Well, it’s unfair to compare hall.com to Groove, one of the junior products in MS office package, in terms of features and price, Security, SharePoint integration e.g.. Groove is bloated and closed. Most of my contacts in Groove are no longer with it.
Why I like Hall.com?
Easy to use
No download, install and many-steps signup. I created the first virtual space, they call Hall, even without registration.
It enables virtual realtime communication with chat and different applications like, 4 now.
These applications are realtime enable. For example, every change made in the notepad app will be synchronized to all members viewing this application in realtime, character by character.
More applications I would like to see:
- draw/digram, collaborative sketch draw. Sometimes it’s easier to explain ideas with a simple diagram.
- discussion, foldable posts in Treeview which is a most used tool in team work. It would be better if I will able to enclose picture and files.
What could be better than Groove?
- It’s lightweight, crossplatform. It won’t slow down computer and stuck your work
- It’s open and social. I met a vc, Tim Connors, and Sanjay Kotagiri, . ^^
- Search. Groove aimed to bring the right people to the right place at the right time. However information in the spaced are isolated and there were no global search.
What’s missing?
- what if I am not opening the browser or not on hall.com? I am missing realtime notifications.
- I use more time on iphone than my computer. Will the notifications available?
- Public Profile/private mesage and hall directory listing for both SEO and easy discovery.
update 1
I received a notification email when I am offline. nice ^^
