried to find someone who praises it, but aside from a couple of people suggesting that we should all give it a longer chance, I couldn’t find any positives reviews.
l0ckergn0me:“I didn’t realize it was possible, but Google Lively is WORSE than Second Life. LIke, astoundingly bad. Don’t try.”

tried it out today and wasn’t too impressed. Although if they implement an API that would allow me to integrate my users in there might be some value to it. - Brad Williams

I tried it, it is a very, very, very unpolished 3d chat room, no more, no less.. it’s not a social medium… it’s a fancy chat room. - David Silvernail

Almost all of Google’s first efforts are crap. They…

Google Lively not well recieved

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The Inquisitr » Tech: Google launched virtual world service Lively earlier today and The Inquisitr’s JR Raphael finished his post with the words “Looks like we may have another Google home run on our hands.” I know where JR is coming from as anything Google launches immediately has a weight of presence that over the middle to long run delivers hits with the majority of services. I’d note though that a hit doesn’t necessarily mean a market leader, but certainly enough users to make it a top five product in the space with millions of users.
My initial negative on the product was a lack of support for Macs, a very un-Google like product launch. Daring to open Windows in VMWare Fusion, I eventually decided to give it a go. Maybe it doesn’t like Vista in a virtual machine, but I found Lively close to unusable. Slow to load, clunky to use, and the popular rooms devoid of avatars to interact with. Underwhelmed isn’t the half of my reaction. But am I alone? Here’s a pick of the coverage from FriendFeed. I tried to find someone who praises it, but aside from a couple of people suggesting that we should all give it a longer chance, I couldn’t find any positives reviews.
l0ckergn0me:“I didn’t realize it was possible, but Google Lively is WORSE than Second Life. LIke, astoundingly bad. Don’t try.”

tried it out today and wasn’t too impressed. Although if they implement an API that would allow me to integrate my users in there might be some value to it. - Brad Williams

I tried it, it is a very, very, very unpolished 3d chat room, no more, no less.. it’s not a social medium… it’s a fancy chat room. - David Silvernail

Almost all of Google’s first efforts are crap. They…

Google Lively not well recieved

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The Inquisitr » Tech: Google launched virtual world service Lively earlier today and The Inquisitr’s JR Raphael finished his post with the words “Looks like we may have another Google home run on our hands.” I know where JR is coming from as anything Google launches immediately has a weight of presence that over the middle to long run delivers hits with the majority of services. I’d note though that a hit doesn’t necessarily mean a market leader, but certainly enough users to make it a top five product in the space with millions of users.
My initial negative on the product was a lack of support for Macs, a very un-Google like product launch. Daring to open Windows in VMWare Fusion, I eventually decided to give it a go. Maybe it doesn’t like Vista in a virtual machine, but I found Lively close to unusable. Slow to load, clunky to use, and the popular rooms devoid of avatars to interact with. Underwhelmed isn’t the half of my reaction. But am I alone? Here’s a pick of the coverage from FriendFeed. I tried to find someone who praises it, but aside from a couple of people suggesting that we should all give it a longer chance, I couldn’t find any positives reviews.
l0ckergn0me:“I didn’t realize it was possible, but Google Lively is WORSE than Second Life. LIke, astoundingly bad. Don’t try.”

tried it out today and wasn’t too impressed. Although if they implement an API that would allow me to integrate my users in there might be some value to it. - Brad Williams

I tried it, it is a very, very, very unpolished 3d chat room, no more, no less.. it’s not a social medium… it’s a fancy chat room. - David Silvernail

Almost all of Google’s first efforts are crap. They…

Google Lively not well recieved

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The Inquisitr » Tech: Google launched virtual world service Lively earlier today and The Inquisitr’s JR Raphael finished his post with the words “Looks like we may have another Google home run on our hands.” I know where JR is coming from as anything Google launches immediately has a weight of presence that over the middle to long run delivers hits with the majority of services. I’d note though that a hit doesn’t necessarily mean a market leader, but certainly enough users to make it a top five product in the space with millions of users.
My initial negative on the product was a lack of support for Macs, a very un-Google like product launch. Daring to open Windows in VMWare Fusion, I eventually decided to give it a go. Maybe it doesn’t like Vista in a virtual machine, but I found Lively close to unusable. Slow to load, clunky to use, and the popular rooms devoid of avatars to interact with. Underwhelmed isn’t the half of my reaction. But am I alone? Here’s a pick of the coverage from FriendFeed. I tried to find someone who praises it, but aside from a couple of people suggesting that we should all give it a longer chance, I couldn’t find any positives reviews.
l0ckergn0me:“I didn’t realize it was possible, but Google Lively is WORSE than Second Life. LIke, astoundingly bad. Don’t try.”

tried it out today and wasn’t too impressed. Although if they implement an API that would allow me to integrate my users in there might be some value to it. - Brad Williams

I tried it, it is a very, very, very unpolished 3d chat room, no more, no less.. it’s not a social medium… it’s a fancy chat room. - David Silvernail

