Just wrote something similar. I'm really disappointed - not the greatest of ideas and really poor execution. - Vince DeGeorge
Okay, now I have to try it because I'm a sucker for bad. :) - Morton Fox
I'm holding back trying it because I hate opening windows in a virtual machine. No Mac version is just insane - Duncan Riley
I wrote about it, too. But I'm willing to try anything once. - Hao Chen
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
Why? I thought it was a good try, and represented enormous potential to be the next SecondLife, as it's able to run 3D stuff in your browser without having to download very bulky programs like SecondLife? SecondLife didn't work for me when I first tried it 1 year ago. It always crashed.. Never touched it since.. - Winston Teo
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 are betting the farm on distributed though, and this seems to fit with that strategy perfectly. - Kevin
No Mac version is beyond insane, it is just flat-out stupid. Why on earth didn't they wait until they could release it for every platform? I mean, unless the Windows folks are being used as open beta testers.... Just seems very odd. I agree with you Duncan. - James Mowery via twhirl
I hate to say it, but I agree. The quality of the graphics is great, but the UI is downright awkward to use. The pop-up bubble messages are annoying and I didn't see any way of private chatting. Customizing your avatar is pretty minimal too. - Jim McCusker
When a polished product exists in the market - i.e. Second Life.. why... oh... why! would you release this product that is clearly only in a pre-alpha version state? - David Silvernail
Second Life did not interest me, so I passed on Lively today. - Russellreno
Mine kept closing itself down before I could choose a character. Will keep trying. - sergiooo
yea im a pessimist as well in regards to those kinds of web apps. I have no faith in that kind of freeform avatar stuff. - Anthony
was lively rushed out the door because of vivaty? - Kevin
We geeks really need to be careful of seeing everything as an opportunity to critique, if not outright bash. Can't anything just "BE" what it is for an hour, a day, a week. What possible harm would come from someone trying it out? - Douglas E. Welch via twhirl
No Linux version? Typical. Of course, it's Google. That means I *must* try it. :D - possible248
Thanks for the tip. SL is bad enough so I'll definitely avoid this. - Jonathon
Yeah, I'm not really digging this app. I grew out of this virtual life phase on the internet a long time ago. - Dennis Jackson
Google is many many generations away from turning this into something useful, but at least they got one thing right - they put it on the web, not the desktop. - Nicholas Molnar
I'm surprised they didn't compare it to Twitter, because that would be comparable. /smirk - Eric Rice
I don't like that answer, as SL was a big waste of time for me. thanks for saving me the time - Jason Kaneshiro
BTW, Lively should be compared to IMVU, not SL. Lively + everything you use from Google, now that's entirely different. Thanks for skimming! - Eric Rice
I tried playing around with it yesterday and was having real issues with it working. Second Life has a good infrastructure, but lacks a style. If I'm going to spend any amount of time there it HAS to look good. Maybe this is where Sony's HOME steps up (when they feel like releasing). - Jake Fudge
