What is Google Wave?
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I ran into Ben from Mashable recently, and asked him for his thoughts on Google Wave. Google Wave is a new tool for communication and collaboration on the web, coming later this year.
Ben says that Google Wave is a “very, very interesting project”, and that it could be the next big form of communication. His favorite feature is Windows – style editing. Say you have a group of friends and want to plan a party. Instead of sending a bajillion emails back and forth, you can just edit the original email in the bottom “pane”. You can edit messages at any point, and see everyone’s conversation at once. It’s a completely new way to communicate, and more effective.
With Gmail and Exchange… it’s just different. For attachments, you would have to click, add the attachment, download the attachment… blah! With Google Wave, you simply drag and drop whatever you need to share among the group. You can embed your own Wave into things like YouTube, your blog, and more. It can replace a normal commenting system! There’s even an iPhone App being released along with Wave.
Google Wave is open-source, so you can build anything you want with it. Create desktop apps, web apps, an Adobe Air app… or make it work for your Exchange account (like I rely on!). This is definitely going to be something to watch unfold, and sounds like it’s going to be an absolutely amazing service.
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One Comment
Matt Moran
June 30th, 2009
at 3:27am
The preview screenshots make it look a lot like a google attempt at making a new Facebook tbh. Not sure if I like the Windows style editing: I like to have a traceable record of who said what & when & a chain of emails or messages is just fine for that. I’ll give it a go when it’s out, but there’s nothing about it that makes me go instantly “Wow, that’s a must-have”, unlike the Google Voice app that’s out soon.