Almost all of Google’s first efforts are crap. They…

Google Lively not well recieved

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The Inquisitr » Tech: Google launched virtual world service Lively earlier today and The Inquisitr’s JR Raphael finished his post with the words “Looks like we may have another Google home run on our hands.” I know where JR is coming from as anything Google launches immediately has a weight of presence that over the middle to long run delivers hits with the majority of services. I’d note though that a hit doesn’t necessarily mean a market leader, but certainly enough users to make it a top five product in the space with millions of users.
My initial negative on the product was a lack of support for Macs, a very un-Google like product launch. Daring to open Windows in VMWare Fusion, I eventually decided to give it a go. Maybe it doesn’t like Vista in a virtual machine, but I found Lively close to unusable. Slow to load, clunky to use, and the popular rooms devoid of avatars to interact with. Underwhelmed isn’t the half of my reaction. But am I alone? Here’s a pick of the coverage from FriendFeed. I tried to find someone who praises it, but aside from a couple of people suggesting that we should all give it a longer chance, I couldn’t find any positives reviews.
l0ckergn0me:“I didn’t realize it was possible, but Google Lively is WORSE than Second Life. LIke, astoundingly bad. Don’t try.”

tried it out today and wasn’t too impressed. Although if they implement an API that would allow me to integrate my users in there might be some value to it. - Brad Williams

I tried it, it is a very, very, very unpolished 3d chat room, no more, no less.. it’s not a social medium… it’s a fancy chat room. - David Silvernail

Almost all of Google’s first efforts are crap. They…

Google Lively not well recieved

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The Inquisitr » Tech: Google launched virtual world service Lively earlier today and The Inquisitr’s JR Raphael finished his post with the words “Looks like we may have another Google home run on our hands.” I know where JR is coming from as anything Google launches immediately has a weight of presence that over the middle to long run delivers hits with the majority of services. I’d note though that a hit doesn’t necessarily mean a market leader, but certainly enough users to make it a top five product in the space with millions of users.
My initial negative on the product was a lack of support for Macs, a very un-Google like product launch. Daring to open Windows in VMWare Fusion, I eventually decided to give it a go. Maybe it doesn’t like Vista in a virtual machine, but I found Lively close to unusable. Slow to load, clunky to use, and the popular rooms devoid of avatars to interact with. Underwhelmed isn’t the half of my reaction. But am I alone? Here’s a pick of the coverage from FriendFeed. I tried to find someone who praises it, but aside from a couple of people suggesting that we should all give it a longer chance, I couldn’t find any positives reviews.
l0ckergn0me:“I didn’t realize it was possible, but Google Lively is WORSE than Second Life. LIke, astoundingly bad. Don’t try.”

tried it out today and wasn’t too impressed. Although if they implement an API that would allow me to integrate my users in there might be some value to it. - Brad Williams

I tried it, it is a very, very, very unpolished 3d chat room, no more, no less.. it’s not a social medium… it’s a fancy chat room. - David Silvernail

Almost all of Google’s first efforts are crap. They…

Google Lively not well recieved

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The Inquisitr » Tech: Google launched virtual world service Lively earlier today and The Inquisitr’s JR Raphael finished his post with the words “Looks like we may have another Google home run on our hands.” I know where JR is coming from as anything Google launches immediately has a weight of presence that over the middle to long run delivers hits with the majority of services. I’d note though that a hit doesn’t necessarily mean a market leader, but certainly enough users to make it a top five product in the space with millions of users.
My initial negative on the product was a lack of support for Macs, a very un-Google like product launch. Daring to open Windows in VMWare Fusion, I eventually decided to give it a go. Maybe it doesn’t like Vista in a virtual machine, but I found Lively close to unusable. Slow to load, clunky to use, and the popular rooms devoid of avatars to interact with. Underwhelmed isn’t the half of my reaction. But am I alone? Here’s a pick of the coverage from FriendFeed. I tried to find someone who praises it, but aside from a couple of people suggesting that we should all give it a longer chance, I couldn’t find any positives reviews.
l0ckergn0me:“I didn’t realize it was possible, but Google Lively is WORSE than Second Life. LIke, astoundingly bad. Don’t try.”

tried it out today and wasn’t too impressed. Although if they implement an API that would allow me to integrate my users in there might be some value to it. - Brad Williams

I tried it, it is a very, very, very unpolished 3d chat room, no more, no less.. it’s not a social medium… it’s a fancy chat room. - David Silvernail

Almost all of Google’s first efforts are crap. They…

Google Lively not well recieved

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The Inquisitr » Tech: Google launched virtual world service Lively earlier today and The Inquisitr’s JR Raphael finished his post with the words “Looks like we may have another Google home run on our hands.” I know where JR is coming from as anything Google launches immediately has a weight of presence that over the middle to long run delivers hits with the majority of services. I’d note though that a hit doesn’t necessarily mean a market leader, but certainly enough users to make it a top five product in the space with millions of users.
My initial negative on the product was a lack of support for Macs, a very un-Google like product launch. Daring to open Windows in VMWare Fusion, I eventually decided to give it a go. Maybe it doesn’t like Vista in a virtual machine, but I found Lively close to unusable. Slow to load, clunky to use, and the popular rooms devoid of avatars to interact with. Underwhelmed isn’t the half of my reaction. But am I alone? Here’s a pick of the coverage from FriendFeed. I tried to find someone who praises it, but aside from a couple of people suggesting that we should all give it a longer chance, I couldn’t find any positives reviews.
l0ckergn0me:“I didn’t realize it was possible, but Google Lively is WORSE than Second Life. LIke, astoundingly bad. Don’t try.”

tried it out today and wasn’t too impressed. Although if they implement an API that would allow me to integrate my users in there might be some value to it. - Brad Williams

I tried it, it is a very, very, very unpolished 3d chat room, no more, no less.. it’s not a social medium… it’s a fancy chat room. - David Silvernail

Almost all of Google’s first efforts are crap. They…